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QuarkXPress 9 is also claimed to be the only page layout software with direct support for the free, multi-platform, multi-device Blio eReader, which presents eBooks just like their printed versions, in full colour. It enables the repurposing of existing content and the design of new content specifically for the iPad, including video/audio players, slideshows, scrollable regions, web overlays, pop-up windows, buttons and hyperlinks.
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"QuarkXPress 9 puts creative professionals in control of creating digital publications for the iPad, for the Blio e-reader, for the ePub format, without having to get development companies and programmers involved."Īpp Studio for QuarkXPress 9, which will be available as a free update within 90 days of QuarkXPress 9 shipping, will give designers a dedicated design environment for creating content for the iPad. "Right now, nobody is doing that, either in terms of making it easy or cost-effective," he said. "To be able to not just output whatever the publication is in print and online, but to provide digital editions of that for their clients too."ĭigital publishing is one of the main focuses of QuarkXPress 9, which includes tools to allow designers to create content for print, web, interactive Flash media, and digital devices in a variety of formats.Īccording to Drake, the software sets a new benchmark in terms of making digital publishing, for platforms such as smartphones and tablet computers, both easy and cost-effective for creative professionals.


"This would certainly represent an opportunity for printers to be able to do do that," he added. Gavin Drake, vice president of marketing at Quark, said that the software was aimed at businesses looking to add value-added marketing services to their clients.

According to US-based Quark, the new features in QuarkXPress 9 fall into three categories: digital publishing, design-driven automation and productivity production improvements.
