Quark QuarkXPress 2016

Quark introduced its flagship software — QuarkXPress® — in 1987, delivering precision typography, layout, and colour control to the desktop computer to change the way people publish around the world. By 1990, QuarkXPress 3 had become the software of choice for publishers worldwide. With the 1997 release of QuarkXPress 4, QuarkXPress quickly became the world's most widely used professional page-layout software. More than five billion pages have been produced using QuarkXPress, and more than three million QuarkXPress users worldwide are benefiting from a new generation of rich design capabilities for print, Web, and interactive media.

Quark expanded on its publishing foundation in 1992 with an editorial workflow and collaboration system that connects designers, writers, editors, and other contributors to the publishing process. The 2001 release of an advanced server engine combined high-performance publishing automation with professional design, helping organisations produce compelling communications such as high-impact catalogues, on-demand custom sales literature, localised advertisements, design-rich database publishing, personalised direct mail, and more.

Today, Quark is revolutionising publishing again.

Building on the foundation of performance and reliability delivered by its predecessor, QuarkXPress 2016 is the must-have upgrade for every QuarkXPress user. From the simplicity of the new colour picker tool to the innovation of exporting HTML5 Publications, QuarkXPress 2016 takes design and productivity to the next level. QuarkXPress 2016 is sold as a perpetual license with 60-days of free support, free dual activation, cross platform licenses (Mac and PC) and ongoing access to free updates.

• NEW: Convert PDF, Illustrator and EPS Files to Native QuarkXPress Objects
• NEW: Paste as Native Objects from Illustrator and Microsoft Office
• NEW: Multi-Gradient Colour Blends
• NEW: Export as HTML5 Publications
• NEW: Support for OpenType Stylistic Sets
• NEW: Touchpad Support for Pinch and Zoom (Mac only)
• NEW: Search and Replace Non-breaking Spaces and Characters
• NEW: Additional Dynamic Guides for Textbox Columns
• NEW: Fit Textbox to Text
• NEW: Colour Picker (Eyedropper tool)
• NEW: Streamlined and Efficient UI Now also on Windows
• NEW: Option to Make Measurement Palette 50% Larger
• NEW: Option to Line Wrap Content Variables
• NEW: Support for ICCv4 Profiles
• Stunning 64-bit performance
• Industry-verified PDF/X-4 output
• Fixed layout interactive (app-like) eBook production
• Footnotes and Endnotes plus footnotes import from Word
• Content Variables for automatically populating reoccurring fields
• A new, faster table tool with table styles
• More than 4x larger Page Sizes
• User-definable shortcut keys (Mac only)
• And more

Convert PDF, Illustrator and EPS Files to Native QuarkXPress Objects

Say goodbye to time-consuming projects (think rebuilding logos and reconstructing PDF files sent by your clients). QuarkXPress is the first layout application to import PDF, Illustrator and EPS files and convert them to native objects.˚ Look forward to fully editable Bezier versions of vector graphics, real text and automatically extracted colours and fonts.
˚ Restrictions apply  

Copy and Paste Objects from Illustrator, PowerPoint and Others to QuarkXPress

Simply copy items from other applications such as PowerPoint, Illustrator or even InDesign and paste them into your QuarkXPress layout as Native QuarkXPress Objects˚, allowing you to easily complete or reuse them up in QuarkXPress 2016.
˚ Restrictions apply  

Multi-Gradient Colour Blends

Some things are worth waiting for. With the new Multi-Gradient Colour Blends you have all the flexibility you’ve yearned for when designing colour blends. Create as many colour stops as you like, use sliders or numeric settings, opt for the full radial setting or set the aspect ratio. Unlike other layout software, you can even set different opacity levels for each colour stop.   

Export as HTML5 Publications

Building on the popularity of reflowable and fixed layout eBooks and stunning interactive apps from App Studio, QuarkXPress 2016 adds another digital output format. You can now create HTML5 Publications without any additional software and no additional digital publishing costs.‡ Just upload HTML5 Publications to your own website and show the world. HTML5 Publications displays pixel-perfect layouts on all modern desktop, tablet, and mobile browsers, providing an easy and effective online experience. With HTML5 Publications you can go beyond static print layouts to add interactive enrichments such as scrollable areas, slide shows, animations and more. Quite possibly the easiest way to share your final magazine, newspaper, comics, reports, ads and more. Even use HTML5 Publications to enable Web-based previews for your customers.
‡ Own Webserver/Domain is required  

Support for OpenType Stylistic Sets

Typography lovers — it’s time to get excited. With modern digital fonts, font designers can group related alternative characters into OpenType Stylistic Sets, which may be switched on together. Stylistic Sets give users the ability to quickly apply these sets with one click. For example, Vollkorn, a free body typeface by Friedrich Althausen, provides two stylistic sets that you can easily switch between. One is a more standard “old-style” set for body text and another “plainer” stylistic set is better suited for headlines while preserving the look of the whole body text. QuarkXPress adds support for Stylistic Sets to its OpenType support and allows you to quickly make use of this powerful feature for automating typography.  

XTensions Interface Consistency

If you have already invested in a publishing system or third party software that integrates with QuarkXPress 2015, there’s good news. You can continue to work with QuarkXPress 2016 without disruption. As the plug-in interface is the same between QuarkXPress 2016 and QuarkXPress 2015, your XTensions will work in the new version uninterrupted (provided the XTension does not conflict with any of the new functionality).     

System Requirements

QuarkXPress 2016 requires a dual core CPU with at least 1 GB available for QuarkXPress, ideally 4 GB available for QuarkXPress.

QuarkXPress 2016 is supported on OS X Mavericks, OS X Yosemite and El Capitan as well as on Windows 7, 8 and 10 (all 64 bit only).

QuarkXPress 2016 does not run on 32 Bit operating systems.