The simplest method is to print the QuarkXPress file to disk as PostScript and then process it with Acrobat Distiller. ![]() You’ve got three options for exporting your QuarkXPress documents to PDF format all of them require Adobe Acrobat ($249). Without the plug-in, people can still download the PDF files to their hard drives and view the files with Acrobat Readerand this may be a better solution, as the plug-in is notoriously buggy. To display PDF documents within a Web browser, your audience needs both the Acrobat Reader software and the appropriate browser plug-in (both come standard on most new computers). While PDF is similar to PostScript and can therefore simulate almost anything you can create in QuarkXPress, PDF file sizes are usually slightly larger than corresponding HTML documents, so they take slightly longer to download. ), to convert XPress’s vector graphics to bitmapped images.Īdobe’s Acrobat PDF format was designed to display print files on anyone’s screeneven the screens of those who don’t have the proper fontsso it should be a perfect solution for repurposing QuarkXPress documents for the Web. You’ll need a program that contains a PostScript RIP, such as Adobe Photoshop ($654 800/833-6687, If your QuarkXPress document has a lot of cool type, you can make sure your Web page maintains that look, by exporting the file as a graphic (see “Master the Raster”). The XTensions mentioned above let you specify which fonts to use, but unless your audience has those fonts installed on their machines (or unless their Web browsers support certain font standards), the typefaces those people see on their screens won’t be the ones you had in mind. One of the main problems with HTML is its difficulty with fonts. BeyondPress even lets you author Web pages directly in QuarkXPress and also liven up your site by including dynamic media such as animated GIFs and QuickTime movies. ![]() Authoring mode creates HTML that tries to reproduce your page geometry, either with complex tables or Dynamic HTML (DHTML) tags. The result is a linear flow of information. Its Conversion mode lets you mine your document for the text and graphics you want to export. ) is probably the most popular and powerful XTension for exporting HTML from QuarkXPress (see “Exporting HTML with BeyondPress”). It’s very basicit assigns only font size, font name, and text colorbut if you need to get a story from QuarkXPress to a Web authoring program, it’s fine. ![]() ) lets you export text (and only text) in HTML format. This free XTension from Quark (800/676-4575, QuarkXPress 4 alone cannot export HTML, but the addition of one or more XTensions will allow you to prepare QuarkXPress files for the Web. Still, if you want to export your QuarkXPress document to HTML, there are several options. But browsers based on earlier HTML versions will not be able to display such attributes. For instance, version 4.X Web browsers understand commands to overlap text and graphics. Each iteration of HTML has become more powerful, however. Kerning, tracking, justified columns, Bézier-shaped boxes and clipping pathsnone of these are available in HTML. ![]() For example, HTML cannot reproduce all the complex formatting QuarkXPress allows. While HTML is certainly the most popular foundation for Web pages, its limitations can frustrate creative designers.
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