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Thursday, Jul 31, 2008 11:40am
Quark ships QuarkXPress 8
Following the debut in May, Quark now says that QuarkXPress 8 is finally shipping. The company's flagship publishing software has had a number of major changes implemented, most notably new picture editing tools. Images can now be scaled and rotated in real-time -- without switching tools or entering measurements -- and a new Bézier pen has been added, allowing drawing without an outside application.

Files from other apps or the desktop can be dragged directly into QXP, and the interface has been enhanced with buttons for master pages and exporting to various formats. Among these are Flash and HTML, as the software has been given new tools for converting print material into web media.

The full version of QuarkXPress costs $800, and requires Mac OS X 10.4 along with 1GB of RAM. Upgrades are priced at $300, and the company is additionally providing a free trial version that operates for 60 days.