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Presents information on several Xtensions or plug-ins for the QuarkXpress desktop publishing software. FingerType typography plug-in from ALAP; FullMeasure XT measurement palette plug-in from Badia Software; XpressImage plug-in from Gluon; Autopage book layout plug-in from KyTek; ItemMaster plug-in from ALAP.

Provides information on desktop publishing software package recommended for schools. Microsoft Word; PrintShop; Microsoft Publisher and Creative Writer; Write Away from Black Cat; Textease and Multimedia for Acorn users; Free software including Frontpage Express, Netscape Composer and WEB Personal Edition.

Offers tips on how to cope with the switch from QuarkXPress software to Adobe's InDesign printing and page layout software. InDesign's interface; Features of InDesign; Character styles and master pages; Color interface of InDesign. INSETS: Opening QuarkXPress Documents in InDesign;Clipping Paths and Text Wrap in InDesign.

Features electronic desktop publishing software. Adobe Systems Inc.'s Adobe Acrobat; No Hands Software's Common Ground; Frame Technology Corp.'s Frame Viewer; Interleaf Inc.'s WorldView; Folio Corp.'s Folio Views for Windows; Pennant Systems' Advanced Function Printing Workbench; WordPerfect Corp.'s WordPerfect Intellitag. INSETS: Electronic publishing with Adobe Acrobat.;Electronic publishing's lingua franca.;Your electronic-publishing options..

Discusses the dilemma faced by newspapers on whether to replace front end systems with pure desktop systems or install bridge and extension software to interface their existing platforms with various desktop components. Relation with training, cost, space and integration issues; Limitation of platform interoperability; Overall requirements of newspapers according to the `Seybold Report on Publishing Systems.'

Reports on the add-ons to Quark Inc.'s QuarkXPress system, running on both PC and Macintosh platforms. Indispensability of a number of QuarkXTensions; Color Change by Vision's Edge Inc.; Tableworks from Npath Software Inc.; More.

The article evaluates the PagePlus X8 desktop publishing software from Serif (Europe) Ltd.

The article evaluates the Desk desktop publishing software from Yo gg for the Mac OS X operating system.

The article evaluates the Serif PagePlus X8 desktop publishing software.

Presents information on the QX-Tools 4 software, a valuable set of XTensions for QuarkXPress software. Components and advantages; Price.

Describes the automated process of converting a QuarkXPress document into a Web-ready file using AppleScript and other utilities. Suitability of QuarkXPress for making simple advertisements; Need to use XPress 4.04; AppleScript's use of the EPS Generic filter to open in PhotoShop any EPS files that appear in the filter.

Provides information on XTensions, a plug-ins which increases the productivity of QuarkXPress. Reasons users tend to shy away from XTensions; Important rules in using XTensions; Shareware for XTensions.

Presents a chart which compares desktop publishing software for educational uses. Software includes `CreataCard Plus!,' by American Greetings; `Greetings Workshop,' by Microsoft; `Print Artist 4.0,' by Sierra On-Line; `Print Shop Ensemble,' by Broderbund and `PrintMaster Gold Publishing Suite 3.0,' by Mindscape Incorporated.

Focuses on desktop publishing (DTP) software for small business documents. Advantage of DTP software over word processing programs; Use of Microsoft Publisher; Serif's PagePlus 3.0; Highend software for professional publishers; Adobe PageMaker; Corel Ventura 5; QuarkXpress; Compatibility of software with computers.

Focuses on the use of GeoWorks Ensemble in desktop publishing and businesses. People's experience with Ensemble; Ensemble for producing newsletters; Use of Ensemble by EBS of New Zealand; Use-configurable interface; Small business use by Qudos Management Services; Setting up fax support with Ensemble.

Features Quark Inc.'s QuarkXPress 4 software program. Features of the program; Usability of the program; Command features of the program; Utility menu of the program.

Reports on the use of computer system for publication purposes by the Graphic Services Center of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Effects of the computer system on the publication efforts of the school's publication center Impact!; Features of the computer software used.

Opinion. Discusses the competition within the computer industry to bring font and printer controls to the next generation of PC software. Today's limited font-and-graph technology; Possible battle over types of publishing software.

Focuses on Quark Incorporated's QuarkXpress 4.0, a version of the company's desktop publishing product. Additional features of the Xpress 4.0; Its uses.

Reports on rumors about version 4.0 of Quark's QuarkXPress page-layout software. Enhanced design flexibility; HiFi Color process printing; Indexing and table-of-contents features.

Features QuarkXPress 3.2, published by Quark Inc. Color-management scheme that works directly from within the QuarkXPress application; Integrated color management; Use of the EfiColor XTension; Other features.

Discusses the code-named K2 page-layout program by Adobe previewed at the Seybold San Francisco, California, publishing conference. Brief mention of features demonstrated by Ben Rotholtz, Adobe product manager; Mention of the keynote address of Steve Jobs at the conference; Other news from Adobe at the conference.

Discusses professional page layout software, specifically SoftLogik PageStream 3.3, QuarkXPress and Adobe PageMaker. Features; QuarkXPress' advantages over PageMaker and lesser known contenders; The suggestion that Adobe is probably the only vendor with a realistic chance of challenging QuarkXPress.

Discusses spot color and QuarkXPress 4.0 software. The leap that QuarkXPress has taken in mixing spot colors, with its introduction of Multi-Inks; Ink issues; Building a Multi-Ink color; Details about swatch books. INSET: Screen-angle madness.

Evaluates QuarkXPress 4.0. Features; Improvements over QuarkXPress 3.3; Shortcomings; Contact point; Price.

Examines the master pages option with QuarkXPress software for Macintosh computer users. Master pages as repetition-prevention tools; Viewing master pages in the Document Layout palette or under the Page menu; Tricks for automatic page number, margin guides and copying a master page from one document to another.

Offers tips and hints for suing QuarkXPress software. Aligning baselines in a multicolumn text box; Changing the defaults; Absolute page numbers; A shortcut for selecting font-type. INSETS: Palette pointers.;Avoiding clipping paths..

Offers advice on using search and replace features in Microsoft Word, Adobe PageMaker, QuarkXPress, and other programs. Killing hard line endings; Automating run-in heads; Converting multiple spaces to tabs; Making metacharacters your friends. INSET: Three find and change techniques..

Focuses on the use of QuarkXPress to create paragraph style sheets. Application of formatting; Advantages of style sheets; Ease of movement from a word processor to a page-layout program. INSETS: Build by example.;Search and replace.;Local formatting.;Importing styles.

Presents several font-management computer software. Includes Font Reserve; Suitcase 3.0; theFONDler; Font Corral.

Focuses on the expansion of QuarkXpress software into multimedia systems. Innovation through XTension; Addition of audio through Orion; Image processing through QuarkXPosure.

Focuses on various desktop-editing software programs for Macintosh computers. Wallpaper 1.0.2; ClickChange 2.0; Screenscapes 1.0; Before Dark 1.0.3; Desktop Textures 2.1; Now Fun 1.0. . INSET: Desktop-pattern editors and the system file..

Reviews the computer software, 'The Children's Writing and Publishing Center.'

Focuses on QX-Effects 3.0 an extension program for QuarkXPress from Extensis Corporation. Attributes of the program; Comparison of QX-Effects 3 and its competitor ShadowCaster. INSET: Score card..

Provides information on QuarkXPress 4.0 from Quark Incorporated. Successfulness of product since its launch in July 1997; Features of the software.

Focuses on plug-ins to be added to improve the productivity of users of the computer software product QuarkXPress. Who developed the software; Features of the product.

Discloses that version 4.0 of the QuarkXPress software is on track for release by the middle of 1997. Quark Inc.'s plan to fold a variety of powerful, Bezier-based drawing and layout tools into XPress 4.0; Other new features to be included in the upgrade; Capabilities of the new software.

Reports on the PhotoShop 6.5 layout program from Adobe Systems Inc. Web-authoring capabilities; Enhancements; Compatibility; Pricing and availability; Contact information.

Describes several desktop publishing software. Includes Corel Ventura 5.0 (for Windows); FrameMaker 4.0 (for Windows, Mac and PowerMac); FreeHand 4.0 (for Windows); Microsoft Publisher 2.0 (for Windows); PageMaker 5.0 (for Macs and Windows); QuarkXPress 3.31 (for Macs and Windows). INSET: Tips for in-house desktop publishing..

Describes the scripting feature of the Adobe PageMaker desktop publishing application. Scripting as a way to automatically control the program; Tips on how to create PageMaker scripts; Additional information resources for PageMaker's scripting capability.

Discusses various aspects of graphics software for desktop publishing. Examples of inexpensive graphics utilities; Functions of graphics utilities; Utilities which can convert files from among various formats; Utilities which allow the viewing and cataloging of images.

Features word processors with desktop publishing (DTP) capabilities. Provision of multiple columns and frames; Sophistication of functions offered on the Macintosh and Windows platforms; Application of indirect techniques for the emulation of DTP tools.

Focuses on image-manipulation software. Applications of Aldus Gallery Effects, Fractal Design Painter, Fractal Design Sketcher, Micrografx Picture Publisher; More; Transformation of images; Software prices.

Reviews the computer software QuarkXpress 4.0 by the Quark Company. Features of the product; Cost of the product; Contact information included.

The article reports on the launch of upgraded professional desktop publishing application software 64-bit QuarkXPress from Quark.

The article evaluates the Printworks for Mac desktop publishing software from BeLight Software.