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How to delete preferences in QuarkXPress

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When QuarkXPress behaves erratic, in most cases corrupt preferences are the cause.

Deleting preferences will fix that, as QuarkXPress creates new, fresh preferences upon the next start if it doesn’t find any.

The only thing you will loose is any customization you have done to preferences. Existing documents are not changed and are not affected.

Where to find preferences:

As Apple and Microsoft recommend, by default QuarkXPress stores user-specific files such as preferences in the user folder. Each version of QuarkXPress uses a separate folder, so that different versions of QuarkXPress installed on the same machine do not interfere with each other.

Before deleting preferences, first quit QuarkXPress.

On MacOS

On MacOS / OS X, QuarkXPress stores its preferences in the user Library. Careful, MacOS offers TWO Libraries, a global one and a user one. Preferences are stored in the user library.

Easiest to get to the folder is by going into Finder and choosing:

Go > Go to Folder and then pasting the path in there:

  • For QuarkXPress 2018:
    ~/Library/Preferences/Quark/QuarkXPress 2018/
  • For QuarkXPress 2017:
    ~/Library/Preferences/Quark/QuarkXPress 2017/
  • For QuarkXPress 2016:
    ~/Library/Preferences/Quark/QuarkXPress 2016/
  • For QuarkXPress 2015:
    ~/Library/Preferences/Quark/QuarkXPress 2015/
  • For QuarkXPress 10:
    ~/Library/Preferences/Quark/QuarkXPress 10/
  • For QuarkXPress 9:
    ~/Library/Preferences/Quark/QuarkXPress 9/

(make sure to copy the tilde ~ in the path)

Delete everything in that folder. Restart QuarkXPress.

Please also watch this 30 sec video:

On Windows

On Windows, QuarkXPress stores its preferences in the local app data directory of the user. Though using the same concept, Microsoft did rename the folders in the different versions of Windows.

To find preferences, easiest is to

Press Windows-key and R (for “Run”) and paste the following path in there:

  • For QuarkXPress 2018:
    %localappdata%\Quark\QuarkXPress 2018\
  • For QuarkXPress 2017:
    %localappdata%\Quark\QuarkXPress 2017\
  • For QuarkXPress 2016:
    %localappdata%\Quark\QuarkXPress 2016\
  • For QuarkXPress 2015:
    %localappdata%\Quark\QuarkXPress 2015\
  • For QuarkXPress 10:
    %localappdata%\Quark\QuarkXPress 10\
  • For QuarkXPress 9:
    %localappdata%\Quark\QuarkXPress 9\

(make sure to copy the percent sign % in the path)

Delete everything in that folder. Restart QuarkXPress.

Please also watch this 30 sec video:

Going forward – better than deleting

As you loose all customization, maybe next time it’s a better idea to make a backup of preferences after you have tailored them to your need.

And then – instead of deleting – you replace them with the backup of your preferences.

 

 

Matthias Guenther

Both an engineer and a layout artist, Matthias bridges the gap between technology and people.

Before joining Quark, Matthias pioneered print, Web, and multimedia products for multiple German publishing companies. Since 1997 he has played a central role in shaping Quark’s desktop and enterprise software.
Starting 2003 Matthias has focused on Quark’s interactive and digital publishing solutions. He is an active participant in design and publishing communities and represents Quark in the Ghent PDF Workgroup.

Since February 2014 Matthias heads Quark’s Desktop Publishing business unit and is therefore responsible for QuarkXPress.

https://twitter.com/HamburQ

Can you convert a HTML page into PDF? And republish?

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Often I see a HTML page and would like to print it. Or use it as a base for publishing something. For example our web team created beautiful pages that I’d like to use as the base of our next print brochure. Or I just want to import it, change it and republish as HTML.

Is that possible? Yes! I found a way using a “HTML to PDF converter” and QuarkXPress.

How to convert HTML to PDF to QuarkXPress

Using QuarkXPress 2016 and higher and EVO’s great “HTML to PDF converter”, you can use this workaround to convert HTML to PDF and to an editable QuarkXPress layout:

  1. Navigate to the following location: http://www.evopdf.com/demo/default.aspx
  2. Input any URL (in my example: http://www.quark.com/Products/QuarkXPress/InDesign-Alternative/) and convert to PDF.
  3. Import the resulting PDF into a new layout in QuarkXPress 2017.
  4. “Convert to editable objects”.
  5. You probably have to replace fonts or merge text boxes. Make the changes needed so that it looks great. Check whether anything didn’t convert well.
  6. Export as PDF or as HTML using QuarkXPress 2017. Set up color management to get good results.

Instead of using EVO you could also use the “Print as PDF” out of your browser (replacing step 1&2).

Screenshots of example flow:

Step 1: Enter the URL into EVO’s demo website and convert website to PDF
Step 2: Download the PDF
Step 3: Create new layout…
Step 3: …and import PDF into QuarkXPress
Step 4: In QuarkXPress, convert to native objects
Step 5: Replace missing fonts
Step 6: You are done, you now have the HTML page as an editable layout with editable objects in QuarkXPress. Feel free to change and output as PDF or HTML or ebook or native app

Important!

Please make sure that you value copyrights and intellectual property.

So when you use images or text that you didn’t create yourself, do not publish them without having consent and/or a license from the copyright holder or original creator!

And please do not misuse the demo of “EVO’s HTML to PDF Converter”. If you use it often, please buy their product (or a similar product).

 

Matthias Guenther

Both an engineer and a layout artist, Matthias bridges the gap between technology and people.

Before joining Quark, Matthias pioneered print, Web, and multimedia products for multiple German publishing companies. Since 1997 he has played a central role in shaping Quark’s desktop and enterprise software.
Starting 2003 Matthias has focused on Quark’s interactive and digital publishing solutions. He is an active participant in design and publishing communities and represents Quark in the Ghent PDF Workgroup.

Since February 2014 Matthias heads Quark’s Desktop Publishing business unit and is therefore responsible for QuarkXPress.

https://twitter.com/HamburQ

New QuarkXPress 2017 XTensions Now Available

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Quark Software announced the availability of new XTensions that already support QuarkXPress 2017 – the brand new version of QuarkXPress released today. XTensions are third-party software applications that allow users to enhance and customize QuarkXPress with specific features and functionality.

“We have already seen tremendous interest in QuarkXPress 2017 from not only new and current QuarkXPress users, but also from the network of talented XTensions developers around the world,” said Gavin Drake, Vice President of Marketing for Quark. “We’re excited to have a range of XTensions already available with more to come, so that designers can add even more functionality to QuarkXPress 2017 from day one.”

New QuarkXPress 2017 XTensions available now include:

New QuarkXPress 2017 XTensions coming soon include:

  • ArabicXT by Layout Ltd. will be available in July 2017
  • Exportools Standard, BigPicture, IDML Import, Printools, and Duplica by Badia Software
  • MadeToPrint by Axaio Software GmbH
  • ID2Q by Markzware
  • Classified Ads and Obituaries and Necrology Ads by WillBit S.r.l.
  • Suitcase Fusion, Suitcase TeamSync, and Universal Type Server by Extensis
Matthias Gilke

2014 Typography Calendar

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Created by designer Kit Hinrichs, the 365 Calendar draws attention to the variety and aesthetic quality of type itself by making the typeface the primary graphic element on each page.

The calendar features twelve unique typefaces, includes descriptions of the type, shares a biography of each designer and notes all major holidays and the birthdays of the type designers on the calendar.

For the 2014 calendar, Hinrichs invited 12 world-renowned international members of the illustrious Alliance Graphique Internationale to nominate some of their favorite typefaces. The AGI is an elite international professional design organization formed in 1951. Their choices range from the traditional to the avant-garde, the austere to Old World script flourishes. Stunningly decorative, the 365 Calendar elevates appreciation of typography as an art form.

As seen in Martha Stewart Living, Dwell, Sunset, Lucky and InStyle magazines, the 365 Typography Calendar is coveted by designers, architects and lovers of modern design everywhere.

Pricing:

  • 12″ x 18″ (30.5cm x 45.75cm):  $29
  • 23″ x 33″ (58.5cm x 84cm):  $47

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Jay Nelson

Jay Nelson is the editorial director of PlanetQuark.com, and the editor and publisher of Design Tools Monthly. He’s also the author of the QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress 7 training titles at Lynda.com, as well as the training videos Quark includes in the box with QuarkXPress 7 . In addition, Jay writes regularly for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines and speaks at industry events.

http://www.design-tools.com

LaCie’s 4TB “Blade Runner” Hard Drive

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BladeRunner

LaCie’s Blade Runner is a limited-edition 4TB hard drive ($300, or $289 at Amazon) designed by Philippe Starck.

It has an organically-shaped enclosure “designed to help keep the drive cooler” and a USB 3.0 interface for faster data transfer speeds. It also supports USB 2.0, but it doesn’t include FireWire or Thunderbolt ports.

Jay Nelson

Jay Nelson is the editorial director of PlanetQuark.com, and the editor and publisher of Design Tools Monthly. He’s also the author of the QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress 7 training titles at Lynda.com, as well as the training videos Quark includes in the box with QuarkXPress 7 . In addition, Jay writes regularly for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines and speaks at industry events.

http://www.design-tools.com