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PG Bartlett Joins Quark as Senior Vice President of Product Management

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PG Bartlett Joins Quark
September 10, 2008
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PG Bartlett Joins Quark as Senior Vice President of Product Management

Denver, CO — September 10, 2008 — Today Quark announced that PG Bartlett has joined the company as senior vice president of product management. In his new role, Bartlett leads all of Quark’s product management and product marketing functions, spanning across the company’s desktop and enterprise business units. His focus will be on increasing revenue by identifying key growth opportunities and working with product development, operations, marketing, and sales to take advantage of these opportunities.

With fourteen years of experience in dynamic publishing, Bartlett is a recognized expert in the industry. Prior to joining Quark, Bartlett was the vice president of product management at PTC (Parametric Technology) and Arbortext, where he was responsible for product direction and management of Arbortext software. In this role Bartlett was instrumental in managing the company’s growth through the introduction of new products, entry into new markets, and expansion in existing markets.

“Having played an influential role in establishing dynamic publishing as a market category, PG is a perfect fit for our senior team. He will play a key role in driving our dynamic publishing strategy, including the ongoing development of both our enterprise and desktop technologies,” said Ray Schiavone, CEO, Quark.

“I have passion for publishing software and have been on both the user and vendor sides of the industry for nearly my entire career,” said Bartlett. “I’m excited to be here where desktop publishing was born — and where dynamic publishing will flourish.”

As an industry leader, Bartlett is a noted author and speaker. He has written a number of corporate white papers and more than 45 newsletter columns; spoken at nearly 100 conferences and online seminars; and helped garner major industry awards.

About Quark
Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) provides desktop publishing and dynamic publishing software that help customers design and publish richly designed communications across a broad spectrum of media. Two decades ago, our flagship product — QuarkXPress — changed the course of traditional publishing. Today, not only does QuarkXPress continue to innovate in the
desktop publishing market — now Quark is revolutionizing publishing again with Quark® Dynamic Publishing Solution, helping customers cost-effectively meet enterprise-scale publishing challenges by extending the benefits of advanced technologies across the publishing process. Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.

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Quark and Quark related marks are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Quark Inc. and all applicable affiliated companies, Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. and in many other countries. All other marks are the properties of their respective owners.

Contact: Sarah Rector, Quark Inc., 303-894-3753, srector@quark.com

Labels: quark, quarkxpress

¶ 8:44 PM

Quark Establishes Quark Virtual Knowledge Base: "A Tech at Your Fingertips"

New Virtual Knowledge Base Empowers Customers with Easily Accessible, High Quality, 24/7 Self-Service Technical Support Tools

Denver, Colorado - August 6, 2008 - Quark announced today the establishment of the Quark® Virtual Knowledge Base, a virtual "Tech at Your Fingertips." Quark's Virtual Knowledge Base was created to empower customers with a 24/7 self-service technical support tool. Offered as an addition to Quark's current technical support options, including free phone-based technical support, the Virtual Knowledge Base is designed so that creative professionals and those supporting them can quickly find answers to questions and solutions to technical problems.

Paul Brothe, Senior Vice President of Customer Service and Operations stated, "Quark customers desire the latest technology when interacting with us. The Virtual Knowledge Base provides another valuable option to our existing support of live telephone, chat and email support."

Two Tools: Quark Knowledge Base and Self-Service Portal
There are two main tools associated with the Virtual Knowledge Base: the Knowledge Base itself and the Self-Service Portal. The Quark Knowledge Base allows customers to access technical articles that offer solutions to commonly encountered problems, explanations for application behaviors, and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ). More than just a listing of issues often encountered on the web sites of software developers, each Quark solution includes a background section where an in-depth technical analysis is given for specific software behavior.

"The point of including a background section for each solution is to offer customers more than a static and simplistic listing of software issues," said Craig Lanning, Solutions Manager for the Virtual Knowledge Base Team. "We wanted to create a dynamic tool that contains information that can help customers build their own technical understanding of particular software issues or behaviors. That way, if a similar production issue comes up in the future, they will know right away how to handle it."

The Self-Service Portal
Users can also access the customer Self-Service Portal from the Knowledge Base. In the Self-Service Portal they can log cases, track the status of cases, and comment on solutions provided through the portal. Customer insights logged in this manner can be added to new or existing Solutions in the Knowledge Base. In order to use the portal customers will need to request log-in information from the Virtual Knowledge Base team. Once logged into the portal, they can also view solutions that relate to their problem.

Quark is committed to world-class customer service and with the Virtual Knowledge Base now available, and hundreds of solutions either already posted or scheduled for posting, customers have access to the information they want, when they want it, through the communication channels that make most sense to them.

The following links will take you to the Self Service Portal and Public Knowledge Base for each major product line:

Desktop Customers:
-- Self-Service Portal: http://www.quark.com/service/desktop/support/techinfo/vkb.html
-- Public Knowledge Base: http://www.quark.com/service/desktop/support/techinfo/knowledgebase.html

Enterprise Customers:
-- Self-Service Portal: http://dynamicpublishing.quark.com/support/self_service.html
-- Public Knowledge Base: http://dynamicpublishing.quark.com/support/knowledge_center.html

The Virtual Knowledge Base and Self-Service Portal are available to enterprise customers with maintenance programs and QuarkXPress users with versions 6.5, 7 or 8.

About Quark
Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) provides desktop publishing and dynamic publishing software that help customers design and publish richly designed communications across a broad spectrum of media. Two decades ago, our flagship product - QuarkXPress® - changed the course of traditional publishing. Today, not only does QuarkXPress continue to innovate in the desktop publishing market - now Quark is revolutionizing publishing again with Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution, helping customers cost-effectively meet enterprise-scale publishing challenges by extending the benefits of advanced technologies across the publishing process. Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.

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Labels: quark, quarkxpress, xtensions

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AXAIO SOFTWARE INTRODUCES MADETOPRINT XT FOR QUARK QPS 7

Berlin, August 2008. axaio software has announced availability of the
output enhancement XTension MadeToPrint QPS 7, supporting the new
version of Quarks publishing system. The XTension runs under Mac OS X
and supports QXP for QPS 7 as well as QuarkCopyDesk 7.

MadeToPrint adds a variety of sophisticated features to QPS 7, thus
taking the editorial system to a higher output workflow level.
Processes like file exporting, printing and collecting can be
automated entirely using MadeToPrint. The XTension monitors layouts
and articles constantly through adjustable queries and initiates
output unattendedly as soon as a document matches an output argument.
The MadeToPrint auto functionality comprises updating document
contents/ document geometry as well as checking out documents before
output and back in after. Having completetd output actions,
MadeToPrint sets a new status for layouts and articles.

On top of that, MadeToPrint for QPS 7 offers all advantages of the
regular XTension, such as addressing multiple output devices and
executing different tasks simultaniousely or token-based labeling and
naming of output. Other features include Preflight on links and
fonts, flexible output of layers and layer combinations or placing
configurable infobars on printouts and postscript-based export files.

Pricing for MadeToPrint XT QPS 7 is 4.490 EURO, trial versions can be
downloaded at www.axaio.com/doku.php/en:download. In order to
activate and test the XTension, interested QPS 7 users may contact
axaio software (mailto: info@axaio.com)to obtain limited demo keys –
NFR keys for Resellers and Integrators can be obtained the same way.

axaio Software
was founded 2006 as a sister company of callas software. With a
dedicated team of software developers, product managers and support
specialists, axaio designs XTensions and Plug-Ins for Quark XPress
and Adobe InDesign — which are being used on thousands of
workstations and servers in publishing houses, advertisement agencies
and prepress companies all over the world.

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contact:
Achim Kuhlmann
sales@axaio.com
axaio software GmbH
Phone +49.30.443 423 90 | Fax +49.30.4 41 64 02

Labels: madetoprint, print, qps, quarkxpress

¶ 12:13 PM

Improve Your Workflow and Save Money on Your Production Seminar

XChange International and Quark, Inc announce Free “Improve Your Workflow and Save Money on Your Production” Seminar with Software Prize Drawings

London, UK – XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce a free seminar, showing businesses -- small and large -- how to instantly save money on their production. The seminar, co-sponsored with Quark, Inc., Markzware, and Enfocus, will be in London on 29th and 30th, April, 2008. Production departments, designers, printers, and anyone working with PDFs and web sites will benefit from the seminar and will have the opportunity to find out how to start saving money on their day-to-day operations. Additionally, attendees are automatically entered to win in a drawing for software prizes totalling over £1000.00.

“In today’s economy, publishing professionals are always looking for ways to work smarter and faster. Time is money, and we constantly get calls to our pre-sale technical support staff asking what is out there to help speed production of tedious tasks, repetitive handling of data, catalog and brochure production, as well as design tools to streamline processes,” states Greg Stodghill, Support Services Manager for XChange International.

“Since the majority of users are “amazed” to see the available tools and utilities, and find out how they instantly save money on these tools, we wanted to give desktop-publishing professionals a chance to see these tools in action and to answer questions that pertain to their specific production needs. Without paying a consult fee, they can find out how to save time and
money right away.”

Historically, users have had to go to tradeshows or now, online to webinars, to see products demonstrated and a lot of users want to ask specific questions as to options available to them that work with their exact production needs. Some extensions, such as Xdata/InData and Xcatalog/InCatalog, fully automate complete mail merge and catalogue production, saving businesses and users thousands of pounds with the first use. Other extensions save designers hours of layout time per project. The seminar is geared to show the most time-saving tools
obtainable.

The seminar will be an all-day event, and will be held in the XChange Training facilities at 17-18 Britton St, Clerkenwell, London EC1M 5NQ in Central London with reservations being taken on a first-come first-served basis.

“We fully expect users to leave the seminar in awe of the options out there for ridding them of previously monotonous or labour-intensive tasks,” states Greg Stodghill. “When they see what exists, they can’t believe they have gone so long without them.”

To sign up for the seminar or for more information, users can visit http://www.xchangeuk.com, or call on +44(0)20 7490 4455 during UK business hours. Email address is info@xchangeuk.com.

Labels: quarkxpress, seminar, xtensions

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Quark Releases Free Book on Using QuarkXPress 7 with Adobe Creative Suite 3

Quark Online Book Outlines How QuarkXPress 7 Can Be Integrated with Adobe Creative Suite 3 to Achieve Optimum Results

LONDON - 12-13-2007 Quark Inc. announced today that it has created a book outlining how QuarkXPress® 7 can be integrated with Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 to gain maximum benefit from both design tools. Written by Quark® internal experts, the book details how users can work with QuarkXPress 7 as well as Adobe applications such as Illustrator®, Photoshop®, Dreamweaver® and Flash® to unlock the full potential of all their design software.

QuarkXPress 7 now has better integration with Photoshop and Illustrator tools than ever before. Through standards like SWF, XHTML and CSS, QuarkXPress users can publish across media both independently and alongside Adobe Creative Suite applications, like Adobe Flash and Adobe Dreamweaver. The book outlines in more detail how QuarkXPress works with Creative Suite and the best practices that users should take when using these applications.

QuarkXPress and Photoshop are the two most widely used design applications and QuarkXPress is considered by many to have the best integration with Photoshop’s PSD file format of any layout tool available today. The book recommends when users should use the PSD file format for images and gives tips on how to get the best results.

Illustrator is another extensively used application and is used to create logos and vector illustrations. Traditionally, the route into QuarkXPress has been to export an EPS from Illustrator, however it is now possible to import native Illustrator editable PDF files into QuarkXPress. This gives much more flexibility and also the advantage of having an Illustrator file that can be easily shared across the organisation.

The introduction of Quark Interactive Designer has made it is easier than ever to output SWF (Flash®) files directly from QuarkXPress 7. Users can easily create interactive materials by leveraging the design precision and ease-of-use of QuarkXPress with the power and flexibility of the Flash format. This means that users can create for print, presentations and online multimedia without having to learn multiple applications.

“QuarkXPress now has better integration with Adobe Creative Suite than ever before and this free book highlights how users can leverage all applications to improve their design experience. QuarkXPress 7 now gives the user more creative latitude within one single application,” said Marc Horne a Quark expert and contributor. “We also looked at the benefits of some of QuarkXPress 7’s exclusive features including Quark Composition Zones®, Job Jackets® and Flash (SWF) Output and made some direct comparisons with Adobe InDesign.”

The book concludes with a feature comparison table that evaluates QuarkXPress and InDesign CS 3 in terms of how well each integrates with the other Creative Suite applications. It finds that QuarkXPress 7 not only integrates equally as well with the Adobe Creative Suite but also offers a host of exclusive features.

The free book is available to downloaded at http://www.quark.com/products/xpress/documentation.html. Click on “QuarkXPress 7 Integration with Creative Suite 3.”

About Quark Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) is an innovative software company providing design, production, and collaboration solutions that are transforming the business of creative communications. Quark has provided award-winning software for professional publishers since its flagship product, QuarkXPress, changed the course of traditional publishing. Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.

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Quark, QuarkXPress, Composition Zones Job Jackets are trademarks or registered trademarks of Quark, Inc. and its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact: Sarah Rector, Quark Inc., srector@quark.com, 303-894-3753

Labels: cs3, indesign, quarkxpress

¶ 9:56 AM

Markzware Announces FlightCheck Professional v6.10 Upgrade

Contact:
Mary Gay Marchese
949-756-5100, ext. 250
pr@markzware.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MARKZWARE ANNOUNCES FLIGHTCHECK PROFESSIONAL v6.10 UPGRADE
FlightCheck v6.10 now offers faster preflighting, recognition of QuarkXPress 7 files, and enhanced PDF Ground Controls

SANTA ANA, California – December 10, 2007 – Markzware, the inventor of preflight and data-conversion software leader, today announced the release of FlightCheck v6.10, Markzware’s flagship prepress application that manages quality control of digital files destined for print or electronic distribution.

FlightCheck v6.10 comprises numerous improvements and updates, including enhanced preflighting speed—up to four times faster than previous versions. The solution now recognizes QuarkXPress 7 files, and appropriately reports on font paths. In addition, improvements have been made to the software’s PDF Ground Controls. And a new “Get More” button found in the Ground Controls pop-up menu, enables users to immediately access and download pre-defined Ground Controls based on output intentions and file specifications.

“The release of Markzware’s FlightCheck v6.10 is a key milestone in the product’s long, rich history. It reinforces our commitment to the printing, publishing and graphic arts markets, by providing superior usability and productivity, and enabling our customers to ensure quality output for a very modest investment,” affirms Mary Gay Marchese, public relations director, Markzware, Inc., Santa Ana, CA.

Pricing and Availability:
Upgrades for FlightCheck Professional and Designer v6.10 are available free of charge for registered FlightCheck 6.x users. The FlightCheck Professional upgrade for 5.x users is $199. The MSRP for FlightCheck Professional is $499. For more information, or to purchase, visit: http://www.markzware.com/store.

About Markzware:
Markzware, a privately held company based in Santa Ana, California, is a leading developer of quality assurance, data conversion and workflow solutions for the international graphic arts, printing, publishing and digital multimedia industries. Markzware B.V. located in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, is the company's headquarters for activities in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

2007 Markzware. All rights reserved. Covered by U.S. Patent #5,963,641.

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Labels: flightcheck, preflighting, quarkxpress, xtensions

¶ 3:26 PM

Quark Announces Availability of Free QuarkXPress 7.31 Updater

Latest Maintenance Release of QuarkXPress 7 is Certified for Windows Vista, Optimized for Mac OS X Leopard and Introduces Key Performance Enhancements

DENVER - 11-21-2007 - Quark Inc. today announced availability of the QuarkXPress 7.31 updater, a maintenance release of the company’s industry-leading professional design software.

“We are committed to providing our customers with increased value and functionality with regular maintenance releases of QuarkXPress 7,” said Jürgen Kurz, Quark’s senior vice president of product development. “With this latest update, QuarkXPress 7 is the only creative design and page layout software on the market today that is both certified on Windows Vista as well as updated for compatibility with the recently launched Mac OS X Leopard. We also introduced enhancements that will enable designers to create materials with even greater speed and efficiency.”

Compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista In developing its latest release, Quark worked closely with Apple to ensure that QuarkXPress 7.31 is tested and optimized to run on Mac OS X Leopard, released by Apple late last month. In addition, Quark received certification of compatibility for QuarkXPress 7 to run on the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system with the release of QuarkXPress 7.31. Designers using QuarkXPress 7 to create materials on Windows Vista can now have a confidence in the performance of their design and page layout software that is unmatched by any other product on the market.

QuarkXPress 7 Performance Enhancements Significant enhancements and fixes introduced in QuarkXPress 7.31 enable users to:

-- Correct capitalization errors at the beginning and within a sentence

-- Find and correct duplicate words

-- Find and correct spacing errors after punctuation

-- Ignore Internet and file addresses when spellchecking

-- Ignore words with numbers when spellchecking

The QuarkXPress Passport 7.31 updater also includes:

-- Spell checking and hyphenation support for Norwegian (Bokmål) and Norwegian (Nynorsk) languages.

-- Spell checking in German, Reformed German, and Swiss German that finds and corrects capitalization errors at the beginning and within a sentence.

For a complete list of issues resolved in QuarkXPress 7.31, please visit http://www.quark.com/products/xpress/731issuesresolved.html. Existing QuarkXPress 7 users can download a free update to QuarkXPress 7.31 by visiting http://www.quark.com/products/xpress/731update.html.

About Quark Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) is an innovative software company providing design, production, and collaboration solutions that are transforming the business of creative communications. Quark has provided award-winning software for professional publishers since its flagship product, QuarkXPress, changed the course of traditional publishing. Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.

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Quark and Quark related marks are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Quark Inc. and all applicable affiliated companies, Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. and in many other countries. All other marks are the properties of their respective owners.

Media Contacts: MacLean Guthrie, Quark Inc., mguthrie@quark.com, 303-894-3371 and/or Sarah Rector, Quark Inc., srector@quark.com, 303-894-3753

Labels: mac, macintosh, quarkxpress

¶ 2:09 PM

Quark Opens Technical Support Center in Denver Headquarters

For Immediate Release

Quark Opens Technical Support Center in Denver Headquarters

New Team is Committed to Ensuring Customers in North America Receive Free Dedicated 24-Hour Support, 5 Days a Week

DENVER, CO - November 14, 2007 - Quark Inc. announced today that the company has opened a new technical support center in its corporate headquarters in Denver, Colorado. The center now serves both current Desktop and Enterprise clients in North America and is staffed by a team that is trained to provide English-language technical support for all Quark products.

The Denver technical support center was established in response to customer feedback and is the latest addition to Quark's global support network, which strives to provide Quark customers with free, fast and simple resolution to technical issues. Quark technical support teams are also located in Chandigarh, India and Neuchatel, Switzerland.

Customers using Quark products in North America who call Technical Support (800-676-4575, option two) now connect directly with Quark's Denver team Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time. After-hours support is available through the same number and is provided by Quark's technical support team in India.

In addition, Quark has launched a live online support feature for Quark Desktop products, where users can chat with a technical expert and resolve issues in real-time. Accessible at http://www.quark.com/service/desktop/support, live chat help is available between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. US Mountain Time.

"I think the new Denver Tech Support Center is extremely helpful," said Paul Tomzak, instructor at the New School University and Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. "The team bends over backwards to make the client feel of value - this makes a big difference."

"We know that Quark customers rely on our products to achieve creativity and productivity, and we are committed to providing timely resolution to technical issues so that they may reach these goals. Our new Denver technical support team will help Quark deliver even greater service to English-speaking clients in North America while enhancing our overall global support network." said Adriaan Roosen, senior vice president, customer service and operations, Quark.

About Quark
Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) is an innovative software company providing design, production, and collaboration solutions that are transforming the business of creative communications. Quark has provided award-winning software for professional publishers since its flagship product, QuarkXPress, changed the course of traditional publishing. Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.

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Quark and Quark related marks are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Quark Inc. and all applicable affiliated companies, Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. and in many other countries. All other marks are the properties of their respective owners.

Contact: MacLean Guthrie, Quark Inc., mguthrie@quark.com, 303.894.3371
Sarah Rector, Quark Inc., srector@quark.com, 303.894.3753

Labels: quarkxpress, xtensions

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