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QuarkXPress vs Indesign 

Many a times my clients who are in the process of launching a Newspaper, ask me

 which Page Layout software to install. I have always advised them to see it from

 an operators' point of view. For users migrating from older applications like Adobe

 PageMaker, Indesign would be an ideal choice. Also Indesign allows better 

 integration with other Adobe Applications like, Photoshop, Illustrator & Acrobat, 

e.g. making PDF files becomes easier. However, QuarkXPress has reigned supreme 

in this application area for long & so has its own strengths too.

Please find below a broad Comparison between the two Competitors, based on available information:

Comparison Table

 The Basic comparison 

QuarkXPress

InDesign

Operating system

Classic Mac OS, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows

Windows and Mac OS

Language

Multilingual

24 Language

Quality vs Quantity

Feature-rich software

Quality rich software

License

Lifetime license

Subscription base License

Colors

Its support hex chrome color

It doesn’t

Page Size

48 Inch Square (QX 6.0)

216 Inch Square

Installation

Concurrent installation is prohibited

Concurrent installation permitted

Export JDF files

Yes

No

Convert print to HTML for use in Dreamweaver

Yes

No

Design web page compatible with Dreamweaver

Yes

No

Import flash swf files for pdf

No

Yes

Support for illustrator layers

No

Yes

Drag and Drop from illustrator

No

Yes

Photoshop transparency control

Yes

No

Photoshop-like palette controls

Yes

No

Control Photoshop spot colors

Yes

No


Conclusion 

QuarkXPress focused on adding to more new features rather than improving previous tools and features. On one side, Quark focuses on improving various types of HTML tools so that you can create multiple layouts in a single document, but another side their typographic and layout feature is not updated. So why we called QuarkXPress is feature-rich software.

Adobe InDesign does not focus on only adding a feature; they try to improve the previous feature as well. For, i.e. Adobe InDesign has a Typographic feature more powerful than QuarkXPress, but what Adobe did, they improve in the newer version of InDesign 2.0 as well. Adobe InDesign focuses on improving performance and speed, so that’s why Adobe InDesign gives better performance than any other competitive software.


Compiled by:

Chandan Datta, Compu Care Infotech

Address: B'C'#3, Block-II, 2nd Floor, 'Calcutta Greens Commercial Complex', 1050/2, Survey Park, Kolkata-700 075 (Mob.:+9198300 40811; E-Mail:dattachandan1960@gmail.com; Website: http:\\compucare4u.business.site)








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