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Hi, all,

last night Quark released QuarkXPress 8.01. It is a free update for all QuarkXPress 8 users:
http://8.quark.com

Besides bug fixes it gives you the option to choose whether spellchecking is case sensitive or not.

Best regards
Matthias

Matthias Guenther (Quark):

8.01

davewalsh:

The first of many??

do you experience serious bugs that are not fixed in 8.01 or why are you asking?

Thanks
Matthias

What are the bug fixes? A 616MB download for a spell checking tweak and Pantone Goe swatches seems a tad excessive.

Hi, LTD,

LTD:

What are the bug fixes? A 616MB download for a spell checking tweak and Pantone Goe swatches seems a tad excessive.

True, that would be a bit much. You can find a list of bugs fixed here: http://8.quark.com/techinfo/known_issues.html

Also, the 8.01 posted is a full installer, therefore its size.

Best
Matthias

Hi, Jim,

Jim Hughes:

One serious bug is if I have a PDF file that has fifteen pages and I import that PDF into several QuarkXPress 6.5 picture boxes. For example, into box one I import page 1 of the PDF; into box two I import page 2 of the PDF, and so on. When I save and open the version 6.5 project in QuarkXPress 7.3, 7.31, or 8.0, all the picture boxes display the same page of the PDF.

I just tried it on my machine, I do not have this issue. Have you reported that to TechSupport, were they able to reproduce the issue?

Also the zoom tool deselects copy after zooming in.

Also doesn't happen for me. As soon as I select the text content tool again, text is selected again. And by using the shortcut key for zoom (ctrl+shift), it is not even deselected at all.

Undo doesn't undo after using space/align if projects are still selected. If you deselect the objects they undo as expected.

Works here. Seriously, can you contact tech support please? Maybe it is becuase you use a different edition, maybe because of your machine or maybe I am doing different steps than you.

I am not using it on a daily basis yet because there is no scale tool available yet. This is a serious omission on Quarks part. Scaling is a fundamental process

Point taken. All of the XPert Tools will be integrated into QuarkXPress bit by bit, so please be a bit more patient. We'd love to give all of them to you immediately, however having quality as a No. 1 priority, it will take a bit to ensure quality.

Best
Matthias

Matthias Guenther (Quark):

All of the XPert Tools will be integrated into QuarkXPress bit by bit, so please be a bit more patien

tech support:

This particularly item is posted internally, but once version 8.01 is released it will be within our Public Knowledge Base at this location along with the other items http://www.quark.com/service/desktop/support/techinfo/knowledgebase.html Here you are Applies to: QuarkXPress 7.3 to 8.0 — All Mac OS, All Windows Problem Description: I have a PDF file that has fifteen pages. I am importing that PDF into several QuarkXPress 6.5 picture boxes. For example, into box one I import page 1 of the PDF; into box two I import page 2 of the PDF, and so on. When I save and open the version 6.5 project in QuarkXPress 7.3, 7.31, or 8.0, all the picture boxes display the same page of the PDF. Background: This behavior is occurring due to changes made in the picture import feature in QuarkXPress 7.31 (the problem does not occur in QuarkXPress 7.0 through 7.2). It is happening because QuarkXPress assumes that, if the same picture is imported into more than one box, the file information and link should be exactly the same for all boxes linked to that picture. This assumption is not true for imported multiple page PDF files. The problem is fixed in QuarkXPress 8.01 Solution: Upgrade/Update to QuarkXPress 8.01. Best Regards, Name omitted Sr. Technical Support Specialist Quark, Inc Revolutionizing Publishing. Again.™ Phone: 1.800.676.4575 Fax: 303.894.3399 E-mail omitted www.quark.com

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Does this update fix the problem with inability to change the color of table cells? Does it also fix the inability to close a Bezier object after it's drawn, so it can be filled?

Those are the two issues I discovered so far.

Hi Mark,

First issue : Inability to change the color of table cells?

Solution :

Draw a table of any number of rows and column

Use the text content tool and click in the first cell (Cursor should be blinking in that cell).

Open color palette

Select background color

Choose the color you want to give to that cell

Second issue : Inability to close a Bezier object after it's drawn

 Solution : You can close the Bezier tool and apply the color in it. Make sure that you select the starting point after the shape is drawn, it will complete the path and then you can apply color to it.

Hi! Mathias. I found a couple of them. The nastier: Quark frequently crashes after pressing the button to chose and change a font. No problem if I write the name of the font (or part of it).

The annoying: I got wrong and right Drop Caps mixed illogically in the same document. In the wrong ones, the capital letter does not align with the lower line (the glyph is big but does not drop), and the first line of the paragraph does not respect the right hand side margin.

Regards

Mauricio