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Hi,

Don't know if anybody can help but we have just moved over from Macs to Windows so have files that were created in V6.5 and are opening them in Windows on V7. They print out completely different to the same colour printer!

I have checked the CMYK breakdown on both the PC and Mac and they are the same?

Whats going wrong?

Help!

Hi Carole,
You may want to go to Edit > Color Setup > Source and choose QuarkXPress Emulate Legacy and see if this help.

Hi rcantin,

I tried that earlier and my yellows still seemed green! :shock:

When pdf-ing the print out seems better but I am just confused! :wink:

I want my Mac back! :lol:

Carole,
Did you try the «Append» method? Create a fresh V7 doc and import the old V6 layout?
V7 don't play nicely with legacy files...

Thanks for the tip! :)

Just tried it and it looks the same but sent a test pdf to our printer so only time will tell!

Thanks

Hi! Here is some info from the Quark knowledge base

Applies to: QuarkXPress 7.x – Mac OS, Windows

Problem Description: When I open a QuarkXPress 6.x project in QuarkXPress 7.x, the Yellow color displays with a lime green tint.

Background: This display issue occurs because the QuarkXPress Color Manager is always ON in version 7. When you open a legacy document, the problem occurs when the Color Manager is set to “QuarkXPress 7.0 Default”. You can change the Color Manager preferences to emulate legacy QuarkXPress treatment of color information if you make changes in your display and Color Manager settings.

Solution: To set QuarkXPress 7 to treat color in the same manner as version 6, change the Monitor Profile from Automatic to QuarkXPress Legacy RGB (QuarkXPress/(QXP Windows:Edit) > Preferences > Display > Monitor Settings). If this fails:

Open the version 6 project in QuarkXPress 7.x.
Go to QuarkXPress/ (QXP Windows:Edit) > Preferences and select the Color Manager pane.
In the Source Options area, choose QuarkXPress 7.0 Default from the Source Setup drop-down menu

Good luck!