Understanding Master Pages and Numbering with QuarkXPress

Ever wondered how to use Master Pages in QuarkXPress to their full capabilities? Well take a look at this wonderful article that I came across from Planet Quark.com. This article, written by Robert Underwood, explains the mysteries of Master Pages in a concise and well-written style.

Follow this link to get the most out of your Masters!

Mastering Master Pages

Also - be sure to head to PlanetQuark.com for all the latest news on QuarkXpress.

Enjoy - Shellie

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Plone Foundation Announces Plone 3.0
Release provides enterprises with increased security, better information sharing, powerful search capabilities and more control over content.

San Francisco, Calif. (PRWEB) August 21, 2007 — The Plone Foundation today announced the launch of Plone 3.0, the new major release of its leading open source Content Management System. The newest release focuses on increasing productivity, automating processes and enabling a richer, more intuitive user experience for the enterprise.

Plone 3.0 provides a simple to use, scalable and accessible system for enterprises to organize and disseminate content. Features include automatic versioning, ajax-powered editing, comprehensive search, greater visibility into who authored and changed what, and the automatic management of relational information. A host of other enhancements include easy collaboration and information sharing for individuals or groups, powerful workflow, a lightweight automatic locking and unlocking system for editing and specialized search engine support.

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XChange Int’l announce Grabber XTensions for Quark v7

Aug 31, 2007 in Software

XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of the Copy Grabber, Text Grabber and Math Grabber XTensions for QuarkXPress 7 for Macintosh. Grabber tools change the way users work with QuarkXPress documents, saving time and money. Each grabber module adds an easy-to-use tool to the QuarkXPress tool palette so that users can quickly and easily marquee the text they wish to modify, even across multiple text boxes. A simple dialogue box then opens, allowing for the selection of the attributes the user wishes to modify. They can even preview the edits before applying them to a document.

Copy Grabber is perfect for users who have ever wished that they could Cut, Copy and Paste an entire column of tabular copy in two easy step. To use Copy Grabber, the users simply clicks on the Copy Grabber tool in the Quark tool palette and drags a marquee around the page area they wish to modify. When they release the mouse, the Copy Grabber dialogue appears allowing the user to Cut or Copy all of the text within the marquee area. In an instant, users can remove a column of text and copy it to the special Copy Grabber clipboard. To paste the column, just position the I-beam cursor where the column should be inserted and hit Command-Option-V. Copy Grabber will automatically insert and position the text column like magic, adding or removing tab characters where necessary. With Copy Grabber, working with tables has never been easier. This XTensions module is perfect for annual reports, catalogue work, or any other type of work involving tabular composition.

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WRITE BROTHERS® Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Release of Movie Magic® Screenwriter™ VERSION 6

Glendale, CA (PRWEB) August 31, 2007 — Write Brothers® (www.screenplay.com) announces the release of Movie Magic Screenwriter 6 screenwriting software, the ultimate all-in-one industry standard story-writing tool.

Movie Magic Screenwriter handles script formats for motion pictures, theater, television, novels, comic books and more. It automatically manages every nuance of specialized formats so the writer can focus on creative content. This new version of Screenwriter, optimized for the latest versions of Windows and Mac OS X, includes dozens of new features that make writing and rewriting faster and easier.

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Mumedi (Mexican Museum of Design) calls designers, students, teachers, professionals and anyone interested in the subject (over 18 years of age), to participate in this International Poster Contest. Theme is “To Death with a Smile” to promote the exercise of good design, to stimulate creativity, so they might see the diversity and language richness in different cultures around the world.

Lots of prizes, and the best entries will be exhibited at the Mexican Museum of Design from October 2007 to February 2008 in the Downtown Historic Center of Mexico City. Deadline for entries is 14 September 2007. Visit the site to learn all the details.

In each issue, Creative Quarterly features the best student work from across the country, so here’s your chance to enter. Enter and you’ll have the opportunity to be published and seen by some of the industry’s top decision makers. Entries will be judged in four distinct categories by some of the top people in their respective field.

Entries in graphic design, illustration, photography, and fine art must be postmarked by Friday, 26 October 2007. Undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled in a college, university or art school in the US or Canada may enter. Recent graduates may enter personal or unpublished work for the remainder of 2007. Visit the site to learn more!

Ergonis Software today rolled out PopChar Win 3.1.1, a maintenance release of its highly acclaimed tool for inserting umlauts and special characters into the text of any application. PopChar solves a problem faced by every technologist and multi-lingual worker. Inserting special characters into application documents can be frustrating and result in a steady loss of productivity. With PopChar you never need to search for and remember keystrokes any longer. Just pop up the PopChar window, click the desired character, and the character appears in your current document.

Hagenberg, Austria (PRWEB) August 30, 2007 — Ergonis Software today rolled out PopChar Win 3.1.1, a maintenance release of its highly acclaimed tool for inserting umlauts and special characters into the text of any application.

PopChar Win 3.1 adds a number of improvements and user-requested enhancements, including support for automatic font detection in AutoCad. Visit Ergonis Software’s website at http://www.ergonis.com/popcharwin to learn more about specific enhancements and fixes contained in this release and to download a trial copy.

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Online Training Leader lynda.com Announces Release of FileMaker Pro 9 Beyond the Basics

Over eight hours of tutorials on database building.

(PRWEB) August 30, 2007 — lynda.com, the leader in self-paced digital media and design training, today introduced FileMaker Pro 9 Beyond the Basics.

In FileMaker Pro 9 Beyond the Basics, Certified Developer and Authorized Trainer Cris Ippolite offers comprehensive training in how to use FileMaker Pro 9 to its full potential. He also teaches numerous hands-on techniques for publishing FileMaker Pro 9 databases to networks and the web. The tutorials cover relationship types, external data sources, the new FileMaker Server 9, functions, objects, simple and complex reports, and even the new PHP Site Assistant. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

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Creative Pros See the Point of ‘Punctum Day’ with Bonus in Excess of $100,000 from iStockphoto
[def] punc•tum - the sudden recognition of meaning
DMN Newswire–2007-8-21–Calgary, Alberta, August 21, 2007—iStockphoto®, today announced that it rewarded its exclusive members with 100 percent of all revenues from their images sold on Aug. 20. The giveaway took place one day after the previously announced “Punctum Day,” which celebrates outstanding artistry in five categories. In total, iStock ‘exclusives’ will have received over $100,000 as a result of one day’s downloads from iStockphoto.

One iStockphoto exclusive member, Kelly Cline, says, “iStockphoto is a stellar machine that enables me to make money from what was once a hobby, and the support of the network has encouraged me to pursue it fully. Receiving the extra money is an exceptional bonus.” 

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Canto Software has released Cumulus 7.5.1, a free download of the digital asset management that’s available to all customers on software maintenance agreements. Among refinements made to all editions of the Cumulus product line, Canto engineers have rolled new preview technologies into Cumulus 7.5.1, developed specifically for the company’s web client software.

The first of the new technologies generates and stores preview images on the server’s hard disk. When a user requests a preview, the cached image is displayed. Preview size and quality are configurable.

Canto’s second new web preview technology enables Cumulus to display high-resolution thumbnails in place of standard previews. This means assets stored in non-image formats, such as PowerPoint, QuarkXPress, InDesign and others, can now be previewed from any web browser, even when the creating application isn’t available. Extending the benefit further, users can specifically determine what is displayed as a preview for each asset.

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - X-Rite Inc., which makes tools to measure fabric, paint and plastic colors, said Thursday it agreed to purchase privately held color reproduction specialist Pantone Inc. for $180 million.

The deal is expected to close in the fall of 2007.

Carlstadt, N.J.-based Pantone sells its system for identifying and matching colors in over 100 countries in the graphic arts, fashion, home, interior, plastics, architectural, paint, industrial design and consumer markets. The company generated revenue of about $42 million in 2006.

X-Rite (nasdaq: XRIT - news - people ) expects the acquisition to add to cash earnings per share in the second year of combined operations, and sees cost savings of about $6.5 million by that same time. During the first year, the company expects to incur cash restructuring costs of about $5.5 million.

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IOWA CITY, IA - August 22nd, 2007. Today MetaCommunications, Inc. shipped Production Pack 5.0, a plug-in automation module for its recently released Workgroups 2007 software suite. Production Pack 5.0 now includes Mac OS X universal binary support and automation tools for Adobe (Stock Price   Web Site  Executives  Related Articles  Google)’s Creative Suite (CS) 3. Users of Adobe’s CS 3 can now automate page layout and illustration tasks by accessing digital assets, electronic job tickets, and schedules directly from their native applications. Production Pack 5.0’s plug-in interface integrates directly with the Workgroups 2007 suite, enabling users to quickly access information about the job or project they are working on.

“Production Pack 5.0 integrates Adobe’s CS 3 with our Workgroups 2007 process and productivity suite. Users can pull up job tickets that contain page layout instructions, schedules, and even the images that need to be placed. By adding this workflow management tool, creative and production users can automate tasks, facilitate collaboration, and enhance access to creative assets,” says Robert T. Long, Executive Vice President of MetaCommunications.

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Expanded Import/Export, Enhanced Drag&Drop, and Empowered Colors new in 1.2

Albuquerque, NM (PRWEB) August 30, 2007 — On Friday Robochan (www.robochan.com) announced a new version of its popular organizer for the Macintosh. New features in this update include expanded import/export, support for Services, empowered colors, and enhanced drag&drop behaviors.

“It is important to us to make sure that our users can take full advantage of the power of Listz. This often means sharing their lists with co-workers, friends, or family, so we dramatically extended Listz’s import and export capability,” said Denise Eatherly, co-founder. Listz now exports media-rich PDF and RTFD files. These exports take full advantage of all the images, colors, and other helpful visual cues that Listz has to offer. Listz can now also export XML and OPML documents for use with other applications. The new version also supports import of structured XML and OPML files.

The addition of support for Apple’s Services enables users to directly add content or links to Listz from within other applications, or the Finder, without having to launch Listz or switch out of the current application. Listz creates a new “Scrapbook” list for items created using services, making them easy to find.

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August 29, 2007 - Phoenix, Arizona – LithoTechnics, Inc., developer of Metrix, award-winning workflow integration & automation software, announced today that Metrix Server will be demonstrated for the first time at GraphExpo 2007 in Chicago.

Metrix is used by job planners, estimators, and prepress operators to automatically and dynamically calculate layouts for all kinds of commercial print jobs. Metrix uses print industry specific algorithms and a user-definable, best practice “standards” database to turn print job descriptions into precise, production quality layouts. The resulting imposition can be exported to prepress as industry standard PDF or JDF, while the cutting, folding, or binding information calculated by Metrix can be exported to the finishing department as JDF or CIP3 data.

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Screen (USA) to Demonstrate Latest Technologies for Prepress and Print Production at Graph Expo

August 28, 2007 — ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. — Screen (USA) will emphasize four decades of leadership in serving the North American graphic communications industry by showcasing prepress, workflow and printing technologies at this year’s Graph Expo that represent the pinnacle of innovative research and development. The year 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of Screen (USA) as the first overseas subsidiary of Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd., and the Screen booth (#3801) will show visitors how Screen digital solutions continue to revolutionize prepress and print production.

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Prepress Training Solution Offers Special Pricing and New Assessment Product at GRAPH EXPO
Prepress Training Solution, the premier online training provider to the prepress and graphic arts fields, announces $249 special pricing for the entire course library and introduces the new Knowledge Assessment Package at $49 for GRAPH EXPO. The Prepress Training Solution will be at booth #5126.
 
/24-7PressRelease/ - BLOOMINGTON, IN, August 27, 2007 - Prepress Training Solution, the premier online training provider to the prepress and graphic arts industry, announces $249 special pricing for the entire course library and introduces the new Knowledge Assessment Package at $49 for GRAPH EXPO. The Prepress Training Solution will be featured at booth #5126.

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Photographer Complaints Derail Modern Postcard-iStockphoto Deal

August 28, 2007
By PDN Online

Modern Postcard, a printing service popular among professional photographers, recently blundered into a bear trap: It announced that it was doing business with iStockphoto, and promoted the cut-rate stock service as an alternative to assignment photography.

Following a spontaneous uprising of angry photographers, Modern Postcard announced Tuesday that it is ending its relationship with iStockphoto immediately.

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XChange International announce release of Copy, Text & Math Grabber XTensions for QuarkXPress 7
Press Release 8/30/07

XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of the Copy Grabber, Text Grabber and Math Grabber XTensions for QuarkXPress 7 for Macintosh. Grabber tools change the way users work with QuarkXPress documents, saving time and money. Each grabber module adds an easy-to-use tool to the QuarkXPress tool palette so that users can quickly and easily marquee the text they wish to modify, even across multiple text boxes. A simple dialogue box then opens, allowing for the selection of the attributes the user wishes to modify. They can even preview the edits before applying them to a document.

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Getty Images Unveils Smarter Search With Launch of New Website
Catalyst Search Tool and Other Original Features Inspire Creativity and Streamline Workflows
August 27, 2007: 12:00 PM EST

SEATTLE, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Getty Images, Inc. today announced the launch of the new gettyimages.com. Fully redesigned and re-engineered, the site serves as a powerful source for creative inspiration while delivering a more efficient search experience. Numerous enhancements make it easier than ever to find a specific image or discover an expanded selection of relevant visuals, and a flexible user interface complements a broad range of work styles.

Extensive customer input and usability studies informed the development of Getty Images’ added site features, including Catalyst, a first-of-its-kind search tool that uses interactive tag clouds to produce related concepts. Powered by proprietary technology, Catalyst gives customers the option to search via keyword cues, making it an especially helpful resource in the early stages of creative brainstorming.

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