QuarkXPress Reviews

The program is a real classic tool in the DTP area. It has accompanied me reliably for many years and continues to receive additional features from release to release. Anyone who thinks of a product that is getting old is far from the truth. I cannot imagine my creative work without it.

You can hardly get any German-speaking support anymore.

• The ease of use.
• Being able to use one application for my whole project.
• Non-destructive image editing.
• Being able to create print AND digital layouts.

That others aren't using it and it doesn't seem like the industry standard. Updates are a bit expensive.

ease in page layout - use it to produce a monthly magazine.

crashes (2022 version) - maybe because I am using an older version on IOS Catalina?

Ease of use. They have to be careful not to make it too complex. No traditional layout and web design mixed together in one program. We only want Quark for print. (Advertisements, flyers, magazines, house styles etc. etc.)

The high annual prices compared to comparable programs.

Easy to use and extremely user friendly. Lots of great features and it only continues to get better!

You already fixed what I didn't like about it. Where it would automatically grab the latest graphic/photo file and place it in the layout.

Quark is easy to use after a brief learning period, and I'm able to create some great looking pages without having a ton of graphics experience.

I've never been able to make the tables feature work, and end up building those manually.

the typographic tools are precise and excellent [i can judge this as a professor of typography].

the workflows are straightforward and not overloaded with windows.

working with images is very fast: double-click on the image content and you're in photoshop. and also: copying image content and pasting it into other windows, so simple, so ingenious

the price-performance ratio is excellent.

the html interface is very good.

pantone included

I am very satisfied with quarkXpress, I have no cons to mention.

No matter what the final project is, I'm able to create layouts fast and efficiently.

Subscription prices. I prefer the old single price which could be used for upgrades in the future.

Simple to use. Commands easy to memorize.

Spell check/dictionary is not as effective as the one in Ready, Set, Go!

Very easy to use, have been a QUuark user since 1990

Nothing bad to report. Prefer Quark over InDesign as InDesign is not user friendly.

I like it a a lot because it helped me a lot for non destructive editing while the content creation . Its is very easy to use and also cheaper than other tools.

As of now I don't think there are any disadvantage of this QuarkXPress

I love how even if you're just starting, you can get a product completed. Though it may not be perfect, it's functional.

I wish there was a place that showed all the shortcuts.

The many options it offers for layout, working with type and images. I love the Collect for Output, get's everything in one place. Resizing pages when needed, the gradations, the HTML options are great. I have found Quark much easier to use than InDesign.

I'd have to say the cost, it's expensive for a stand-alone product. Because of the high price I am very slow to upgrade to newer version. Which makes for a bigger learning curve when I do upgrade.

QuarkXPress is a very elegant and intuitive software to use for layout. I especially like the ability to create templates, master pages and style sheets when creating multi-page documents. Integrating graphic images and type management are a breeze. Conversion for commercial printing is so easy. I've completed everything from a small postcard to a 350 page coffee table book.

I have no complaints with QuarkXPress, but have heard other complain about how difficult it is to learn. However, if the user is willing to spend a little time with the tutorials, they will find it very easy to use.

I used this software regularly at my previous job, and really enjoyed it. I was able to create beautiful advertisements for print, fairly easily. I was able to teach myself how to use it also. When it comes to design software, this is user friendly.

It is kind of outdated. These days, people tend to look for Adobe software proficiency. It is a great stepping stone to Adobe.

The software has tools that are simple to use when one designs news pages, magazines, and other graphics. it allows one to show creativity in order to come up with eye-catching designs.

The lasso tools are rather difficult to use and can be improved.

I love everything about QuarkXPress. I've been using Quark since 1990 and also taught Quark for a few years. There is an elegance to the way Quark works that is missing in other page layout software. It was set up by graphic designers for graphic designers. Even though I own Adobe Creative Suite, I prefer to use Quark for print and web projects.

There is nothing that I dislike about Quark. Even if I run into a snag or problem I am able to find a solution easily with the Quark HELP feature or on their website.

Quarkxpress was the standart for printing. we really love it, we use it for make books, and magazines. Is relative easy to use (not easy but kind that) and get results.

If you go for make prints books, is amazing... but if you work in print and digital media... well is gonna be a pain.

The big issue is QuarkXPress dont adapt to the "new standards", like make books for prints and digitals with all the formats (epub, kdp, and other) for all the markets.

So you have remake the book for digital, other products save that more time because offer a solution to that problem

Also the pricing is very expensive, they should try to find another model

In the last 5-10 years they lost the market because of that. I hope QuarkXPress get it because we love it