These new Arabic font CD-ROMs contain beautifully designed Arabic XT/Kalimat/Al Rassam fonts. The entire Arabic fonts library for Arabic XT/Kalimat is now available on four CD-ROMs: Collection 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. More than 100 Arabic fonts are available in these collections.

• Collection 1 contains 75 Typefaces;

• Collection 2 contains 25 typefaces;

• Collection 3 contains 10 typefaces;

• Collection 4 contains 10 typefaces;

• Collection 5 contains 32 typefaces;

• Collection 6 contains 10 typefaces;

• Collection 7 contains 10 typefaces;

All Arabic products are shipped directly from Lebanon at the time of the customer's order and incur additional shipping charges. In the event that the product cannot be delivered electronically, as some cannot, you will be notified of the shipping surcharge. Note that this surcharge is generally $75.

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Manufacturer: Layout Limited

ArabicXT versions 7 & 8 allow you to publish in Arabic, Jawi, Farsi, Kurdish and HXT and to create outstanding designs for both print and electronic media. All in one package without the need for additional language modules, like previous versions required.

ArabicXT versions 7 & 8 allow you to publish in Arabic, Jawi, Farsi, Kurdish and HXT and to create outstanding designs for both print and electronic media. All in one package without the need for additional language modules, like previous versions required.

Misspelled words are automatically flagged and underlined in red as users type in QuarkXPress 7 & 8 stories, similar to Microsoft Word.

BarCoder XT creates UPC, EAN, and ISBN barcodes. The barcodes are saved as EPS files for high-resolution output. With BarCoder XT, select the symbology, enter the data, and BarCoder XT does the calculating and creation.

Features:

• include supplemental digits;

• make full- or half-height bars;

• include the digits;

• add color; and

• create transparent backgrounds.

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Manufacturer: Vision's Edge, Inc.

For additional savings, check out the bundle: Batch Bundle.

The Batch Collect XTensions module allows QuarkXPress users to gather all elements required to produce or archive an entire group of QuarkXPress documents. This XTensions module works like QuarkXPress's built-in collection feature, but allows the user to work with more than a single document at a time. Select the documents to process using the file-selection dialog, check off the elements to be collected, and click the collect button. An option is provided to create a separate folder for each document, holding only those elements required to produce the individual job. In addition to collect-for-output features, Batch Collect XTensions module also includes a comprehensive reporting option. The report will list all pictures, fonts, and colors used throughout the entire group of documents, and will also provide important status information about those items. In addition, the report file can be formatted and sorted.

Manufacturer: Meadows Information Systems, LLC

The Batch Print XTensions module helps to streamline printing operations by allowing groups of QuarkXPress documents to be printed automatically. Documents can be output to any PostScript printer supported by QuarkXPress, and the Batch Print XTensions module even supports output to disc files as well.

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The Batch Update XTensions module automatically updates all modified and missing pictures throughout an entire group of QuarkXPress documents, ensuring that the original picture position and parameters are fully retained. There is also an option to save the updated documents under a different file name. Select jobs using the file-selection dialog and click ok. Batch Update XTensions module scans the documents and updates the pictures. For missing pictures, instruct Batch Update XTensions module to prompt the user for their location, skip the picture, or specify up to ten search volumes or folders and let Batch Update XTensions module find them automatically. Enable the search all subfolders option, and Batch Update XTensions module will scan through all subfolders of the specified search path as well. When the XTensions module has finished processing documents, it presents a detailed report outlining picture usage throughout all documents to identify exactly which images were updated.

Manufacturer: Meadows Information Systems, LLC

The BIM Utility Bundle is a suite of XTensions modules for QuarkXPress that provide a number of productivity-enhancing tools.

font collector collects all of the fonts required for any QuarkXPress document. It also embeds font data into the EPS files created.

page printer can output each page or spread of a QuarkXPress document in either PostScript or EPS format and is particularly useful for those working with a third-party imposition application or when publishing PDFs to the web.

picture placer provides an alternative to the QuarkXPress get picture feature, allowing users to import a picture and select from various positioning options. The software can import any image file supported by QuarkXPress, even if the selected image is a different file type than the original. This feature makes the product ideal for swapping out low-resolution images in an OPI workflow.

picture namer identifies each picture that has been placed in a QuarkXPress document, providing a convenient way to catalogue the images. Image names can be toggled on and off through a single menu command.

print selector provides a unique marquee tool to select and print (or save as EPS) any portion of a QuarkXPress page. This unique tool eliminates the need to print complete pages, making it ideal for document design and proofing purposes.

Manufacturer: Meadows Information Systems, LLC

BlackLining works in conjunction with QuarkXPress and InDesign to allow a user to retain a complete audit trail of all changes made to text in QuarkXPress, InDesign, or Word documents. It is essential for users in financial, legal, reporting, medical, and other markets where the tracking of text content changes is critical.

Regulations now make executives of companies personally responsible for the content in their publications and BlackLining ensures that they are fully secure in the knowledge that they have reviewed all the alterations that may have occurred.

BlackLining tracks changes made to the text of a document as it is being revised. See a complete history of changes that have occurred. Text inserts are shown as underlines and text deletes can either be shown as strike through, or have a caret mark from where text has been deleted. BlackLining has the unique feature of tracking different revision cycles. By choosing different revision cycles it is possible to show a complete history of all the text changes made to a document as it passes through the revision process.

If a run of text or word or letter is deleted it will be marked as strike through — a line through the center of text in a bold form or color that shows it as being struck out. New text that is inserted will be marked as underlined, again in bold or colored, so that it is apparent to the reader that it is a new insert.

It may be obvious though that to retain all the deleted text in a document could mean that it becomes greatly increased in pagination to encompass all the deletes; to enable the pagination to remain correct, it is possible to change views so that strike-through text is hidden but its presence marked only by a small mark or caret. Words that have been inserted or deleted will appear or disappear depending on the revision level being displayed, Up to 98 revisions level can be recorded.

Preferences govern the screen display and the printed output, and these can be set for individual revision levels as well. In addition there is an option to highlight all on-screen marks and have sidebar markers when printed.

A special characters' feature allows a live header of a document to be created so that, if used on a master page for example, all pages can have document information such as name, date and time, as well as BlackLining revision numbers and a checksum.

A history file records the actions taken in a documents' history and this can be printed or exported — which may be useful for billing or auditing.

Features:

• deleted text can be shown as strike-through or by caret mark;

• inserted text will be shown as underlined;

• up to 98 revision levels can be recorded;

• through the active revision display, a true history of the document can be shown;

• words that have been inserted or deleted will appear or disappear depending on the revision level being displayed;

• paste text with BlackLining marks in place;

• special characters allow a live header to be built for displaying job information;

• comprehensive set of preferences give full options and control;

• on-screen highlight display;

• merge, remove, and erase functions for BlackLining marks at all levels;

• complete document BlackLining history log file;

• manual BlackLining marking and clearing;

• special characters allow a live header to be built for displaying job information;

• compatibility for Acrobat Distiller PDF drivers;

• optionally show the BlackLining level(s) in the same line as the document name;

• generate and print a checksum on the same line as the document name when printing with registration marks (checksum is a unique number generated for the page, and if the items on the page differ from one print session to the next then the number will be different);

• export all text from a document;

• enhanced BlackLining user information report;

• open architecture allows ease of interface with other developers and customization; and

• Mac and Windows versions available. (Mac Universal PowerPC and Intel for QuarkXPress 7).

The original version of BlackLining has been available since 1996 and has been widely adopted by major companies involved in preparing documents such as annual reports, share issues, bond and debt Issues, and statutory reporting to US (EDGAR), UK, and other stock exchanges. For certain types of document, maintaining an audit trail of changes is a mandatory requirement of such regulatory bodies as SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) in the US, LSE (London Stock Exchange), and FSA (Financial Services Authority) in the UK.

Over time, BlackLining has gained new features that have increased its value in a wide range of non-financial sectors such as legal documents, disclaimers, terms and conditions, and government reporting. Many non-financial industries are also now stringently regulated so BlackLining QuarkXPress might well be used for documents relating to pharmaceuticals, health and safety, food labeling, and so on.

BlackLining provides particular benefits for the production of consultative documents. A good example might be a committee, which is preparing an industry standard or specification. Typically, the members of such committees are in several different countries. Amendments can be clearly indicated and the revised draft circulated as a PDF for the next round of consultation.

Manufacturer: EMS

QuarkXPress automatically creates facing pages in reader's spreads format. Page two faces page three, just as the pages appear in the final publication. This is the easiest way to edit text as the user can view entire spreads at one time, but when it comes time to output a saddle-stitched publication the document needs to be rearranged into printer's spreads format. Bookletizer XTensions module rearranges reader's spreads document into printer's spreads document for final output.

BureauManager XTensions module is the definitive and ultimate tool to easily and completely prepare a job for delivery to a service bureau. It quickly extracts information from the original document to determine which fonts (screen and printer) and high-resolution graphics are required to be copied. It also has a built-in auto find utility that will search for any missing graphics. The XTensions module incorporates a powerful document-report generator which enables the user to choose from over 100 document attributes on which to report. These include general document information, picture- and text-box attributes, fonts, colors, style-sheet details, and many more.

With a file mover option, the user can select a file and specify the destination disc and/or folder to where the file will be copied. The file and all its linked files (including DCS files if required) will be transferred. When moving or copying a file, the user may select to also move the QuarkXPress preferences file and any other required auxiliary files at the same time.

If any linked graphics are missing or modified, the XTensions module provides an auto find utility which is a high-performance search tool that will search through predefined volumes or folders for the missing graphics. The user can completely control the process by specifying default search paths.

When moving files, the XTensions module will also optionally present a special-instructions dialog which allows the user to direct the service bureau in choices of print medium, film setting, screen-line settings, and resolution. Popup menus for instructing the service bureau as to the priority of the job and trapping instructions are also available as well as shipping and general-comment fields. As part of the special instructions, the user may include such information as company details, the system, and QuarkXPress environments. All items in the special-instructions dialog are user configurable, therefore, the user has complete control over what options appear in the popup menus. The report generator comes with 12 predefined document reports. Each of these can be easily modified to include the exact document report details required. A report can be created on the fly for any document, opened or unopened, or generated for the document during the move-to-bureau process.

Manufacturer: CompuSense Ltd.

Chartbot Barcodes is the only InDesign/Quark barcode package that lets you generate 1D, 2D and postal barcodes directly with your favorite variable-data add-in without using barcode fonts.

It's easy to create a few charts, but mass-producing them slows down any professional-publishing workflow. With Chartbot, quickly turn out mass quantities of publication-quality charts right from QuarkXPress or InDesign.

ClassicDraw XT makes Quark's non-Mac OS X-native applications usable with the Classic environment by fixing a number of annoying redraw issues in QuarkXPress.

Cloner easily duplicates or clones elements from one QuarkXPress page or pages to another page or pages. When an element is cloned from one page to another, it is pasted into the exact same location. Clone pages or page ranges from one document into another. No need to drag pages in thumbnail view. It's as simple as clicking ok.

Color markup of documents is a time-consuming task that art directors and production managers have been doing manually since the advent of color printing.