Existing users, 
Oh boy! They added 6 features Indesign had 4 years ago! Way to go Quark!
If you "get it" they you know it's all about PDF. All the prepress arguments are pointless if you've got a PDF workflow, which, by now, any decent press house does. PDFX-1a is the simplest most efficient and trouble free method for getting a project reproduced. You can export PDFX-1a directly from any Indesign layout, yet another thing Xpress can't do.
It makes no difference what you use for layout. So, use what's easier and more refined for you. Looks to me that it's Indesign since about 2005. Xpress lost ground they can never get back due to their poor attention to user needs.
If everyone dumped Xpress for ID I'm certain all the prepress monkey in the world would rejoice. All one has to do is look at the type rendering in Xpress compared to ID and the difference is IMMEDIATELY noticeable.
QuarkXPress
Page layout and design for print and web.
Version: 8.12
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Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: W-Creative Saturday, August 02 2008 @ 08:52 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Have Not Tried
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ooooo - Vic Lennard
Of course QXP makes PDF/X-1a files directly (and has done since v7). And if you feel the typography is inferior to InDesign, I can only presume you haven't worked with v7 or v8.In terms of creating pages, QXP was much faster than ID (I use both) even before v8. The improved UI is more intuitive (I've been working with it in a busy design studio for the past 3 weeks) and screen redraws much faster on non-Intel machines.
Without a doubt, QXP is a better production tool and handles conversion to Flash and html effectively. ID is probably a better creative tool but is more kludgey to use.
Sunday, August 03 2008 @ 03:21 AM PDT
ooooo - DavidRavenMoon
XPress makes very good PDF's, and it's fast too.I work in a PDF workflow and we have no issues with Quark at all. We actually save PostScript files, and Printergy refines the PDF's.
PDF's can be a pain too, because many people don't make them the right way.
But Quark works in a PDF workflow as well as ID.
And lets not forget Quark ran on Mac OS X at least a year before the Adobe stuff did.
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Saturday, August 02 2008 @ 10:47 AM PDT