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Arrogant, unpractical, stiff software
Quark Xpress has always been a so-so software for design in general. If you are into editorial and publishing design, well you have no choice but to buy and get used to the software, because unfortunetly, it is the standard. But if you are into other fields of designs, say packaging, Quark is a mega pain in the a**. Macromedia Freehand is still the best overall design tool for the way it treats object manipulation and drawing features. For instance, object allignment, text can be converted to paths, images can be replaced from one image format to another, these features cannot be done in Quark. Adobe Illustrator is still the best for, well, illustation. Photoshop is the king for photoediting. I don't think editing Photoshop files in Quark is a very good idea, in the end, you'll always go back to Photoshop to do it right. But the worst is the ridiculous pricing of Quark products. Say you live in Latin America and you have to buy the passport version, Why pay more than 1000 usd if you only need it in spanish?. Should'nt some international versions be cheaper since they are going to be used in countries that have a weaker economy then the US, This leads directly to one thing, software piracy. So I hope one day Quark reconsiders and makes its products more accesible.

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REASONS I HATE QUARK.
Quark USED TO BE the industry standard for layout. They had it cornered. But in the last few years, they've managed to jack it all up. Version 5 barely improved on 4 at all, and then there was a long, long wait for the hallowed version 6, and in the meantime Adobe was sneaking up behind them with InDesign. And a lot of us started using InDesign, and maybe we got a little spoiled. When Quark 6 FINALLY came out, it was already too late for me. I'm a total InDesign convert. We have Quark at work, and I still use it regularly as projects require. But for anything I do on my own, if have a choice, it's an incredibly easy one. <
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>I can run through the usual Xmas list of problems associated with Quark 6 - the problems exporting to PDF, the OpenType font issues, the need for additional Xtensions to do things that InDesign does all by its lonesome, the OSX glitches, the problems collecting all your links, the lack of a functional hi-res preview, the inexplicable crashes...and I really have to say something about that idiot who said Mac is obsolete and Quark can't be bothered to cater to Mac users, and that Quark's font issues are actually Mac's fault! What a total crackhead! Mac IS the design industry! Not only that, he criticizes people for criticizing the fact that you can't use transparency, Photoshop layered files, etc in Quark, on the basis that it often doesn't print properly in Indesign and that you can use layered TIFFs instead of Photoshop in Quark. To that I say that if you have a service provider who actually knows what he's doing, InDesign transparency issues can usually be resolved, and why shouldn't you use a program that supports Photoshop AND layered TIFFs? But anybody in the design industry who refers to "the obsolete Mac system" clearly has his head so far up his own rectal that he's quite beyond hope of redemption. <
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>There's also the fact that Quark's decided to be total Nazis about their licensing - with 6 you originally just got the single licence for one machine. How many people DON'T work on the road on a notebook these days? More evidence that they just aren't keeping up with designers' needs. Eventually they realized they were being stupid and relaxed this a bit - you can now have it on 2 machines - but of course you have to call and wait on hold for 30 minutes before somebody in India reads you a license number longer than the Magna Carta. They just can't afford to be like this anymore! But it's nice for Adobe that they've thought of so many ways to alienate their base. <
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>QUARK is obsolete. If they hadn't waited so long to step up to OSX, people might not have caught on to the fact that InDesign was so much better - but we have now. So Quark and Mr. Brown are going the way of the beta VCR. Don't let the door hit ya!

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A COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY!! ONLY A FOOL WOULD PREFER THIS!!
This program is a complete joke. Quark has basically re-issued Quark 4 (and 5 for that matter) with almost NOTHING new worth mention. <
>* The very first thing you'll notice is this ridiculous validation scheme. Think you're going to buy software and install it and go to work? Wrong!! You have to be validated first which, if something goes wrong, can take DAYS! <
>* The multiple undo's would have been a great feature for 1998, even now not everything is undo-able. <
>* Quark has this wonderful new system of "Projects" and documents. If you ever pick-up an old document to make some changes and then re-save as a new one, the old file name remains with the file because Quark assumes you're just adding a new document to the project...A MAJOR ANNOYANCE! If you do use the project thing as intended (multiple documents and sizes wrapped up into a single file) you still have to collect each individual document seperately! HELLO?! HOW BOUT "COLLECT ALL"?? <
>* The "Export to PDF" feature so rarely works, I don't even bother with it. I still have to "print" to a PDF. <
>* The "full resolution preview" isn't and frequently causes crashes when trying to change the preview res on a picture. <
>* All the old stupid annoying things about Quark are faithfully preserved in version 6... <
> * Still no "update all" feature in the links menu. <
> * Still no way to select a graphic and tell Quark to re-link to something different. <
> * Still no key commands to select tools on the tool palette. <
> * Still limited to 48x48" layouts. <
> * Still no support for OpenType. If you use OpenType fonts, expect lots of very strange letter spacings, etc. <
>* Lots of people still use Quark 4. If you need to save down, you must save from Q6 to Q5, then Q5 to Q4. If you're upgrading from 4 to 6, YOU'RE SCREWED! Quark 6 WILL NOT save down to Quark 4! <
>* Quark brags about all these new features that NOBODY will have a use for. Web pages?! PLEASE! Not even even a half-a** hack web designer would try to create a website in Quark! I tried just for the experience and believe me, it's a joke! 3 words... NO CODE VIEW!! How bout 4 more? NO MEASUREMENT IN PIXELS. These things alone makes Quark a web program not to be taken seriously. <
>If you're DYING to waste nearly $900, keep your antique Quark 4 or 5 and take that money to Vegas. Better yet, download a free trial of InDesign and see what a REAL page layout program should look like in the year 2004!