InDesign to Quark
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- scrameone
I am starting a project wherein the client needs a document built in Quark (6.5, specifically). I have been using InDesign (CS4 specifically) for a while.
My question is, do I need to install Quark on my machine, or are there file conversion possibilities?
Any advice would be appreciated.
- baseline_shift0
are you handing over files for them to work from? ie, they get the source files to modify and all they have is quark?
Or can you just give em pdfs?
- They will get the source files.scrameone
- hmmmbaseline_shift
- PonyBoy0
put Quark on your machine...
- PonyBoy0
make them buy CS4 and tell them to live in the nowww!
- scrameone0
Also, can I save down from Quark 8 to Quark 6.5?
- Gucci0
I know Markzware made a plugin that converted ID files to Quark, but there's no way I'd trust it.
I'd hand them PDFs if you can, otherwise, you're pretty much SOL.
- < yeah... why hand over sources anyway?baseline_shift
- Big company. They use the Quark files to generate internal databases blah, blah, blah...scrameone
- Oh no.. the dreaded Quark XTG to Database stuff... your files have to be EXTRA cleanvaxorcist
- section_0140
Is it a newspaper?
- scrameone0
Finally. From some brief splashing around on google: Quark 6.5 runs badly on Mac OSX 10.5?
- you might find a person here who uses quark, but there aren't many. Can't help you there, I'm afraid.Gucci
- I would assume so, it's an old programme not built for the newer os.shitehawke
- 6.5 runs fine on both my machines, 10.4 & 10.5estetic
- vaxorcist0
Argh, be ready for a crashy computer.. Quark 6.5 made alot of people switch to Indesign.... I'd definately add a few hours to your estimates and beware of strange conflicts....
? Are you placing anything from Illustrator into your Quark Files? I had issues with this on Quark 6.5... crashed randomly or just hung with the spinnind beach ball.....
Quark Express updates began to suck horribly after 4.0..... rumor was that Quark laid off most of its programmers and outsourced....
- shitehawke0
Quark has always had fucked up ideas on backwards compatibility, 6 could only save to version 5, 5 could only save to 4 etc.
I would say you should see about compatibiliy with the new version, buy that and install. Have fun relearning quark, you'll fell stupid for the first few years.
- vaxorcist0
If they're doing Quark to Database stuff based on some internal code they made long ago, you may want to ask them for some example files that are known to work, then rework those... Quark XTG tags can be very finicky, be ready for some back and forth about the files not importing into the database without tweeking.... I haven't done this since 2004 or so, we switched to indesign due to this tweekiness, but yes, it meant re-engineering database imports....
- duckofrubber0
Frankly, this does not sound good.