QuarkXPress 7 Public Beta 2 Available Now

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New Public Beta set to expire 1 May 2006 As promised by Quark (and reported earlier here) the QuarkXPress 7 Public Beta 2 has been posted on Quark’s public beta website as of today, the day before the time bombs in the Public Beta 1 are set to go off; Public Beta 1 will become inoperative on 1 April…

BY Samuel John Klein

Associate Editor, Quark VS InDesign.com

New Public Beta set to expire 1 May 2006

As promised by Quark (and reported earlier here) the QuarkXPress 7 Public Beta 2 has been posted on Quark’s public beta website as of today, the day before the time bombs in the Public Beta 1 are set to go off; Public Beta 1 will become inoperative on 1 April.

The download (116MB and available in regular, International English, and Passport flavors for both Mac OS X and Windows) as well an XML Import XTension are available for immediate download to registered program participants. Enrollment in the XPress beta test program is open to all; details (and sign-up) are available here.

Quark sats they are accepting commentary on the public betas through 2 May 2006, so this might be the final go around. If you want a hands-on look at what QuarkXPress 7 can do, now would be the time to go for it.

QuarkXPress 7, public beta program

1. I’d rather get my hands on InDesign CS3 ;-)

   #1

   03 Apr 2006
   06:55 PT

   woz

2. If a Quark falls in the forest and there’s no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?

   #2

   04 Apr 2006
   08:42 PT

   Stan

3. As long as Adobe doesn’t have Intel support they can get lost.
   Unbelievable that I need to pay for an Intel version of Creative Suite.

   Monopoly, here we come again.
   Why is our industry so blind?

   Greetings
   Peter

   #3

   05 Apr 2006
   14:02 PT

   Peter

4. I read an article about their new preflight features within the application. I used PasteBoard and FlightCheck Professional from Markzware for over 7 years now. I think they have a patent on their product. I hate to see Quark and Adobe ripping off other company patent. Adobe In-Design has preflight build-in but its so lame. I still use FlightCheck Professional, it save my life so many time and I will continue to stick with it.

   #4

   10 Apr 2006
   16:54 PT

   Ninondo73

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