harristype what transitman is trying to say is that this feature is a standard feature in InDesign and doesn't need some third party XT to offer it and it works brilliantly in ID. Saving the file file as a TIF flattens the image and places all the elements on to a white background, not very helpful when you want your graphic to merge in with whatever you are placing over the top of in Quark. All in all I think the solution is in what transitman's said.