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Unlink an Excel Table in QuarkXPress

I have a table that I imported from Excel, and since I have made many changes to this table in QuarkXPress I do not want it to be linked to the Excel file any longer. Is there some way to unlink this table? The answer is simple, if not obvious: To break the link with [...]

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Use Excel Tables in QuarkXPress

In QuarkXPress 6.1 and above, you can import a spreadsheet from Microsoft Excel as a table, optionally maintaining the formatting from the spreadsheet. The table keeps a dynamic link to the original Excel spreadsheet, so when the spreadsheet changes, you can instantly update the data in the QuarkXPress table. To update the table, or to [...]

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Another FREE XTension from Quark: XPressMath creates professional mathematical equations

Quark has released a FREE XTension for QuarkXPress 8 that lets you typeset complex mathematical formulas and equations directly in QuarkXPress. In addition to providing a relatively simple interface for building the equations, you can edit existing equations in a WYSIWYG window. You can also use a style-sheet-like system to ensure that all equations in [...]

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Badia FullMeasure: Extreme Efficiency Enhancements for QuarkXPress 8, 7, 6, 5 and 4

Badia FullMeasure adds a new Measurements palette to QuarkXPress 4/5/6/7/8 that provides quick access to almost every control that is otherwise hidden in a QuarkXPress dialog box, plus a lot more.  It adds new timesaving abilities, such as: Find boxes by more than 50 attributes, such as background color, dimensions, suppression, opacity, frame style, empty [...]

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