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08/18/2006, 5:25pm, EDT
Friday, August 18th
InDesign-To-QuarkXPress conversion tool
Markzware has released an update to its InDesign-To-QuarkXPress conversion utility: ID2Q7 is an XTension that easily and effectively converts Adobe InDesign files (v1.5 through 4.x) into QuarkXPress v6.x or 7 documents with a single click. The conversion process includes elements of the documents such as object positions, colors, fonts, text attributes, images, etc. Additionally, ID2Q also converts between cross-platform
files, i.e., converting PC InDesign files to Mac QuarkXPress and vice-versa. "ID2Q solves a giant problem for many design studios. Being able to open an InDesign document in QuarkXPress makes it possible for those who tried InDesign but prefer QuarkXPress to salvage the projects they created in InDesign. It vastly increases page layout options for the entire industry," according the company. ID2Q7 is $200 and currently available for Mac users only (a Windows version is in development).
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Maybe it's because I couldn't get beyond the "man, this feels just like PageMaker" part, but Quark is much more intuitive to use for me... and I really wanted to make the switch, as there's stuff I love about InDesign (besides the fact that it's not Quark). I do use InDesign for some stuff, but it still doesn't feel "right" to me.
and as someone who loathes the thought of losing an independent company like quack, er quark, to a monopoly like adobe, in this case i say GOOD RIDDANCE.
software like this only helps the backwards production departments still stuck in 1998 make their lumbering but inevitable transition.