QuarkXPress for Mac

QuarkXPress for Mac is a layout and prepress program that lets you combine writing, editing, and typography with color and pictures to produce the dynamic final output.



It offers a variety of features for layout and design, typography, Web page creation, color management, and output.

Comprehensive printing controls allow you to output almost any type of document. You can create Web documents that contain rollovers, hyperlinks, and forms.

ou can also extract content in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format. XML content can then be used with HTML templates to create dynamic Web pages.

With QuarkXPress for macOS, you can communicate in all the ways you need to — and always look professional— in print and digital media, all in a single tool.

QuarkXPress 2024 New Features

It offers enhanced control over Right-To-Left language text, allowing seamless mixing of multiple languages and finer adjustments to column and story direction.

The software now supports local image libraries, enabling users to manage collections and access images from sources like Unsplash and Pexels in a single location. Digital publishing improvements include enhanced flip book features for a realistic page-turning experience and better picture size control in reflowable ePub formats.

New AI capabilities allow users to find images quickly using simple prompts, while automatic hyperlink generation detects and formats email addresses and URLs with ease.

The latest IDML export features enrich collaboration between QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign, improving the handling of tables, images, callouts, spreads, gradients, and more.

Features and Highlights

Incredible Performance
With its new 64-bit architecture, the software can use all of the RAM available to deliver performance improvements across the board from file handling and layout rendering to PDF export. Combined with a relentless focus on quality means you get the speed and reliability you deserve.

Xenon Graphics Engine
The new state-of-the-art Xenon Graphics Engine takes full advantage of your computer’s processing power, rendering rich PDFs, Photoshop, and TIFF images to give you maximum performance at the most appropriate resolution.

Modern and Optimised UI
From the new full-screen view to auto-hiding dockable palettes, it has been redesigned inside and out.

Streamlined, Modern, Intuitive Interface
The streamlined, modern, intuitive interface of this tool provides a workspace that lets you achieve your design and layout goals as effortlessly as possible.

Intelligent Palettes
Intelligent palettes and windows that are aware of their surroundings mean you spend less time arranging and more time designing. Dock palettes to screen edges, turn on hiding, drag, and drop, snap to windows, and more. Shortcut keys enable even faster access and the Palette Sets feature makes remembering your favorite configuration a breeze.

Adaptive Resolution Technology
When it comes to viewing images within a layout, most desktop publishing tools-ask designers to compromise on quality, performance, or both. In contrast, by utilizing the latest processor technology, the Adaptive Resolution feature in the software delivers high-resolution images every time without compromising performance.

Task-based Tools
One of the most time-consuming aspects of design and production is getting to the right tool at the right time. The program minimizes your trips to the Tools Palette by putting the right tools at your fingertips.

Libraries
Is there a logo, a design, a run of text you use all the time? Put them in a library — then the next time you need it, you can just drag a copy of it from the library to the page.

Multiple Views
To tweak details, you have to zoom in. To get the big picture, you have to zoom out. This software lets you do both at the same time. With the Split View feature, you can divide a window into separate views of the same layout, and each view acts as a separate window, with its own magnification. You can even divide views across multiple monitors.

Learn Once for Multiple Channels
The program provides a toolset that lets you design and publishes for a variety of output formats — including smartphones, e-readers, and tablets — without having to learn a different skill set for each, learn to write code or program, or purchase additional applications.

Drag and Drop
It lets you drag text and picture files onto the page from your desktop. You don’t even have to draw a box; just drag it in and you’re done. You can also drag content to and from other applications, such as Adobe® Bridge and iPhoto®.

Alternatives

Adobe InDesign - Industry-standard for desktop publishing.

Scribus - Free, open-source page layout software.

Pricing

Prepaid Annual Subscription - $251/per year

The world’s most powerful page layout and digital publishing software is now available as a prepaid annual subscription.

You will have the right to use the software, with upgrades, updates and technical support, for as long as your subscription is active. Your subscription will renew automatically.

Annual Maintenance & Support Plans

When you buy a perpetual license of this program, one year of maintenance and support is included for:

• Access to the most recent app version
• Software updates
• Responsive technical support

Minimum System Requirements

macOS 14.x (Sonoma), macOS 13.x (Ventura) and macOS 12.x (Monterey)

PROS

• Professional Desktop Publishing Tools
• High-Quality Output for Print and Digital
• Extensive Typography and Text Features
• Advanced Color Management Options
• Customizable and User-Friendly Interface

CONS

• Limited Third-Party Plugin Support
• Complex Learning Curve for New Users
• Occasional Performance Issues with Large Files

Note: 7 days trial version.

Also Available: Download QuarkXPress for Windows