In the late 80s and 90s Quark usurped the desktop publishing community's first love, PageMaker, with QuarkXPress. Once the undisputed king of desktop publishing software applications for both Mac and Windows users, Quark's premiere product - QuarkXPress - is still a powerhouse publishing platform despite strong competition from Adobe. In addition to QuarkXPress for page layout, Quark has powerful enterprise publishing and content management software systems.
QuarkXPress: The best known of the Quark family of software programs, QuarkXPress is still an industry standard despite a growing number of Adobe InDesign users. A powerful package out of the box, there are hundreds and hundreds of add-ons -- XTensions -- both from Quark and from third party developers that help users and companies personalize QuarkXPress to fit their specific needs. The QuarkXPress Passport version provides multi-language support.
Other Quark, Inc. Software Titles: Quark Publishing System (QPS) Classic, Quark Content Manager (QCM), QuarkXPress Server, QuarkCopyDesk, and other Quark Products provide content management and enterprise publishing solutions beyond the single user QuarkXPress. The Quark Print Collection is a set of prepress tools for use with QuarkXPress and Adobe Acrobat to produce multi-page jobs more efficiently.
Reviews of Quark Desktop Publishing Software:
- QuarkXPress 7
MacWorld's Galen Gruman gives version 7 only a 3 mice rating saying that many of its "new features and improvements cater to a limited audience." - Tools of the Trade: QuarkXPress 7
Stephen Pritchard, writing for The Independent gives it a 4 out of 5 rating saying its "not easy for novices to start out with" but has "powerful improved features but consistent interface." - QuarkXPress 7: Early Returns From Two Experts
Quark vs. InDesign looks at the different reactions to QXP 7 from two experts.
- Review: QuarkXPress 7
Jay J. Nelson, in a review at CreativePro.com takes an indepth look at new design features, efficiency changes, and collaboration features. He says, "This upgrade is about Quark keeping its existing users happy enough to upgrade to a new version of QuarkXPress. ...Quark has eliminated enough of XPress' glaring omissions to stop people from migrating to InDesign. It may even bring some of the bigger publishers back to the Quark fold." - QuarkXPress Awards and Honors
Quark highlights some of their Macworld, PC Magazine, and other awards and high ratings. Some entries include links to the full reviews.
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Where to Buy Quark Software: The QuarkStore offers online ordering of full product and upgrade purchases. Or, look for an authorized reseller online including CDW, Apple, Inc., and PC Mall or compare prices from various resellers.
How to Get QuarkXPress for Free: Quark provides fully functional try-before-you-buy 30-day evaluation versions of QuarkXPress and other Quark products.
