We understand your frustration with the lack of timely releases for the Windows Q2ID plug-in. We're in the process of replacing the plug-in with a stand-alone application, which will mean you don't need an update for every new version of InDesign.
I'm sorry for the frustration in the meantime. Q2ID did exactly what it promised. It's super easy to download and use. Just opened my Quark files in ID and I was ready to go. I didn't lose any time trying to figure out. The sales rep patiently answered all my questions and even ran a page test for me before I bought the software. I wish every company cared as much about their product as Markzware does. I'm happy converting all the QXD files to Indesign and word.
It handles my pedigree boxes in great fashion so that I can keep them updated. With the novel, I can select the words and paste them into Word, my choice for the move. Have used previous versions with great success.
I am now using the latest version with CC It works perfectly with virtually everything. Very little paragraph reformatting. Sometimes the artwork would resize slightly when the artwork was rekindled to the original.
AI files. This was a HUGE timesaver! The program works as described, but the Q2ID program downloaded for InDesign CC also contains bugs that were found in earlier versions. For example, in converted files, each textbox gets an external and an internal hold value. These must be repaired manually. It works well anyway, I recommend it to everyone! It's the fonts that you have to find in some cases.
Only used the product for one week but Q2ID could be a great time saver for myself as I may have hundreds of Quark documents to convert to InDesign. So far my only problem is: when I convert Quark documents I get a bad format message and the conversion is only partially completed to InDesign.
I will let you know how I progress over the following months. Working with Files Image. Information Title. How to Convert Quark to InDesign. URL Name. Article Detail Article. Here's what happens when a QuarkXPress file is converted to InDesign: Graphics and text are kept intact, and they're listed in the Links panel.
If you have access to Quark, open the file you wish to convert to INDD and make sure that all the graphics and fonts are included and linked properly. Launch Adobe InDesign. In Windows, choose QuarkXPress 3. Select a file and click Open. If a warning dialog box appears, do one of the following:. Click Save to save a copy of the warnings as a text file, and then open the file in InDesign.
Click Close to close the dialog box and open the file in InDesign. Open the template in InDesign. What gets converted from QuarkXPress. Text boxes are converted to InDesign text frames. Text and graphics links are preserved and appear in the Links panel. Grouped objects remain grouped except where nonprinting items are included in a group.
Colors are converted exactly to InDesign colors, except in the following situations: Multi-ink colors from QuarkXPress are mapped to mixed inks in InDesign, unless the multi-ink color does not contain at least one spot color.
Convert PageMaker documents. Before opening the document in InDesign, you may want to do the following:. Make sure that all necessary fonts are available in InDesign. Repair broken graphics links in the PageMaker publication. Open a PageMaker document or template. In Windows, choose PageMaker 6. Click Close to open the file in InDesign without saving the text file.
Save a PageMaker template as an InDesign template. Common PageMaker conversion issues. Note the following:.
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