Software Plug-In converts QuarkXPress documents.
Press Release Summary:
Requiring installed and supported version of Adobe InDesign v3 or v4, Q2ID conversion tool enables Adobe InDesign users to convert QuarkXPress 3.3, 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x documents into native InDesign document format. It will convert all elements of document including, but not limited to page size, style sheets, fonts, text, images, layers, lines, and tables. Program saves hours of scanning or re-keying and formatting documents.
Original Press Release:
Instantly Convert QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign
SANTA ANA, California - October 31, 2005-- Markzware, the leading developer of preflighting quality assurance applications for the graphic arts and printing industries, is pleased to announce the immediate release of its newest product, Q2ID. This is an Adobe InDesign Plug-in and requires an installed and supported version of Adobe InDesign v3 (CS) or v4 (CS2) prior to installing Q2ID.
Markzware's Q2ID (QuarkXPress to InDesign) is a conversion tool that will enable Adobe InDesign users to convert QuarkXPress 3.3, 4.x, 5.x and 6.x documents into the native InDesign document format. Q2ID will convert all elements of a QuarkXPress document including, but not limited to: page size, style sheets, fonts, text, images, layers, lines, tables, etc. provided Adobe InDesign supports the converted item.
"Q2ID is a product based on the fundamental technology needed to understand aspects of file formats. This technology enhances FlightCheck Professional, our flagship product - and allows Markzware to provide a product that fulfills the need for certain target markets. Advanced sales of this product have been very promising and we are excited about this release," said Patrick Marchese, president of Markzware.
Q2ID may be purchased through an authorized Markzware reseller such as CDW, MacMall, MacConnection, SHI, Software Spectrum, Programmers Paradise, etc, and through Markzware Direct Sales at (800) 300-3532, or at Markzware's online store, www.markzware.com/store_usa/ . The MSRP is $199. For more information please visit www.markzware.com/q2id .
About Markzware:
Markzware is the leader in developing quality assurance, data conversion, and workflow solutions for the international graphic arts, printing, publishing and digital multimedia industries. Markzware is a privately held company based in Santa Ana, California, USA.
Markzware B.V. located in Rijswijk, The Netherlands, is the company's headquarters for activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. For more information, visit markzware.com/main_eu/ .
2005 Markzware. All rights reserved. Covered by U.S. Patent #5,963,641
Perfect for: Independent Designers, Design Studios, Design Consultants, Art Directors, Book Publishers and Advertising Agencies
MSRP: USA $199
EUR Euros199, £139
Q2ID (QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign) offers users a quick and easy way to convert QuarkXPress content into a new Adobe InDesign document. Conversion is enabled with a single click using InDesign's File->Open. The majority of the intricate details of the document are instantly re-created within InDesign. Items converted include: page positioning, color models, fonts and styles, images, and text attributes as well as tables, layers, blends, runarounds, linked text boxes & anchored boxes, pantone colors and other color models. Q2ID can convert QuarkXPress documents created on either the Microsoft Windows or Apple Macintosh OS, into a new Macintosh Adobe InDesign file. Q2ID conversion technology saves countless hours of scanning or re-keying and formatting documents.
The product can convert QuarkXPress documents created on either the Microsoft Windows or Apple Macintosh OS, into Macintosh Adobe InDesign.
Supported Applications
Runs in Adobe InDesign v3 and v4 (CS and CS2) for Macintosh
Converts QuarkXPress and Passport v3.3, v4.1, v5.0, v6.0 to v6.5 files
Screenshots
Open a Quark File in Adobe InDesign
Edit the opened Quark Document
Features
Repurposes legacy content from QuarkXPress files
Preserves content, pages, layers, look and feel
Quick & Easy to use
Language
English, French, German, Dutch and Italian
System Requirement
Power Macintosh G3 and higher
OS X.2 and higher
128 MB of RAM, 250 MB of free Hard Disk space
