Quark Forums

Here are the links to the most commonly asked questions and their answers for QuarkXPress 7.x/8 in general:
(if you look for specifics for PDF creation, Printing etc., please consult the specific forum)

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Operating System / Platform Support

Does QuarkXPress run on Lion (Mac OS X 10.7)?
http://forums.quark.com/t/21811.aspx

Does QuarkXPress run on Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6)?
http://forums.quark.com/t/21811.aspx

Does QuarkXPress run on Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5)?
http://forums.quark.com/p/7627/32041.aspx#32041

Does QuarkXPress run on Windows 7?
http://forums.quark.com/t/21811.aspx

Does QuarkXPress run on Windows Vista?
http://forums.quark.com/p/14218/58401.aspx#58401

Does QuarkXPress 8 run on 32 bit and 64 bit Windows?
http://forums.quark.com/p/22685/91655.aspx#91655

What's the difference between QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress 8 Plus Editions?
http://forums.quark.com/t/20346.aspx#81579

Installing

Can I install QuarkXPress 6, 7, 8 and 9 at the same time (on the same machine)?
http://forums.quark.com/p/7861/33134.aspx#33134 and
http://forums.quark.com/t/21675.aspx#87368

When I try to activate QuarkXPress 7 or 8 it crashes. What should I do?
http://forums.quark.com/p/22639/91458.aspx#91458

Opening & Saving

How do I downsave to 6 (from 7)? (Same for downsaving 8 to 7 and 9 to 8)
http://forums.quark.com/p/7588/31906.aspx#31906

Why does a document downsaved from 7 not open in QuarkXPress 6?
http://forums.quark.com/p/7997/33782.aspx#33782

Can I somehow automatically add a file extension (.qxp) when saving under Mac OS X?
http://forums.quark.com/p/25311/102066.aspx#102066

Preferences

Where are the preferences stored and what's the story about the preference folder location?
http://forums.quark.com/p/19198/76668.aspx#76711

Working with pictures & colors

How does QuarkXPress integrate with Photoshop, Illustrator or other creative apps? And are there tips & tricks on the integration?
http://forums.quark.com/p/16374/68606.aspx#68606

I recently downloaded QuarkXPress 8.5 and the Pantone Metallic colors are missing?
http://forums.quark.com/t/24775.aspx#99792

Working with text

I seem to not be able to import XTG (XTags) anymore?
http://forums.quark.com/p/6775/28368.aspx#28368

Some US English words in text marked as "International English" are not picked up by the spellchecker in QuarkXPress 8.5 (and lower).
http://forums.quark.com/t/24616.aspx#99349

How can I do a "mail merge" function in QuarkXPress?
http://forums.quark.com/p/23955/100919.aspx#100919

In QuarkXPress 9 what happened to tabs in tables, it seems to be different?
http://forums.quark.com/p/26290/105231.aspx#105231

Output

Documentation

Where do I find the keyboard commands (PDF) for QuarkXPress 8 referenced on the CD?
http://8.quark.com/documentation.html

Troubleshooting / Crashes

What's the latest version of QuarkXPress I can update to?
http://forums.quark.com/t/7648.aspx

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