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 Long story short, my eMac (10.4 / Quark 6.5) died and they replaced it with a MacMini with 10.5 Leopard. Unfortunately, to save money in these hard times I'm having to use all my old software like Quark 6.5 and FontAgent Pro 3 on my new computer. Everything pretty much plays nice together except Quark. I'm just having such problems with fonts. 

 I will open a document with a lot of fonts and it says some are missing, although they're clearly activated in FontAgent Pro 3.  And the next time I open the same document, different fonts are "missing." Grrr! They're NOT missing... they're RIGHT THERE!

 I'm at my wit's end.... I know Quark 6.5 doesn't like Leopard but is this a FontAgent Pro problem or a Quark problem?  If I absolutely have to upgrade something they're going to want to do it as cheaply as possible. 

 The question is, do I start by upgrading FontAgent Pro for $99 or do I just go for the $300 Quark upgrade? Would upgrading quark fix the font problems? And if I did have them upgrade me, my coworkers are all running Tiger with Quark 6.5. Would I be able to "save down" so they could open the same files as I?

Thanks. 

My guess is that the problem is rather inbetween QuarkXPress 6, your font, and Leopard. Open the font with the Fontbook utility, and run a verification of the font (File > Validate Font) just to see if the font is compatible with that system.

Then, you can try and install the 60-day test drive of QuarkXPress 8, so you can verify if your fonts load and print correctly.

 And the answer to your final question is: no, QuarkXPress 8 will export to Quark 7, but not to Quark 6.