ID2Q Conversion Options Window
ID2Q has a window for Conversion Options. The Markzware ID2Q Conversion Options Window includes Text Attributes, Picture Previews, and Additional Options.
Text Attributes
Text Attributes Settings
(1) The “Use Styles” option converts all text and paragraph attributes for all stories in the document.
(2) The “Plain Text” option converts all text but ignores the text and paragraph attributes used in the InDesign document and instead uses the default attributes of QuarkXPress.
(3) The “Empty Box” option converts all text boxes by discarding all text stories, thus forming a document which serves as a “template.”
Picture Previews Settings
(1) The “Use Picture” option converts all image previews in the document.
(2) The “Gray Preview” option converts all picture boxes using a simple solid gray preview which serves as “place holder” for each image. The image links will be retained and can be later updated by selecting the “Picture Usage” menu option located under the “Utilities” menu in QuarkXPress.
(3) The “Empty Box” option converts all picture boxes by discarding all picture previews, as well as their links, thus forming a document which serves as a “template.”
Additional Conversion Settings
ID2Q Post Conversion Fix Options
The “Overflowed Text Boxes” option resizes a text box in order to eliminate text overflow. If you see overflow markers in your converted file and want ID2Q to try and fix these then select this checkbox. (an overflow marker is a small red rectangle at the bottom right corner of a text container). NOTE** – When this option is selected, text containers may grow very large.
The “Linked Text Boxes” option attempts to “unclog” a series of linked text containers. If you have a series of linked text containers that appear to be empty after converting your document, try selecting this option to have ID2Q attempt to allow text in linked boxes to flow through all chained boxes. Many times the item that prevents the text from flowing after conversion is an anchored item such as a table or picture. This anchored item pushes the text so that it overflows out of the chain and thus becomes non-visible. Due to the way Quark has evolved, this option works best when used under Quark 9. This option may not work well under Quark 8.
The “Items with Run Around Specified” option adjusts the Quark file by creating a new topmost Layer named “Id2qRunAroundLayer” and then moving items with Run Around set to this new layer. Quark and InDesign handle Run Around (i.e., Text Wrap in InDesign) differently and this function allows ID2Q to attempt to mimic the look of the original InDesign file.
Also if you enable the “Items with Run Around Specified” feature, InDesign documents that have the Ignore Text Wrap feature set for an item or items will cause ID2Q to create another new layer above the “Id2qRunAroundLayer” named “Is2qIgnRunAroundLayer”. This means that ID2Q will place items wit h the Ignore Text Wrap attribute in InDesign files on this new topmost layer in the converted Quark document.
NOTE** – If you enable this option, items in your converted Quark file will not be on the same layers they were on in the original InDesign file.
The “Auto Adjust Tables” uses QuarkXPress’s Table XTension to apply the auto adjust to all the tables in the document. This can either be a good thing or a bad thing depending on the how the original table was constructed in InDesign. Sometimes this option helps a converted file look much closer to the original document, other times tables may become very large and cause text flow issues.
