Last month, Quark Inc. announced that April 26th would be the official QuarkXpress 9 release date. True to form, and in a stunning display of punctuality typically uncharacteristic of software developers, Quark has delivered exactly on schedule. And we couldn’t be more excited.
Many -if not all- of you will be familiar with the QuarkXpress line of software. However, for those of you who are still living in the dark ages, desperately clinging to your Commodore 64, QuarkXpress 9 is a cutting-edge layout and design program that allows users to create print and digital publications in multiple formats. With its incredible ease of use, powerful design tools and 25-year track record of all-around awesomeness (that’s a technical term in the software industry) it is no surprise that QuarkXpress is an industry standard, rivaling -and dare I say surpassing- Adobe InDesign. Already well-respected and widely used in the design industry, QuarkXpress 9 promises to deliver even more design capabilities and expand its already enormous user-base.
Let us dispense with the pleasantries – nobody cares about shiny new packaging or slews of marketing jargon, they (us included) want to know about the real nitty gritty: upgrades, enhancements and new features. Let me tell you that QuarkXpress 9 comes fully loaded with new stuff that will tickle the fancy of dedicated followers and new users alike, and here are some of our personal favorites.
QuarkXpress App Studio.
The market is exploding with smartphones and tablets galore and with many software companies scrambling to catch up to this booming technology trend, Quark is at the head of the game. The App Studio allows you to easily and efficiently create your own iPhone apps using all of the powerful design capabilities of QuarkXPress and then upload them via the online App Studio portal to manage and publish all the cool apps that you have created.
Design for the Blio eReader
With the Blio eReader being one of the most widely used ebook readers, it is no surprise that QuarkXpress has been enhanced with support for the rapidly growing format. QuarkXpress 9 allows you to create rich, interactive ebooks and then quickly and easily publish them for global distribution in the worldwide ebook market. Easily add video, slideshows, HTML and even web content to your ebooks. Did we mention that you can create ebooks for any device: smartphone, tablets, computers and the like?
Export to ePub
Remember all of those short stories you’ve written but never had the chance to publish, or that novel that you’ve been working on since grad school? You can now use QuarkXPress 9 to convert your QuarkXpress layouts into ebooks for other popular reading devices like iPad, Sony Reader, Nook or Kindle, and then publish them online to immortalize your words in the hearts and minds of millions!
Loads of Other Features and Enhancements
Support for mobile devices and ebook publishing are not the only benefits of upgrading. QuarkXpress 9 is jam-packed with tons of new features and enhancements to make digital layout and design easier and more effective. Among those improvements (of which there are far too many to name in a single article) are the enhancements in creative styling, bullets and numbering, callouts and workflows. New and improved features like the ShapeMaker, Story Editor, ImageGrid, Linkster and Cloner all contribute to the complete, exceptional design software that makes QuarkXpress 9 an industry standard in digital publication, and a must-have software product for any designer.
Now officially on the market, you can buy QuarkXpress 9 and harness the amazing design power that publishers have trusted for over 25 years.
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