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Pariah is a prolific writer with more than 450 tutorials and articles published in many of the most respected creative industry magazines and Websites, including: Macworld magazine, Digital Arts magazine, InDesign Magazine, X-Ray Magazine, CreativePro.com, PDFZone, Planet PDF, PCWorld, and more.

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Shantanu Narayen, Adobe Systems, Inc…

New QXML DOM schema imme­di­ately opens QuarkXPress file for­mat for open stan­dard XML read­ing; next ver­sion of QXML to allow writ­ing.
At Macworld San Francisco yes­ter­day Quark, Inc…

In a press release issued today Quark accepts and announces receipt of the 2004 Macworld Editor’s Choice (Eddy) Award in the Most Improved Page-Layout Software cat­e­gory for QuarkXPress 6…

With QuarkXPress 6 or 6.5, mak­ing changes to text that repeats across a page or even mul­ti­ple, dis­parate lay­outs is a mat­ter of doing it just once with Synchronized Text…

ChooseFile, mak­ers of ID Image Book 1.2 for InDesign CS, today announced the release of QXP Images Book 1…

Adobe announced yes­ter­day the imme­di­ate avail­abil­ity of Acrobat 7, includ­ing Standard, Professional, and the license-only Elements…

Macworld’s bias against Adobe is as egre­gious as it is bla­tant. Photoshop and After Effects, two Adobe point prod­ucts squarely tar­geted in Apple’s cross-hairs, were ignored for Eddys where they clearly deserved them. But no where is the anti-Adobe bias at Macworld more evi­dent than in the ludi­cris rejec­tion of InDesign for Most Improved Page-Layout Program.

Quark now works with PSD files bet­ter than Adobe’s own InDesign. The gaunt­let has been thrown down. I can’t wait to see how Adobe picks it up.

InDesign CS Bible by Galen Gruman made with QuarkConsidered one of the most com­pre­hen­sive ref­er­ences for InDesign CS, the fact that Gruman’s Adobe InDesign CS Bible was built in Quark, how­ever it came to be, is ter­ri­bly embar­rass­ing for Wiley Publishing, Inc., for Galen Gruman, and, most of all, for Adobe. Not only does Adobe make InDesign, but its Technical and Expert Support depart­ments offi­cially endorse the Adobe InDesign CS Bible, rec­om­mend­ing it to Adobe customers.

Adobe Shares What Happens In Vegas With The World.—The Design Weblog—design.weblogsinc.com
Today Adobe announced Acrobat 7…

Last week Quark released QuarkXPress 6.5, a hint, an inti­ma­tion, per­haps even a promise, of where Quark 7 may take us next year. The 6…

In a very well bal­anced arti­cle Digital Output mag­a­zine weighs in on QuarkXPress vs. Adobe InDesign. Though noth­ing new to Quark vs…

With delight I opened David Blatner’s new book, Moving To InDesign, because any book writ­ten or co-written by David is a delight. This one was no exception…

Coinciding with Creo’s debut at Graph Expo 2004 of the Darwin Variable Information plug-in suite for InDesign CS, Adobe announced today the launch of the Adobe Variable Data Publishing (VDP) Resource Center, an edu­ca­tional resource for cre­ative pro­fes­sion­als, mar­ket­ing depart­ments and print ser­vice providers that aims to kick-start the adop­tion and imple­men­ta­tion of VDP solutions…

Any good graphic designer knows the new, hip graphic and indus­trial design col­ors are dic­tated by the fash­ion world. Last night the fash­ion world pro­claimed the col­ors for Spring 2005…

As desire and demand for InDesign-based work­flows rises, so does the need for InDesign-based work­flow extensions…

WoodWing Software today announced the launch of Smart Layout CS v3.1…

At MacExpo 2004, which runs November 18-20 in Islington, London, the high­light is sure to be the day one duel between Adobe InDesign CS and QuarkXPress…

Denver-based Quark, Inc., mak­ers of InDesign-rival pro­fes­sional desk­top pub­lish­ing soft­ware QuarkXPress, is build­ing its own city in Mohali, Punjab, India…

Computer Business Review Online inter­views Gavin Drake, mar­ket­ing direc­tor of Quark Systems, Ltd., the UK arm of Colorado-based Quark, Inc., maker of would-be InDesign rival, QuarkXPress…

Kevin at GraphicPush has aban­doned Quark for­ever. Hallelujah, brother! Welcome to the enlight­ened broth­er­hood of InDesigners…

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QuarkDispatch Server Certified to Run on Xserve G5
PARIS—(THE DESIGN WEBLOG)—Aug. 31, 2004—Quark Inc…

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PARIS—(THE DESIGN WEBLOG)—31 August, 2004—Since his appoint­ment as pres­i­dent and CEO of Quark Inc…