Quark launches QuarkCopyDesk 7

Quark today launched QuarkCopyDesk 7, the latest revision of its text and picture editing software designed to streamline content editiing. Built on QuarkXPress 7 code, QuarkCopyDesk 7 integrates with QuarkXPress 7 and Quark Publishing System 7, as well as with third party workflow systems. The software is priced at $250, with upgrades available for $90.

Among the new features built into QuarkCopyDesk 7 are advanced image manipulation capabilities, split view options, various output profile selections, and XTensions for Notes and Redlining.

QuarkCopyDesk 7 boasts professional image manipulation and picture effects; split views that allow users to split articles horizontally as well as vertically to display the content in a gallery; a streamlined output process that incorporates metadata into the output data stream; and XTensions for Notes that enable users to place comments directly in the text that will travel with the article.

"QuarkCopyDesk 7 enables a more communicative and streamlined editorial workflow with features that allow those involved in the process to work simultaneously, track edits and collaborate with QuarkXPress 7," said Rainer Heckmann, director of product marketing for Quark. "We have designed it to be the tool of choice for all editors and writers who manage both text and picture content in their articles."

The software also works in conjunction with Quark Publishing System 7 (QPS 7), the company's workflow management system that launched in October of 2007. Designed with a new open, standards-based architecture, QPS 7 integrates with existing business systems and complimentary publishing solutions to simplify the editorial, creative and production processes for publishers and corporations with demanding workflows, according to Quark.