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Summary: Still the One You Love
Review: This is the one you want. Not PageMaker. Not InDesign. And whatever you do, don't buy Publisher.Buy Quark. Sure, you'll lay down some serious bucks. But you want to do the job right. Service bureaus will love you, printing houses will get the job done for you as you expect, and you'll save money over the long haul. There are some new features, and, depending what you are into, not all may be important. For me, I dig the tables and layers. I can do less work to do the same job. The tables feature is less clunky than in previous versions of Quark. You can manipulate them more efficiently and cleanly, and have tables within tabkes within tables. Layers are great for creating various versions of a document within the same context. Rather than create a bunch of master pages, the layers option is much handier. Also very cool is the web-design aspect. It isn't quite Dreamweaver, but it has increased its capacity to be opened in Dreamweaver. Design in Quark, then open it in Dreamweaver. This allows better control within your graphic design department, especially in smaller businesses where the web guy is not necessarily a strong designer. There is the XML export option, but I've not explored this. It seems to open the door for better online publishing, however, and is worth figuring out, especially in light of Quark's web design strengths. I fully recommend Quark 5.0. Anthony Trendl
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Summary: Frustrating and difficult.
Review: This program is so difficult to use. I've tried many different graphics programs and this one has to be the worst. Looking for help is even harder because the book is massive. This program is frustrating to say the least.
Rating:
Summary: Frustrating and difficult.
Review: This program is so difficult to use. I've tried many different graphics programs and this one has to be the worst. Looking for help is even harder because the book is massive. This program is frustrating to say the least.
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Summary: QUITE SIMPLY: QUARK ....
Review: We have been using Quark in our design office for three years, and are extremely glad to have finally purchased InDesign to replace it. For too long now, we tolerated Quark's limitations and non-user friendly interface. When we purchased it, we were sold on the program's multi-page layout "strengths" (smirk). But printing a 170 page book, three times a year, has proven to be a feat/ritual, each time we need to proof, then more problems when we pdf files to press. Maps I placed as .eps files 4 months ago have to be replaced because otherwise they print blurry. As soon as I REPLACE the map with the same .eps map file, it prints fine. Why do I only have this problem with "Quirk? " What a hassle. It's not our printer network folks, it's not us, and it's certainly not our G4 Firewire 800s. It's the quirky make-up of Quark. Bugs continue to shoot out of it to this day. I have more bad examples but I won't go on. If you don't take my word for it, fine. Call any design/print shop in the city you live in and ask when & why they switched to Indesign. You will be shocked. Quark is a rapidly burning and sinking ship. You can't say I didn't warn you.
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Summary: Love it and always will!!
Review: Working for a large commercial printer of books and magazines, I gasp everytime someone sends us a book in anything other than Quark. On the Mac and especially on the PC, you can't beat it for ease of use, design functions and "RIPablity" to our high end image setters. Quark 5 rocks!!
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