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Provides information on the features of the Adobe Pagemaker 6.5 software useful in digital publishing. Application in conventional page layouting; XPress-lie design attribute; Other comparable features with Quark XPress.

Reports on improvements in Denver-based Quark's flagship product called XPress. AdCreation Toolkit; Tableworks Plus; SXetch Pad; BeyondPress; PM QXP; Vision Utilities; Notes; QX-Tools; Combs XT; Jabberwocky XTension; Press2GO Jump Document; Pick-UpSpot. INSET: Xtensions sources..

Summarizes the report of the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics (ACM Siggraph) on the efforts of software companies to develop software for desktop publishing (DTP). Adobe's Postcript program which turns digital files into printed images; Computer graphics software for Silicon Graphics workstations; 5D's Hyperwarp3 computer graphics program.

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.

Presents useful instruments and technologies for magazine publishing. QuarkXPress 3.2 page layout software by Quark; NewsFactory service by RadioMail Corporation; Tax Watch newsletter.

Reports on the shipment by Quark Inc. of its Macintosh-based XPress 3.2 for layout operations. EfiColor XTension; Support for Apple Events scripting; Compatibility with XPress 3.1 for Windows.

Discusses the difficulties of using desktop production in the publication process. Exclusion of editorial department; Quark Publishing System (QPS); Three main components; Development of integrated desktop systems; QPS limitations; Improvements on the technology.

Provides information on products and corporate acquisition of several computer companies. Acquisition of Micro Warehouses Incorporated of Online Interactive Incorporated; Features of PageMaker 6.5 software developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated; QuarkXPress 4.0 software of Quark Incorporated.

Provides information on the enhancement made by Quark Incorporated for its QuarkXPress 4.0 software. Added features of the software; Support provided by QuarkXPress to its users; Compatibility offered by QuarkXPress; Other products of Quark to be released; Features of Quark Publishing System (QPS).

Reports on the release of Adobe PageMaker 6.0 for five platforms by Adobe Systems Inc. Results of the Adobe/Aldus merger; How Adobe is targeting the Macintosh desktop publishing market; Competition from Quark Inc.'s QuarkXpress; Features of the software; Price.