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Tests desktop publishing software. Newsletter, story brochure and a telecommunications sales proposal as tasks; FrameMaker for Windows 3.0 from Frame Technology Inc.; PageMaker for Windows 5.0 from Adus Corp.; QuarkXPress 3.1 from Quark Inc.; Ventura Publisher Windows Edition 4.1.1 from Ventura Software.

Compares and contrasts the Aldus PageMaker version 5.0 and QuarkXPress version 3.2 desktop publishing programs. Pages and pasteboard; Page elements; Add-on modules; Interface and document construction; Text and type; Color; Printing; Documentation, online help and support.

Compares the Aldus PageMaker 5.0 and QuarkXPress 3.2 desktop publishing programs. Adoption of XPress by arts and graphics professionals; Capabilities in spot color and four-color process printing; Achievement of platform compatibility; Rating of each publisher. INSETS: In brief (features of PageMaker and QuarkXPress).;Taking the high road... or not (alternative software).;Corel launches Ventura..

Evaluates and compares the desktop publishing softwares Aldus PageMaker Windows Version 5.0 and Macintosh Version 5, QuarkXPress Windows Version 3.12 amd Macintosh Version 3.2 and Ventura Publisher Windows Version 4.11. Program setup; Document setup; File preparation; Element placement; Layout modification; Documentation; Support policies; Technical support; Value. INSET: Summary..

Provides information on the two main layout software packages available in the Australian market. Aldus PageMaker version 5; Quark-XPress version 3.3. INSET: Choose the software that suits the task..

Reports on Aldus Corp.'s shipment of a QuarkXPress converter for Aldus PageMaker 5.0. that translates Quark 3.x documents to PageMaker 5.0 for the Macintosh or Power Macintosh.

Discusses the author's comparison of professional desktop publishing programs for the Macintosh and Windows. Aldus PageMaker; QuarkXPress; Ventura Publisher; Program setup; Document setup; File preparation; Element placement; Output; Documentation; Support; Value.

Reports on the results of the testing of PageMaker and QuarkXpress Software running on QMS printers. Printing with both QMS 860 Print System and the QMS ColorScript 230; Inconsistencies between the drivers required for the printers and those required for the product versions.

Focuses on the growing demand for desktop publishing (DTP) manuals in the advent of the battle between Quark Inc.'s Quark Xpress and Aldus Corporation's PageMaker desktop page-design software. Amplifications; Color manipulating ability; Versions for Macintosh and Windows; DTP books.

Features Aldus Corp.'s PageMaker 5.0, an archrival of Quark Inc.'s QuarkXPress. Ability to open documents simultaneously; Printing color separations; Removal of transformations with one menu command; Lack of rudimentary color calibration in Aldus freehand; Advantages over QuarkXPress.

Examines Trapmaker, an add-on program for Aldus' PageMaker desktop publishing software. Heightening competition with Aldus' PageMaker for features development; Significance of TrapMaker functions; Features implemented in TrapMaker absent in XPress.