QuarkXPress 8.0 - On Sale!

Today, QuarkXPress® 8 has tighter integration with Photoshop® and Illustrator® than ever before, and through standards like HTML and CSS, QuarkXPress users can publish across media both independently and alongside Adobe® Creative Suite® applications like Adobe Flash® (SWF) and Adobe Dreamweaver®

• Set type and check spelling in more than 30 languages
• Avoid file compatibility issues with the new global file format, supported by all language editions of QuarkXPress 8

• Place Illustrator (.ai) files directly in your layout with native Illustrator file import
• Gain control with support for layer visibility and unique support for layer transparency and blend modes
• Apply or edit the color assigned to a channel, so spot colors become easy to use in a PSD file
• Choose your platform, choose your system — QuarkXPress 8 supports Mac OS® 10.4 and Mac OS 10.5 as a Universal application, Windows Vista®, and Windows® XP

• Use Hanging Punctuation and punctuation margin alignment presets to achieve smooth-looking margins with little effort
• Customize settings to fit the exact needs of a specific design, font, or even character
• Define hanging character settings down to the paragraph level
• Integrate hanging character effects in style sheets
• Create custom hanging character classes, including settings for left side, right side, and when used as drop caps

• Use built-in Flash (SWF) creation, conversion, and export — no additional purchase required
• Leverage your existing print design skills through a common, redefined interface and tool set
• Output Flash files that support high-end typography features
• Create SWF files in more than 30 languages, including East Asian languages
• Make the most of rich design features including transparency, image manipulation effects, and robust illustration tools

• Use any box tool to draw a box without worrying about its content (an easy keyboard shortcut enables this for template creation)
• Select or switch tools using a single-letter command, or use traditional QuarkXPress keyboard shortcuts
• Double-click a box with the Item tool, and QuarkXPress automatically switches to the proper tool for the box type
• Grab a box corner to rotate without switching to another tool
• Scale from the center or duplicate with Option/Alt+drag
• Constrain an item’s proportions while resizing by pressing the Shift key
• Transform multiple boxes in one action without grouping

System Requirements

Mac OS®

• Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger®) or Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard™)

• G5 PowerPC processor or Intel processor (G4 minimum)
• 1GB RAM (256MB minimum)
• 1GB hard disk space
• DVD-ROM drive

• An Internet connection for activation

Windows®

• Microsoft® Windows XP (service pack 2 or 3) or Windows Vista® 1.0 (certified on Windows Vista)

• 1GB RAM (256MB minimum on Windows XP, 512MB minimum on Windows Vista)
• 500MB hard disk space
• DVD-ROM drive

• An Internet connection for activation

QuarkXPress 8.0 - On Sale!