How to Convert InDesign CS-CC 2017 Files to QuarkXPress 9.5-2017: ID2Q

Markzware shows how to convert InDesign CSCC 2017 files to QuarkXPress 9.5-2017 via ID2Q XTensions:

Page layout applications can vary greatly in design environment, functions, features, etc. When it comes to file conversion, it can be very challenging to translate Adobe InDesign (INDD) document items into a version of QuarkXPress (QXP). A QuarkXPress XTension bundle from Markzware makes it easy to convert InDesign CS or InDesign CC files to the QXP format.

Numerous customers worldwide use Markzware file conversion software and other solutions, to help improve productivity and customer satisfaction. One of Markzware’s file conversion solutions is the ID2Q Quark XTension. The ID2Q bundle offers a variety of XTensions for InDesign to QuarkXPress document conversion.

Data conversion from InDesign to QuarkXPress is fast and easy, with Markzware’s ID2Q! Get more information, by watching this video about file conversion:

How to Convert InDesign CS-CC 2017 Files to QuarkXPress 9.5-2017: ID2Q


Want to convert InDesign advertisements, articles, ebooks, catalogs, etc., into the QXP format for printing or publishing? You can convert InDesign files, with details, to a variety of QuarkXPress versions, by using XTensions in Markzware’s ID2Q bundle.

How to Convert InDesign CS-CC 2017 Files to QuarkXPress 9.5-2017, using Markzware ID2Q:
• Install ID2Q. Click the “Markzware“ menu item in QuarkXPress (any QuarkXPress 9.5 through QuarkXPress 2017 version), to see the ID2Q menu.
• Hover over “ID2Q” in the ID2Q menu and click “Convert InDesign® Document…“.
• Select the InDesign file (CS through CC 2017 version) file you wish to convert and click “Open”.
• Click “OK” in the Conversion Options window.
• Edit and save the new QuarkXPress (QXP) document.

Whether preparing INDD or QXP documents for print, publishing or graphic arts, professionals need quick and consistent file conversion. ID2Q is a quick and dependable solution, when an InDesign file is submitted to a QuarkXPress-based workflow.

“I used ID2Q to take a 200-page book from InDesign to QuarkXPress. It saved me, not hours, but days worth of time. It worked extremely well and it was worth every penny!”
– Melanie Fisher, ID2Q user

Benefits of ID2Q
• transforms InDesign files into QuarkXPress files, which you can open on the Apple macOS platform.
• allows workflow members to progress at faster production rates.
• eliminates time re-creating content manually.
• has an easy-to-use interface.
• gives an accurate and effective conversion of the InDesign layout details.
• provides fast return on investment.

Menu in Markzware’s ID2Q QuarkXPress XTension to
Convert InDesign CS-CC 2017 Files to QuarkXPress 9.5-2017:

Markzware ID2Q Menu Full

Key Features in ID2Q
Convert InDesign Document…: Convert multiple files or a single file.
Options… > Conversion Options > Text Attributes
• Convert all text and paragraph attributes for all stories in the document.
• Use Character Styles, but disable Paragraph styles.
• Use Styles, but disable Text of Character Styles.
• Convert all text, ignore InDesign text and paragraph attributes, and use QuarkXPress default attributes.
• Convert all text boxes by discarding all text stories, forming a “template” document.
Options… > Conversion Options > Picture Previews
• Convert all image previews in the document.
• Convert all picture boxes using a simple solid gray preview “place holder” for each image. The image links are retained and can be updated.
• Convert all picture boxes by discarding picture previews and their links, forming a “template” document.
Options… > Conversion Options > Post Conversion Options
• Resize a text box, to eliminate text overflow.
• Apply a uniform scaling factor to all leading in a story.
• Unclog a series of linked text containers.
• Adjusts the QXP file (creates a topmost Layer and moves items with Run Around set to this new layer).
• Apply auto adjust to all the tables in the document.
Options… > Conversion Options > Troubleshooting
• See the document on screen as ID2Q builds it.
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• Use the last-selected Conversion Options set, to convert an InDesign file.
Help… (Menu for ID2Q XTension support)

Your commercial DTP workflow may require the use of a single data conversion solution to move Adobe InDesign content to QuarkXPress. Markzware’s ID2Q is the recommended InDesign to QuarkXPress solution for print, publishing, and graphic arts workflows.

Selecting an InDesign InDesign CS-CC 2017 File to
Convert to QuarkXPress 9.5-2017, via Markzware’s
ID2Q File Conversion Software:

Selecting an InDesign InDesign CS-CC 2017 File to Convert to QuarkXPress 9.5-2017, via Markzware's ID2Q File Conversion Software

ID2Q Supports InDesign CS-CC 2017 File Conversion to:
• QuarkXPress 2017 Mac
• QuarkXPress 2016 Mac
• QuarkXPress 2015 Mac
• QuarkXPress 10.5 Mac
• QuarkXPress 9.5 Mac

Lots of businesses add QuarkXPress XTensions, to make improvements to the document production workflow. The ID2Q bundle of XTensions could be a huge asset in QuarkXPress workflows that need InDesign file conversion.

You can save images and more from InDesign in a new QuarkXPress document. Markzware‘s ID2Q can convert InDesign document items to QuarkXPress, including:
• colors
• layers
• tables
• blends
• images
• runarounds
• text attributes
• page positioning
• linked text boxes


The ID2Q XTensions bundle is your all-in-one solution to convert Adobe InDesign files into a version of QuarkXPress. Take advantage of valuable InDesign content and of QuarkXPress capabilities, by converting INDD documents to QXP, today, via ID2Q!

To buy Markzware’s InDesign to QuarkXPress XTension, please visit the ID2Q page. You can access more data conversion solutions, via the Markzware Products page.

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How to Convert InDesign CS-CC 2017 Files to QuarkXPress 9.5-2017: ID2Q

Title: How to Convert InDesign CS-CC 2017 Files to QuarkXPress 9.5-2017: ID2Q
Published on: November 2, 2017
Patty Talley

Strategic Marketing Analyst at Markzware

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