Story Editor: Provides a word-processor-like view within QuarkXPress, which is most helpful when text within a layout is difficult to read and when reviewing stories that span multiple pagesĬloner: The smartest and most efficient way to clone design elements, Cloner allows designers to copy items or pages to other pages or layouts and can be used to combine layouts or split them apart They include:Ĭonditional Styles: Allows multiple style attributes to be set based on the text content rather than “tagging” allows designers to automate specific style elements that occur throughout a projectīullets, Numbers, and Outlines: Create dynamic ordered and un-ordered lists that are preserved and editable in QuarkXPressĬallouts: Boxes and groups move automatically with text as determined by the designer callouts can be positioned relative to the page, spread, text box, paragraph, or character The features are instrumental in increasing productivity and alleviating many manual, time-consuming design tasks. In addition to its innovative digital publishing capabilities, QuarkXPress 9 includes new features that help automate the design process. QuarkXPress 9 provides familiar tools to easily repurpose existing content or to design content specifically for the iPad that includes video/audio players, slideshows, scrollable regions, Web overlays, pop-up windows, buttons, and hyperlinks. Designers will be able to create customized apps for the iPad, distribute their apps through the Apple App Store, and then publish richly designed, interactive content to the app. With App Studio for QuarkXPress designers will have a dedicated design environment within QuarkXPress 9 for creating content for the iPad.
Publishing to the iPad: In the next 90 days Quark plans to release a free update for existing QuarkXPress 9 users that will include App Studio.
QuarkXPress 9 is the only page layout software with direct support for the Blio eReader, including the ability to enhance eBooks with interactive elements and a Read Logic feature that separates the print experience from the digital experience.
Support is expected soon for Mac OS X, additional devices that run the Android platform, as well as iOS devices.
The Blio eReader for Windows can be downloaded free from and is also being pre-installed on millions of computers and devices running Windows and Android from Toshiba, HP, Dell, and T-Mobile. Designers can create traditional text-based e-books and publish to e-bookstores such as Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble NOOK, and Amazon Kindle.ĭesign for the Blio eReader: The Blio eReader is a free, multi-platform, multi-device application that presents eBooks just like the printed versions, in full-color and with all of the features of the ideal eReader.
Whether a designer needs to publish directly from QuarkXPress to the iPad, create content for an e-book, or reach an expansive audience through the Blio eReader, QuarkXPress 9 can help.Įxport to ePUB: QuarkXPress 9 includes an easy option for exporting to ePUB, the free and open e-book standard developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). QuarkXPress 9 is built to help designers create content that can be published to digital devices - e-readers, smartphones, and tablets - with one tool, and without coding. Quark has announced that QuarkXPress 9, the newest release of Quark’s page-layout and design software, is now available to purchase directly from Quark and through authorized Quark resellers worldwide.