QuarkXpress

"The Ultimate Desktop Publisher"

What do you like best about QuarkXPress? It's intuitive for use — a one time purchase! — and the Quark designers listen to users for improvements, constantly keeping the program from becoming overloaded with unwanted features. What do you dislike about QuarkXPress? Quark is not as widely accepted as Adobe. What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you? Problems: variable fonts aren't fully supported yet, and the font menu can get so large that not all active fonts ...

"THE ONLY THING I USE!!!"

What do you like best about QuarkXPress? The ability to create invitations, form letters and letterhead for my nonprofit. Unlike other programs, images stay put and the program makes it easy to then add text, graphs, etc. What do you dislike about QuarkXPress? Nothing! Quark is the only program I have ever used and I have been using it since the early 2000's. What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you? The ability to create invitations, form letters and letterhead ...

"The New Digital Experience - Quark Express 2020"

What do you like best about QuarkXPress? QuarkXPress 20230 is the easiest way possible to create a website. This means that, for the first time, you can go straight from your print dfesign using your brand and your fonts and colours, to fully functioning, clean web content. Quark have been developing the advancements in print design to digital since 2016 to stay well ahead of the competition. They have buiolt theior own PDF engine which does away with the need for another application to ...

"My Upgrade"

What do you like best about QuarkXPress? I've used QuarkXpress for many years. Stuck in the past with QuarkXpress 7.31. I was experiencing some problems with my computer and once the bugs were fixed, I decided to upgrade to QuarkXpress 2020 and take advantage of the 25% discount offered. It's been a bit of a learning curve but I'm starting to feel very comfortable with the new look and features. What do you dislike about QuarkXPress? I haven't found anything that I dislike. What problems is ...

"Great page layout and compositing app"

What do you like best about QuarkXPress? I like Quarks method of handling typesetting over any other competitor that I have tried. It is tremendously easy to set type for page layout applications such as magazines, books or pamphlets/flyers. What do you dislike about QuarkXPress? I am not crazy about using Quark as a packaging design program. In that case, it is not near as suited to the layout needs of the packaging design process. It is great for compositing items that will be printed or ...

"QuarkXpress -- Powerful desktop publishing program"

What do you like best about QuarkXPress? Industry standards help professionals do work. QuarkXPress is an industry standard. What do you dislike about QuarkXPress? Quark's subscription-only business model means hobbyists must budget real money to use the program and won't likely continue using it forever. What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you? QuarkXPress helps me with complicated designs that can be replicated for on-going jobs. This consistency keeps clients ...

"I've been using Quark X'press since the 90's"

What do you like best about QuarkXPress? Page layout is accurate and easy to use. What do you dislike about QuarkXPress? Recently I upgraded to the latest version on Mac OS Monterey and find it slow in respondsiveness. Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress: Very powerful for page layout and print design. What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you? I'm still learning some of the features such as web page creation.

"Always the best desktop publishing software."

What do you like best about QuarkXPress? I love that essentially, this program has remained the same for 26 years that I have been using it. The tools work well and I go do layups quickly and precisely. What do you dislike about QuarkXPress? I have 2 things that I would like to see improved, one thing is that often when I try to select text, I'll instead put a new text box. It's one of those little aggravations that end up taking up time. The other thing I would like it to see previews of ...

"QuarkXPress 2021"

What do you like best about QuarkXPress? Having used this programme for many years it improves with every update! What do you dislike about QuarkXPress? It works really well for me so difficult to note any dislikes apart from native objects could be type blocks and not singular from files! Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress: It is considered a bit of a dinosaur compared to Adobe InDesign, but I use both, and Quark is still my main go-to every time. What problems is ...

"A Quark user for over 30 years"

What do you like best about QuarkXPress? From its origins, Quark has been a desktop publishing program that closely resembles what those of us with gray hair refer to as real typesetting, going back to the days of hot metal type. Unlike desktop publishing programs which made up their own rules, Quark took the best traditions of multiple decades of professional typesetting and moved them into a workable, easy to understand and use desktop publishing program. As Quark has evolved over the ...