Quark has released a new resource that will assist in using Quark products alongside a number of products from its main competitor, Adobe.

The new book outlines how QuarkXPress® 7 can be integrated with Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 to gain maximum benefit from both design tools. Written by Quark® internal experts, the book details how users can work with QuarkXPress 7 as well as Adobe applications such as Illustrator®, Photoshop®, Dreamweaver® and Flash® to unlock the full potential of all their design software.

QuarkXPress 7 now has better integration with Photoshop and Illustrator tools than ever before. Through standards like SWF, XHTML and CSS, QuarkXPress users can publish across media both independently and alongside Adobe Creative Suite applications, like Adobe Flash and Adobe Dreamweaver. The book outlines in more detail how QuarkXPress works with Creative Suite and the best practises that users should take when using these applications.

Illustrator is another extensively used application and is used to create logos and vector illustrations. Traditionally, the route into QuarkXPress has been to export an EPS from Illustrator, however it is now possible to import native Illustrator editable PDF files into QuarkXPress. This gives much more flexibility and also the advantage of having an Illustrator file that can be easily shared across the organisation.

The introduction of Quark Interactive Designer has made it is easier than ever to output SWF (Flash®) files directly from QuarkXPress 7. Users can easily create interactive materials by leveraging the design precision and ease-of-use of QuarkXPress with the power and flexibility of the Flash format. This means that users can create for print, presentations and online multimedia without having to learn multiple applications.

The book concludes with a feature comparison table that evaluates QuarkXPress and InDesign CS3 in terms of how well each integrates with the other Creative Suite applications. It finds that QuarkXPress 7 not only integrates equally as well with the Adobe Creative Suite but also offers a host of exclusive features.

The free book is available below.

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Quark Compability Book for Adobe Software (pdf - 1358 kb)