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Article: QuarkXPress versus PageMaker. (Quark QuarkXPress 4.0, Adobe PageMaker 6.5 DTP packages reviewed and compared) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
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- Macworld
- Article date:
- December 1, 1997
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 Mac Publishing. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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PageMaker launched the desktop publishing revolution one year before QuarkXPress hit the shelf, but ever since the two have battled fiercely to be the market's best. QuarkXPress cemented its position as the power user's program of choice in the early 1990s, but it's been stalled at version 3.3 since 1993, while Quark has unsuccessfully attempted to enter new markets. Meanwhile, PageMaker has forged ahead. Adobe Systems acquired the application from Aldus and delivered two new versions, 6.0 and 6.5, that expanded its features far into QuarkXPress's high-end territory, particularly in the areas of color creation, typographic precision, and layout controls.
Now, Quark ...