hammen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Robert Hammen) (03/10/90)
I have taken the liberty of posting the press release for QuarkXPress 3.0 to the comp.newprod newsgroup (it's about 10 K in size). This is the program that I alluded to in a posting a few weeks back. We at Personal Publishing have been working with the program for a while now, and are extremely impressed. So impressed that we are going to abandon PageMaker, and use XPress 3.0 to produce our magazine. (Of course, when DesignStudio comes out with its color separation annexes, as well as its macro language, we may again be tempted to switch page layout programs. Robert Hammen | Technical Editor | Personal Publishing Magazine hammen@ddsw1.mcs.com | 76702.1135@compuserve.com | GEnie: R.HAMMEN
hammen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Robert Hammen) (03/20/90)
I've received a lot of mail expressing interest in XPress 3.0. I did send the
press release to comp.newprod almost two weeks ago; it's never shown up there
(to my knowledge). So, I'm posting it here. Flames to /dev/null.
S/2 Using Macs for DTP
Date: Mon, Mar 5, 1990 9:54:02 AM
Subject: QuarkXPress 3.0
From: Quark, Inc. 76357,3012
To: all
New QuarkXPress 3.0 Publishing Software Features Greater Productivity and Ease
of Use
BOSTON, MA - March 6, 1990 - Quark today announced QuarkXpress 3.0, a new
version of the company's premier publishing software product. QuarkXPress 3.0
marks the addition of a broad range of new features and a more intuitive
interface for easier, faster, and more productive document creation. The
announcement of the new version was made during a press conference at the
Seybold Seminars in Boston. QuarkXPress 3.0 is fully compatible with documents
created using previous versions of QuarkXPress.
"We're excited about the potential of this new version," said Tim
Gill, Quark's founder and senior vice president of research and development.
"We listen to our customers and QuarkXPress 3.0 is the result of the features
our users requested with some others we felt would enrich the product."
Ease-of-Use, Productivity, and Design Enhancements
The enhancements to QuarkXPress 3.0 can be placed into three broad
categories: ease of use, productivity, and design. Ease of use features are
typified by new measurement and page palettes providing the user with
interactive on-screen access to the functionality of QuarkXPress 3.0. Other
features include a library to store and place frequently used items and a
document layout palette for ease in formatting publications.
Many new features were added to increase user productivity. Text and
graphic items can now be grouped for simultaneous manipulation. These items
can also be aligned horizontally or vertically. To assure professional quality
color printing, QuarkXPress 3.0 also features sophisticated color trapping for
precise color printing.
Users of QuarkXPress 3.0 can now take advantage of 360 degree rotated
text and graphics that can be rotated in one thousandth degree increments. The
new version of QuarkXPress also adds a pasteboard feature providing a work
area adjacent to the boundaries of each page.
"We think the features found in QuarkXPress 3.0 will give new creative
tools to the publishing community as well as providing increased
productivity," said Quark's Tim Gill. "The enhanced interface will benefit the
designer by providing continual interaction with the design process."
Completely Redesigned Documentation
Quark has completely redesigned and reorganized its documentation for
the release of QuarkXPress 3.0. Ease of use has been the major objective.
The QuarkXPress 3.0 documentation suite consists of three manuals. The
Reference Manual is a graphic-oriented explanation of how QuarkXPress works.
Organized by menu, it covers every command in the program. Using QuarkXPress
takes a task-oriented approach to instructional material about the program.
This manual consists of seven chapters: Document Construction, Word
Processing, Pictures, Typography, Color, Page Layout, and Printing.
The Tutorial Guide presents exercises that introduce each subject
covered by the seven chapters in Using QuarkXPress. The exercises cover
overviews of the tools, menu commands and dialog boxes related to each subject
area.
Disk-Based Registration
As an industry-first, Quark will be introducing disk-based
registration procedures allowing users to type in information necessary for
warranty purposes. Once the required information on the disk is complete, the
user simply returns it to Quark in a postage-paid mailer.
"This is an exciting new development we are proud to introduce," said
Fred Ebrahimi, president of Quark. "It provides a more convenient registration
method both for us and for our customers." Once the disk is received at Quark,
it is downloaded to a data base where it can be easily retrieved by the
company's Technical Support Department.
Availability and Pricing
QuarkXPress 3.0 will be available at authorized dealers and retailers.
The new version is expected to ship the end of April.
Suggested retail price remains the same as the previous version at
$795. Those who purchase a previous version of QuarkXPress after March 1 are
entitled to a free upgrade. QuarkXPress customers who are currently under
warranty can receive the 3.0 upgrade for a $30 shipping and handling charge.
Anyone owning a previous version of QuarkXPress who is not under warranty can
receive the upgrade for $150. All QuarkXPress customers will be contacted
concerning the upgrade. The new version updates will be delivered via
overnight shipping.
Based in Denver, Colorado, Quark Inc. develops and distributes
publishing software products for commercial publishing and graphics arts
professionals using microcomputer-based systems. The company's QuarkXPress, a
precision-oriented work environment software product for the Apple Macintosh,
provides even the most demanding publishing arts professional with the tools
and features they need to create and implement sophisticated publication
designs. Founded in 1981, Quark is privately held.
QuarkXPress 3.0 New Features and Enhancements
Tuesday, March 6, 1990, Quark announces QuarkXPress version 3.0. We've
listened as carefully to our critics as to our users and supporters. The result
is an electronic publishing product that is both easy to use and
sophisticated. A fairly comprehensive list of the new features and
enhancements which are included in the new release follow.
Interface:
Palettes: Icon-based and alphanumeric interface
Hide and move palettes
Modifications by palettes change display instantly
Tool palette
New tools:
Create polygon picture box
Rotation
Zoom tool with magnification from 10% to 400%
User definable tool preferences
(set default preferences for color, lines, endcaps,
etc.)
Measurements palette:
Modifies content and item
Context sensitive: text, line, picture
Library palette:
Stores graphic and text items
Displays thumbnail of each saved item t layout palette
Icons represent master pages, document pages and
document layout
Create new master pages by dragging icons
Insert, Delete, and Move document pages by dragging
icons
Apply master page changes to document retroactively
Force pages Right-Odd or Left-Even
Other interface enhancements:
Picture and text 'greeking'
Thumbnail view selection in View menu
Move pages within a document and between documents
Improved window positioning
Redesigned dialog boxes
Flexible cursor movement in dialog boxes
Productivity Tools
Anchor picture boxes, text boxes and paragraph rules to flow with text
Multiple selection of unrelated items
Move, copy, duplicate, step-and-repeat, delete, align, lock,
send behind, bring forward, group
Flexible grouping and constraining of items within boxes
Option to create permanent groups (optional parent-child relationship)
Multiple object alignmehorizontal
Multiple spacing options e items evenly
User-defined spacing
.10 point increments
Enhanced "Reversed " subheads
Layout features
Pasteboard
Bleeds
Multi-page spreads
Up to 48" x 48" spread or page size
Display page or spread coordinates
Place objects across facing pages
Rotation of text and graphics at .001! increments
Editable at any angle
Link rotated text boxes
Rotate and skew picture independent of its box
Polygon picture boxes
Create polygon box
Convert any picture box to polygon
Modify polygon shape (freeform modification)
Runaround controls
Offset from each side of box
Create editable outline around picture contour
Place text outside picture outline or flow it into picture contours
Independent horizontal & vertical measurements
Calculate mixed measurements
Multiple master pages: up to 127 per document
Images/Pictures
Polygon picture boxes
Multiple box shapes
List picture name, file format, and location
Preview picture when importing graphics
Save page as EPS file
Color
Color trapping
Precision control of spreads, chokes, cutouts and overprinting
In .001-point increments, from -1 point to 1 point
Automatic or user-defined for all color combinations
Typography
Vertical alignment of text
Flush top or bottom, centered, vertically justified
Automatic realignment during edits
Changes display instantly
Enhanced font features:
Sizes from 2 to 720 points
Font size increments: one thousandth point
on-screen rendering of most Type 3 fonts
Kerning & tracking in one-thousandth em-space increments
User specified or automatic kerning controls
Initial baseline offset specification
Cap height
Cap height with accent
Precision runaround specifications (see also Layout)
Dropped caps
User defined parameters Word Processing
Keep paragraphs and headings together
Widow and orphan line control
Spelling check for word, story, or entire document
Find/replace text and text attributes for story or entire document
User-defined default auxiliary dictionary
Print
Print continuous spreads
Specify color trapping (see also Color)
Suppress printing of text, pictures, lines or groups
File Import and Export
Automatic picture update when original is modified
Automated on-disk customer registration
Suggested List Price: $795
Upgrade prices (see details in Press Release)
Customers who purchase any version after March 1 Free
All customers under standard or extended warranty $30
All customers who are no longer under warranty $150
{ I apologize if I've not responded in a timely manner to news and mail }
{ as of late, but I've been EXTREMELY busy with deadlines until now. }
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