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QXPMarkz Scripts
QXPMarkz Scripts
QXPMarkz ships with some scripts that add menu items to InDesign for converting QuarkXPress files to InDesign. The scripts are designed to closely approximates how Markzware’s Q2ID InDesign product works and allow you to convert QXP files to InDesign without…
QXPMarkz – Installing Scripts
QXPMarkz Scripts » QXPMarkz – Installing Scripts
After activating QXPMarkz, the first time you start the application, you will see a Scripts Installer Window. The Window will list all versions of InDesign from CS6 and higher it finds on your computer that are located in your Applications Folder. Next to each version…
QXPMarkz – Running The Scripts
QXPMarkz Scripts » QXPMarkz – Running The Scripts
Once you install the scripts, the following two new items are available in InDesign In the Main Manu Bar for InDesign you will see a new entry named Markzware. Under this menu will be an item named Convert QuarkXPress Document… Clicking on Convert Quark…
QXPMarkz – Uninstalling the Scripts
QXPMarkz Scripts » QXPMarkz – Uninstalling the Scripts
To uninstall the QXPMarkz scripts - Make sure InDesign is not running Navigate to your Adobe InDesign folder Navigate to the Scripts folder Delete the Markzware folder When you restart InDesign the scripts will no longer be available You still need to…
QXPMarkz Registration
QXPMarkz Registration
After activating QXPMarkz the first time, you will have the ability to register the product, by clicking on the Register button Fill in the Registration screen and click Register to submit your registration information. You will next see a registration complete…
QXPMarkz Privacy
QXPMarkz Preferences » QXPMarkz Privacy
The Privacy settings are present to allow Users to either share or not share anonymous analytical data with Markzware. By default this Preference is enabled. *By agreeing to share anonymous analytic data with Markzware, this allows us to plan for resource usage…
QXPMarkz Print
QXPMarkz Open In Options » QXPMarkz Print
Print will attempt to print the currently active file. Using this feature brings up a standard Apple Print dialog with all of the normal print features provided by macOS.
QXPMarkz Preferences
QXPMarkz Preferences
QXPMarkz General Preferences QXPMarkz Automation Preferences QXPMarkz IDML Preferences QXPMarkz Open In Preferences QXPMarkz Privacy
QXPMarkz Menu
QXPMarkz Menus Overview » QXPMarkz Menu
About QXPMarkz Brings up the About Window which shows The Version of QXPMarkz Your License ID if you have purchased the full version of QXPMarkz The Status of QXPMarkz (Activated or Freebie) The Expiration information for your QXPMarkz…
QXPMarkz – Setting System Prefs on Mac for Scripts
QXPMarkz Scripts » QXPMarkz – Setting System Prefs on Mac for Scripts
If your scripts fail to run, this is most likely an issue with the macOS Security and Privacy Preferences. You should be able to remedy this problem by doing the following - Bring up your Mac System Preferences Window Select the Security & Privacy Preference Select…
QXPMarkz Activation
QXPMarkz Activation
Enter the email address that was used to purchase QXPMarkz Copy and paste your QXPMarkz License into the provided area Click – Activate QXPMarkz will attempt to Activate QXPMarkz successfully Activates Close the Activation Window by clicking on the red…
QXPMarkz Installation
QXPMarkz Installation
Make sure you are connected to the internet Download the QXPMarkz DMG file located at – https://markzware.com/products/qxpmarkz/download/ Double-Click on the DMG, this will bring up a Drag-n-Drop Installer Window Drag the QXPMarkz application to the…
QXPMarkz Preview Window
QXPMarkz Preview Window
Once you open a file in QXPMarkz, you will see a Preview Window. This window has the following features - At the very top is the document title of the currently active document To the right of the document title is the version of Quark the document was created…
QXPMarkz Edit Menu
QXPMarkz Menus Overview » QXPMarkz Edit Menu
These items are only available when working with the About Screen to Activate or Deactivate QXPMarkz and when Registering QXPMarkz. !If you try and edit an open document, these items will not work as they will be grayed out. Cut Copy Paste Select…
QXPMarkz IDML Preferences
QXPMarkz Preferences » QXPMarkz IDML Preferences
*IDML files do not contain preview data by default. QXPMarkz allows you to create Low Resolution (Lo-Res) Previews of images for your IDML file. Thus, instead of seeing a gray box where an image is, using this feature allows you to get a lo-res placeholder image…
QXPMarkz Tools Menu
QXPMarkz Menus Overview » QXPMarkz Tools Menu
The Tools Menu allows you to bring up the QXPMarkz Script Installer. This way if you disable the Launch when scripts available checkbox on the Scripts Installer window, you can always bring the window back up to review the status of installed QXPMarkz…
QXPMarkz Inspector Panel
QXPMarkz Menus Overview » QXPMarkz Inspector Panel
The Inspector Panel is an overview of your document. It displays a mini inventory of what comprises your document. Each document has its own Inspector Panel Window. Some features of the Inspector Panel Can be set to show up automatically every time you open a…
QXPMarkz Window Menu
QXPMarkz Menus Overview » QXPMarkz Window Menu
Minimize Will minimize the current document window to your Dock. To view the window again, either click on the icon in your Doc or under the Window menu select the name of the document and click on it. Zoom Zooms QXPMarkz to fill up your entire screen. Selecting…
QXPMarkz FAQs & Troubleshooting
QXPMarkz FAQs & Troubleshooting
Q. – I keep getting an error when attempting to Activate QXPMarkz. What’s the problem and how do I fix it? A. – When you see the “Error attempting to activate!” message, this means the the email address and License ID you are using do not…
QXPMarkz Release Notes
QXPMarkz Release Notes
Check out release notes and see what has been added, improved and fixed. QXPMarkz Release Notes
QXPMarkz System Requirements
QXPMarkz System Requirements
macOS 10.13 or higher 4GB RAM recommended 1 GB free disk space minimum Internet Connection to Activate and view online User Manual
QXPMarkz Automation Preferences
QXPMarkz Preferences » QXPMarkz Automation Preferences
The automation section lets you set up certain actions to be performed whenever you open a file in QXPMarkz. !A word of caution here – These preferences are manually set up and if you for instance set up QXPMarkz to always open InDesign whenever you open a…
QXPMarkz Startup Window
QXPMarkz Startup Window
When you first start up QXPMarkz you will see the Startup Window. This is the main window for QXPMarkz. From this Window you can open files to preview in QXPMarkz. Files can be opened in one of four ways Navigate to the QXPMarkz file Menu and select…
QXPMarkz Shortcut Keys
QXPMarkz Menus Overview » QXPMarkz Shortcut Keys
QXPMarkz Menu Command – Comma (,) Open QXPMarkz Preferences Command – H Hide QXPMarkz Option-Command – H Hide Others (other Applications) Command – Q Quit…
QXPMarkz Sample Workflows
QXPMarkz Sample Workflows
QXPMarkz – Auto Open IDML in InDesign – mimic MarkzTools2 behavior Auto Open IDML in Affinity Publisher
QXPMarkz File Menu
QXPMarkz Menus Overview » QXPMarkz File Menu
Open Brings up an Open File Dialog Window where you can select one or more QuarkXPress files to open. Open Recent Shows a list of recently opened files in case you need to re-open them again without hunting for them on your computer system. Convert to IDML… This…
QXPMarkz Help Menu
QXPMarkz Menus Overview » QXPMarkz Help Menu
Search Built in macOS search provided by Apple (this does not tie into QXPMarkz documentation) User Guide… Will take you to the online QXPMarkz User Manual. The online User Manual is fully searchable. If you cannot find a topic in the online User Manual, please…
QXPMarkz Menus Overview
QXPMarkz Menus Overview
QXPMarkz Main Menu Bar QXPMarkz File Edit View Tools Window Help QXPMarkz Inspector Panel QXPMarkz Shortcut Keys
QXPMarkz Export Stories
QXPMarkz Manual Export Options » QXPMarkz Export Stories
Format Select one of the three export formats from this menu. 1A. RTF Selecting this option will export all of the story data in your file (all of the text) as an RTF file (Rich Text Format). RTF files attempt to use the proper font, font color and font…
QXPMarkz General Preferences
QXPMarkz Preferences » QXPMarkz General Preferences
Show Welcome Window on Launch When enabled the Welcome Window shows whenever you restart. If Disabled, no window will appear when you startup QXPMarkz, so Drag-and-Drop is not immediately available, BUT, you can simply do a Command-O to select a file. Prefer…
QXPMarkz App Overview
QXPMarkz App Overview
QXPMarkz is a standalone application for Apple’s macOS 10.12 and higher that can open and preview native QuarkXPress files (.qxp, .qxd files) and then convert them to different formats all without QuarkXPress being loaded on your computer. QXPMarkz also has some…
QXPMarkz View Menu
QXPMarkz Menus Overview » QXPMarkz View Menu
Show Tab Bar Shows the Tab Bar (located just below the Toolbar). Open documents in Tabs versus indvidual windows is a global preference for QXPMarkz found under the General Preferences Window. Hide Tab Bar This only works if a single document is open. If you have…
QXPMarkz Open In Options
QXPMarkz Open In Options
QXPMarkz Open In Icons QXPMarkz Open in InDesign QXPMarkz Open in Quark QXPMarkz Open in Publisher QXPMarkz Open in Acrobat QXPMarkz Open in Illustrator QXPMarkz Print
QXPMarkz Quick Start Guide
QXPMarkz Quick Start Guide
Here’s a link to a Quick Overview Movie of QXPMarkz *The steps listed below are different than the content of the Quick Overview Movie Download QXPMarkz Install QXPMarkz (download the .dmg file, double-click the .dmg and then drag-and-drop the QXPMarkz…
QXPMarkz Export As GIF
QXPMarkz Manual Export Options » QXPMarkz Export As GIF
1. Pages All Exports all pages in the document 2. Pages From X to X Allows you to select a continuous range of pages to export. *Regardless of whether your Quark file uses Facing Pages (Spreads), when exporting as GIF each Page is exported as a separate GIF…
QXPMarkz Open in Quark
QXPMarkz Open In Options » QXPMarkz Open in Quark
Open in Quark will attempt to open the native Quark file in the version of Quark it was created with. If this version of Quark cannot be found (it must be loaded and be able to run on your computer for this to work) , then QXPMarkz will check to see if you have QXP…
QXPMarkz Export As IDML
QXPMarkz Manual Export Options » QXPMarkz Export As IDML
Post Export 1. Open In Selecting the Open In Checkbox allows you to select which application will handle the exported IDML file. 2. System Default Application This is the default application your macOS system uses to handle IDML files. If you have QuarkXPress…
QXPMarkz Export As JPEG
QXPMarkz Manual Export Options » QXPMarkz Export As JPEG
1. Pages All Exports all pages in the document 2. Pages From X to X Allows you to select a continuous range of pages to export. *Regardless of whether your Quark file uses Facing Pages (Spreads), when exporting as JPEG each Page is exported as a separate JPEG…
QXPMarkz Manual Export Options
QXPMarkz Manual Export Options
QXPMarkz Manual Export Options QXPMarkz Export QXPMarkz Export As IDML QXPMarkz Export As PDF QXPMarkz Export As TIFF QXPMarkz Export As PNG QXPMarkz Export As JPEG QXPMarkz Export As GIF QXPMarkz Export Stories
QXPMarkz Deactivate and Uninstall
QXPMarkz Deactivate and Uninstall
!Before Uninstalling QXPMarkz, please Deactivate it by using the following procedure Deactivating QXPMarkz Make sure you are connected to the internet With QXPMarkz Running, Click on the QXPMarkz Menu and then select About QXPMarkz On the About QXPMarkz window…
QXPMarkz Export As TIFF
QXPMarkz Manual Export Options » QXPMarkz Export As TIFF
Pages 1. All Exports all pages in the document 2. From X to X *Regardless of whether your Quark file uses Facing Pages (Spreads), when exporting as TIFF each Page is exported as a separate TIFF file. Allows you to select a continuous range of pages to…
QXPMarkz Export As PNG
QXPMarkz Manual Export Options » QXPMarkz Export As PNG
Pages 1. All Exports all pages in the document 2. From X to X Allows you to select a continuous range of pages to export. *Regardless of whether your Quark file uses Facing Pages (Spreads), when exporting as PNG each Page is exported as a separate PNG…
QXPMarkz Open In Preferences
QXPMarkz Preferences » QXPMarkz Open In Preferences
These Preferences are targeted for handling Quark files. Open In Quark Attempt to use document version – If this radio button is selected, QXPMarkz will attempt to open the version of Quark (if loaded on your system) that matches the version the file was…
QXPMarkz Open in InDesign
QXPMarkz Open In Options » QXPMarkz Open in InDesign
Open in InDesign attempts to open the currently viewed file in the default version of InDesign set on your system. If you do not have InDesign loaded on your system, you will see an error message. In order for this to work, you must be using InDesign CS4 or…
QXPMarkz Export As PDF
QXPMarkz Manual Export Options » QXPMarkz Export As PDF
Pages 1. All Exports all pages in the document 2. From X to X Allows you to select a continuous range of pages to export. 3. As Pages or Spreads 3A. Pages Will export each page in the document as a separate page (no spreads) 3B. Spreads If the original…
QXPMarkz Manual Export Options
QXPMarkz Manual Export Options » QXPMarkz Manual Export Options
Clicking on the Export Icon reveals all of the file formats that can be manually exported by QXPMarkz. While several of these Export options appear to duplicate the Main icons in the File Preview Window and some of the Automation Preferences, think of these icons as…
QXPMarkz Open in Acrobat
QXPMarkz Open In Options » QXPMarkz Open in Acrobat
Open in Acrobat will create a PDF and then attempt to open it in Adobe Acrobat. !This PDF should have editable text unless you have converted text to outlines in QuarkXPress or you placed a bitmap or rasterized image of text into Quark. QXPMarkz does not contain…
QXPMarkz Open in Publisher
QXPMarkz Open In Options » QXPMarkz Open in Publisher
If you have Affinity Publisher 1.8 or above loaded, Open in Publisher will create an IDML of your current open file and then attempt to open that IDML in Affinity Publisher. This will be much more accurate than the PDF workflow for Affinity Publisher 1.7 and…
QXPMarkz Open in Illustrator
QXPMarkz Open In Options » QXPMarkz Open in Illustrator
Open in Illustrator will create a PDF and then attempt to open it up in Adobe Illustrator. By default, QXPMarkz uses the Default Version of Illustrator as seen by your Mac Computer. If you wish to force a PDF to be opened in a specific version of Illustrator, you…
QXPMarkz Conversion Notes & Limitations
QXPMarkz Conversion Notes & Limitations
QXPMarkz Paragraph-Char Attributes – Limitations and Notes QXPMarkz Tables – Limitations and Notes QXPMarkz Graphic Objects – Limitations and Notes QXPMarkz Colors and Gradients – Limitations and Notes QXPMarkz Document and Job Attributes…
QXPMarkz Tables – Limitations and Notes
QXPMarkz Conversion Notes & Limitations » QXPMarkz Tables – Limitations and Notes
Table Cells do not always show as the correct size and can result in columns appearing staggered, or rows being squished down vertically.
QXPMarkz Graphic Objects – Limitations and Notes
QXPMarkz Conversion Notes & Limitations » QXPMarkz Graphic Objects – Limitations and Notes
Text on Open and Closed paths is not tied to the path and is off the path in the on screen preview. In InDesign the text is correct. In Affinity Publisher the text may work sometimes. For other outputs such as PDF or images, the text matches the onscreen preview in…
QXPMarkz – Auto Open IDML in InDesign
QXPMarkz Sample Workflows » QXPMarkz – Auto Open IDML in InDesign
*This workflow mimics the Q2ID (Quark to InDesign) product behavior. Using this workflow, when you open a file in QXPMarkz, it will automatically open your file in InDesign. Open the Preferences Window and click on Automation Under the “On Document Open:…
QXPMarkz Paragraph-Char Attributes – Limitations and Notes
QXPMarkz Conversion Notes & Limitations » QXPMarkz Paragraph-Char Attributes – Limitations and Notes
Paragraph Attributes Known Limitations Bulleted and Numbered Lists are missing the bullets and numbers Numbered Lists may not display leading zero’s for multilevel Outlines with many levels. Split/Span Paragraph is not rendered on screen Text Wrap does…
QXPMarkz Colors and Gradients – Limitations and Notes
QXPMarkz Conversion Notes & Limitations » QXPMarkz Colors and Gradients – Limitations and Notes
Multi-Ink Colors do not render accurately on screen, they generally are rendered as solid black. This also applies when files using Multi-Ink colors are opened in InDesign, Affinity Publisher, Acrobat, Illustrator as well as exported image formats. Gradients in…
QXPMarkz Document and Job Attributes – Limitations and Notes
QXPMarkz Conversion Notes & Limitations » QXPMarkz Document and Job Attributes – Limitations and Notes
Master Page Items do not display properly Not all items on Master Pages are accurately previewed in QXPMarkz. This limitation affects all output formats (Mainly IDML being sent to InDesign or Affinity Publisher). Auto Page Numbering QXPMarkz currently does not…
Could not open exported files with
QXPMarkz FAQs & Troubleshooting » Could not open exported files with
You may see a warning message from QXPMarkz when trying to Export or Open a file in InDesign. The two most likely reasons for the above message are 1. The job you opened in QXPMarkz is a complicated job and InDesign is taking longer than 2-3 minutes to process…
On Screen Preview Limitations
QXPMarkz Conversion Notes & Limitations » On Screen Preview Limitations
QXPMarkz provides an on screen preview of documents you open. While we try and make the preview as accurate as possible, there are features QuarkXPress contains that may not appear correct in the on screen preview, but when an IDML is exported or sent to another…
Auto Open IDML in Affinity Publisher
QXPMarkz Sample Workflows » Auto Open IDML in Affinity Publisher
**This workflow allows you to automatically have your Quark file converted to IDML and opened in Affinity Publisher 1.8 or higher. Open the Preferences Window and click on Automation Under the “On Document Open: Export” area select IDML Pick a path where…