Monday, January 28, 2002		Article

FOLLOWING a widespread public test phase with more than 3,70,000 users, Quark Inc. has announced the US release of QuarkXPress 5.0, the highly anticipated upgrade to the page layout software tool.

QuarkXPress 5.0 fuses tools for print and Web design in a single, innovative application for media-independent publishing. The new version has a wide range of new and enhanced features to support print, Web, and PDF workflows.

It is an open application that relies upon industry standards to generate content for print, Web, and eBooks. Users can import and export dozens of file formats, including HTML, PDF, and XML or do both.

"We have been putting QuarkXPress 5.0 through extensive quality tests, and are now ready to release it for use," Quark president and CEO Fred Ebrahimi said . "We are confident that the new features and enhancements will help the industry become more efficient and more productive.

The new software includes many new and enhanced features that make the industry-leading print tools even better. New Tables functionality allows the users to create graphically rich tables to structure design elements or organise complex data. QuarkXPress table cells can contain pictures and text with virtually all the typographic and image control users expect from QuarkXPress.

The new version is available for both Mac OS and Windows, and can be purchased at www.quark.com. The list price in the USA is $995.