This will likely be a big feature, especially with newspapers and magazines that have many different articles in the same layout. Of course, you can break the link if desired. When an external zone is updated, all “links” to the zone are updated, too. The shared content can be saved inside the file/project or exported as an external file. The process is surprisingly simple: select the objects and create a new Composition Zone under the Item menu. You can share parts of a layout or the entire layout itself. Of course, space and time doesn’t allow this review to be an all-inclusive comparison.Ĭomposition Zones, simply put, can allow multiple QuarkXPress users to work on the same document, or to import the same shared content into multiple documents. There could be some readers using Quark who get the magazine for the other Adobe content, so I’ll compare the features to InDesign’s when appropriate. Some areas still need improvement (I’ll discuss these areas later) and Quark will have to overcome the momentum of the Creative Suite pricing, but this version is a good start.īecause this is a magazine about Adobe software, most users will have some familiarity with InDesign’s features, so the focus will be on the new QuarkXPress features. If Quark keeps the updates/upgrades coming on a regular schedule, it may even regain some of the market share lost to InDesign. Plus, version 7 has a couple of very interesting, unique features not found in the current InDesign. While many of the newfeatures are playing catch-up to InDesign CS2, which has been out for more than a year (I’ll mention some of those features later), they could be enough to stop current QuarkXPress users from thinking about switching. How does the new QuarkXPress compare to Adobe InDesign CS2?įirst, let me say I’m very impressed with QuarkXPress 7‘s new features.
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