Quark CopyDesk Passport

CopyDesk Passport 3.5, EN, Win32 QuarkCopyDesk® Passport is a complete, fully functioning version of QuarkCopyDesk that includes additional features for multi-language publishing. QuarkCopyDesk Passport contains dictionaries and hyphenation information for 11 languages: Danish, Dutch, English (International and U.S.), French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, and Swiss-German.

Other QuarkCopyDesk Passport features include:

- Translated user interface — Display the user interface in any of the languages supported by QuarkXPress Passport® with one click of the mouse.
- Complete, localized documentation in PDF format — User manuals and documentation in PDF format are available in all supported languages. These files are included on the QuarkCopyDesk application CD.

Write-to-fit features provide exceptional time savings

Use QuarkCopyDesk® to gain typographical control throughout the editorial production process. Writers, editors, researchers, and others using QuarkCopyDesk have a proven tool for writing, editing, and outputting copy for publication. And they can do their work knowing precisely how their textual modifications fit within an article’s established layout.

Compatibility with QuarkXPress

QuarkCopyDesk uses the same text processing engine as QuarkXPress®. As a result, copy moves between writers, editors, and designers more smoothly than ever before. Layouts created in QuarkXPress can be exported to QuarkCopyDesk with a click of the mouse, and all typographic attributes — such as style sheets, article geometry, and hyphenation and justification rules — are maintained in the export process.

Writers and editors open an exported article in QuarkCopyDesk and view the layout exactly as the artist designed it. Although they can view all of the graphic elements (which are exported as page pictures), only the text is editable. This ensures the design will not be inadvertently altered as the article is passed among reviewers.

Eliminate reflow

Because the article’s typographic attributes and geometry are exported from QuarkXPress, writers and editors using QuarkCopyDesk know the exact article length, down to the line and word count. When they return the article to the designer, who imports it back into the master QuarkXPress layout, it fits perfectly. Text reflow is virtually eliminated, which improves efficiency dramatically.

An ideal solution for editorial workflows
The illustration below shows how QuarkXPress and QuarkCopyDesk interact to streamline the production of an article and accompanying layout.

Features designed to streamline your workflow

QuarkCopyDesk® streamlines and improves the efficiency of your editorial workflow with features that facilitate copyfit and communication.

View and edit articles in WYSIWYG view

Writers and editors have the opportunity to see the same graphically rich pages as designers see. QuarkCopyDesk fully supports QuarkXPress® colors, style sheets, and transparent text boxes.

Choose from three views

Get precise information on how your copy fits in the layout. Choose the view you like best — Galley, Full-screen, or WYSIWYG — for viewing line counts, line breaks, and column breaks. QuarkCopyDesk continuously displays underset or overset amounts, word and line counts, and column depths.

Attach notes

Place electronic notes directly in the article text. Notes travel along with the article, even when you import it into QuarkXPress. You can copy and paste edits, print all Notes from a single document, and specify custom Notes background colors, improving your ability to track, implement, and archive feedback.

Work with multiple components

QuarkCopyDesk articles can contain multiple, independent components (for example, a primary story and a related sidebar could be two components in the same article).

Import and export text in common formats

QuarkCopyDesk contains filters for exchanging text with Microsoft® Word, WordPerfect®, XPress Tags, and other common word processing formats.

Enhance efficiency through QuarkXPress compatibility

With just a mouse click, export layouts created in QuarkXPress® to QuarkCopyDesk while maintaining attributes such as style sheets, article geometry, and hyphenation and justification rules. QuarkCopyDesk users can write to fit because they will know the exact amount of space designed for their work. When text is imported back to the QuarkXPress layout, it will fit perfectly.
And QuarkCopyDesk can easily exchange text with Microsoft® Word, WordPerfect®, XPress Tags, and other word processing formats.

Integrate key players and improve communication

QuarkCopyDesk allows for the dynamic integration of key players such as writers and editors in your publishing workflow without straining your budget. Features such as Notes are perfect for facilitating communication. Use Notes to place electronic communication directly in the text that travels with the article even when it is imported to QuarkXPress.

Improve your product

Through increased workflow efficiencies, writers will have more time to write and designers will have more time to design — inevitably creating a better product.

Save money

Share layouts with editorial members of the workflow without having to provide them with copies of QuarkXPress software. And, ultimately, time saved through eliminating even minor inefficiencies results in greater profitability.