An Adobe post titled, “Three interesting Adobe InDesign links” mentioned preflight:

“1. Scripting InDesign CS4 Preflight.

Yup that’s right, you can script almost anything in Adobe InDesign, and that includes the new Live Preflight feature. So if you think that the 200% productivity gain is still not enough, get your scripting gloves on, and automate it even more. This post demonstrates how to interact with the preflight system using JavaScript. [Via Heath Lynn, InDesign SDK Blog].”

“2. New Quark to Adobe InDesign CS4 Conversion Guide.

Although we are now at the 6th version of InDesign (InDesign CS4) I still hear of a lot of users needing help understanding InDesign as they migrate from QuarkXPress, and enter a new world of integration with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash. InDesign has become a real cross-media power horse, and we created a guide that will help new users make the move that will change their lives and workflows. Welcome to the Creative Suite! [Download, PDF 6.6MB]. And here’s the web page on Adobe.com dedicated to making your switch easier, with top reasons to switch to InDesign, in depth information, resources, and links.” Source

Markzware, a long-standing Adobe partner and the inventors, preflight patent holder and leader in preflighting, offer FlightCheck. This, the first, stand-alone preflight solution for your preflight system. Since 1995, it checks ALL major Adobe file formats, such as Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and PDF, not to mention numerous other desktop publishing (DTP) formats, such as QuarkXPress, Microsoft Publisher and many more.

I’m just wondering why there was no mention of Markzware’s Q2ID (file conversion plug-in that can switch from QuarkXPress to InDesign)? Is it really necessary to force the user to read through 57 pages of documentation? In the case of Markzware, the switch to InDesign file conversion is literally as easy as ONE-CLICK with Q2ID!

Peace.