https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/ DeskTop Publishing for everyone. Complex things explained simply: colour separation, typography, digital image processing en https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2005-04-18-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2005-04-18-1/ Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:00:00 GMT Adobe Systems Inc. has announced its final decision to acquire Macromedia Inc., the maker of FreeHand and Flash, for 3.4 billion dollars. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2005-03-16-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2005-03-16-1/ Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:00:00 GMT Adobe has released an update of Adobe Reader to version 7.1. According to the first user reports, Adobe Reader now launches much faster. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2005-03-16-2/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2005-03-16-2/ Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:00:00 GMT Following up on Adobe Reader 7.1 — a couple of useful links. Adobe Reader SpeedUp (0.2 MB) — speeds up Adobe Reader start-up by selectively disabling plug-ins Foxit PDF Reader 1.2.0201 (1 MB) — a small and very fast PDF viewer. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2005-03-16-3/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2005-03-16-3/ Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:00:00 GMT We have digitised and published in HTML one more book on typography and the art of book layout: S. F. Dobkin, Book Design for Editors and Authors (Оформление книги. Редактору и автору), 2nd ed., revised and enlarged. Moscow, Kniga, 1985 https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2003-05-11-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2003-05-11-1/ Sun, 11 May 2003 12:00:00 GMT The Ukrainian magazine "My Computer" has published an article on Scribus, the page layout program for Linux. The short verdict: colour separation — yes; TIFF and EPS support — yes; Russian hyphenation — yes; working with Russian text — not yet possible. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2003-05-11-2/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2003-05-11-2/ Sun, 11 May 2003 12:00:00 GMT Corel has posted a trial version of Corel Painter 8 for Windows and Macintosh for download on its site. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2003-05-11-3/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2003-05-11-3/ Sun, 11 May 2003 12:00:00 GMT A new translation in our FreeHand section — the article Copy and paste from Freehand MX into Photoshop 7. It explains how to make Freehand MX copy and paste drawings into Photoshop as shape layers or paths, because doing it the standard way triggers an error in Photoshop. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2003-04-22-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2003-04-22-1/ Tue, 22 Apr 2003 12:00:00 GMT A Russian-language LiveJournal community devoted to Russian typography. From the description: "Here are people who design type, people who sympathise with them, and people who want to know more about the craft". Useful links, discussions, announcements of type exhibitions. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2003-04-22-2/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2003-04-22-2/ Tue, 22 Apr 2003 12:00:00 GMT A new version of the Linux desktop publishing system Scribus, v0.9.9, is out. It claims CMYK, EPS and Unicode support and export to PDF and Postscript. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2003-04-22-3/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2003-04-22-3/ Tue, 22 Apr 2003 12:00:00 GMT A new version of the raster program for realistic imitation of traditional art techniques — Corel Painter 8 for Macintosh and Windows — is out. Recommended for use with a Wacom tablet. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2003-02-14-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2003-02-14-1/ Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:00:00 GMT A new version of Macromedia FreeHand MX (i.e. version 11) is out. The list of new features of this version is on the official site in English. Download Macromedia FreeHand MX, 24 MB: http://download.macromedia.com/pub/freehand/trial/freehandmx\_en\_trial.exe https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-11-21-2/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-11-21-2/ Thu, 21 Nov 2002 12:00:00 GMT Microsoft has released a patch fixing a bug in Windows XP SP1. The bug occurred when printing to PostScript publications containing Type-1 Multiple Master Metrics fonts. Bug description and patch links on the Microsoft site Download the patch for Windows XP SP1 EN-US Download the patch for Windows XP SP1 RUS https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-11-06-2/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-11-06-2/ Wed, 06 Nov 2002 12:00:00 GMT Standard tools for calculating the area of a curve exist only in CAD programs. For publishing systems, however, there is a free CorelDRAW macro, Get Area, that does exactly that: it calculates the area of a closed Bézier curve. Get Area returns the result in square millimetres, centimetres and metres, and also reports the perimeter length of the curve. Download the Get Area macro for CorelDRAW 9 (6kb) Download the Get Area macro for CorelDRAW 10 (3kb) https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-10-28-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-10-28-1/ Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:00:00 GMT As the Open Systems publishing house reports http://www.osp.ru/, ParaType has released several new fonts. Adonis — a typeface designed by Natalia Vasilieva, with somewhat elongated character proportions, rounded serifs and a soft drawing. In dense text it reads well at small sizes. Intended for text and display setting. Duetto — the typeface is a "subtraction" of one contrasting typeface from another — PT FreeSet, upright, and TM Miniature, italic — followed by deconstruction. The... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-10-25-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-10-25-1/ Fri, 25 Oct 2002 12:00:00 GMT The Apple site has Adobe Photoshop Master Classes — several interesting step-by-step tutorials on creating smoke, snow, lightning, clouds, light rays and similar effects in Photoshop. Everything is done with built-in tools, which is especially useful for learning Photoshop properly. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-10-18-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-10-18-1/ Fri, 18 Oct 2002 12:00:00 GMT The season of printing calendars for next year, 2003, is approaching. Designers and typesetters too lazy to key in a calendar grid by hand will appreciate this simple and effective Calendar Generator: http://students.uniyar.ac.ru/~lll/rus/time/calend. Simple, fast, with or without highlighted weekends, as text or a table, for any year. Copy and paste the result. Editor's choice. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-10-15-2/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-10-15-2/ Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:00:00 GMT The www.softforum.ru forum is hosting an extensive discussion of using a Color Management System (CMS) in prepress under the title "What are the CMYK colours of the 'human' body". Dedicated to hardened veterans of colour separation and calibration. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-10-15-3/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-10-15-3/ Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:00:00 GMT Corel has officially announced the new version of its publishing package, Corel Ventura 10. Among the announced new features and improvements: XML import: formatting and publishing XML content with the new XML Mapping Editor tool. PDF publishing: creating PDF files directly in Corel Ventura 10. A built-in preflight engine for checking layout correctness. Advanced graphics support: more than 50 new graphic effects and many supported formats for importing and exporting graphics, including... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-10-03-2/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-10-03-2/ Thu, 03 Oct 2002 12:00:00 GMT TransMac 5.3 comes in handy for anyone who has to copy files from Macintosh disks. TransMac supports high-density floppies, CD-ROM, hard drives, IEEE 1394 (FireWire), USB and most removable media (SyQuest, Iomega, Zip, Jazz, Sparq, optical discs, etc.). Useful features: automatic file system detection, HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) read support, reading Mac multisession CDs. Runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP. Download TransMac 5.3 https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-22-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-22-1/ Sun, 22 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT An 18-megabyte update for Adobe Framemaker 7 for Windows has appeared on the Adobe site. It mostly fixes bugs, including critical ones, and the number of fixes is impressive. There are no Framemaker updates for Mac and Unix yet. Download the update from the Adobe site: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/framemaker/win/7.x/FM7Patch.exe- Download the list of fixed bugs in PDF: http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?50@97.GU0WaNoMgSI.18@.1de5d283 https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-18-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-18-1/ Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT www.adobestudioexchange.com, a.k.a. Adobe Studio Exchange — Adobe's official site for sharing plug-ins, extensions, actions, tutorials and the like for Adobe products: Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign GoLive https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-18-2/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-18-2/ Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT psdraw.narod.ru, a.k.a. The PostScript Programming Language. A personal project by Alexei Furashev. The site discusses creating vector graphics with the PostScript programming language: a description of the PostScript language a reference of PostScript operators software recommendations techniques and methods for creating vector illustrations problems and their solutions. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-16-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-16-1/ Mon, 16 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT Continuing the theme of links to sites selling quality photographs (see list 1, list 2), here is a link to a search service covering sites that sell collections of quality photos and illustrations. fotosearch.com The engine searches by keywords, by disc title, and lets you browse the database of photo discs by title, price, publisher and category — nature, people, food and so on. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-15-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-15-1/ Sun, 15 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT We have a new reference text — the table Standard publication formats per GOST 5773-76. For those who do not want to keep the sizes of A4, A3, A2 and so on in their heads. Worth printing out and hanging on the wall. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-13-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-13-1/ Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT Alien Skin Image Doctor 1.0 is a new set of photo correction filters for Photoshop, Fireworks, Paint Shop Pro and other photo editors. Official Alien Skin Image Doctor page: http://www.alienskin.com/idoc/idoc\_main The filters included in Alien Skin Image Doctor: http://www.alienskin.com/idoc/idoc\_filters Download the demo for Macintosh: http://www.alienskin.com/downloads/idoc/mac/ImageDoctorDemo.sit Download the demo for Windows:... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-13-2/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-13-2/ Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT Corel has announced the release of the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 graphics package for vector and raster graphics and animation. The 3dnews.ru site writes on the occasion: "In Corel DRAW 11 the user and graphics interfaces have been substantially reworked; there is now support for various symbols, simple drawings and emblems for quickly creating pictures (flowers, grass, stars and much more); new brush types have appeared (Roughen and Smudge); a convenient toolset for quickly creating and... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-12-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-12-1/ Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT A continuation of our series of links to sites selling quality photographs. www.ablestock.com www.brandxpictures.com www.creatas.com www.comstock.com/rf www.digitalvisiononline.com www.freefoto.com (non-commercial use only) www.imageaddict.com www.loc.gov (Library of Congress) www.masterfile.com www.picturequest.com www.photospin.com www.punchstock.com www.superstock.com www.theroyaltyfreecollection.com www.thinkstock.com www.visibleearth.nasa.gov/ (NASA) www.wonderfile.com Almost all the... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-12-2/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-12-2/ Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT Reindeer Graphics has announced the release of Optipix 1.0.2, a collection of 16-bit Photoshop filters aimed primarily at professional photographers. The new version brings bug fixes and improved performance. The plug-in is a free update for Macintosh (OS 9 and OS X) and Windows. Review of the previous Optipix version (English): http://www.creativemac.com/2002/08\_aug/reviews/optipix020815.htm Official Optipix plug-in site https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-11-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-11-1/ Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT On 9 September Adobe announced Graphics Server 2. The software, also known as Adobe AlterCast, builds a high-performance networked graphics environment for web-oriented and other publishing systems. The new version features tight integration with new Adobe products and improved performance. Adobe Graphics Server 2.0 integrates with Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive and InDesign to create new templates that can be updated automatically. Also announced: EPS and PDF support; SVG to PDF... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-10-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-10-1/ Tue, 10 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT For the... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-09-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-09-1/ Mon, 09 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT A new version of the 3D character creation program Poser 5 has appeared — arguably the best program for creating detailed 3D models of people. What's new in Poser 5: http://www.curiouslabs.com/article/productlist/48/?nf=1 A picture demonstrating the power of Poser 5: http://www.curiouslabs.com/imagecatalogue/customimageview/817/?RefererURL=/article/productlist/48/ Buy Poser 5 for $349 https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-08-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-08-1/ Sun, 08 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT The Adobe site has an update of Adobe Illustrator 10 to version 10.0.3 for Windows and Macintosh: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/new.jsp Notably, export to Adobe Photoshop format now works correctly with antialiasing and layer slices, and the Pantone libraries have been updated: Solid Color, Solid Matte, Solid Uncoated and Process Coated. Direct FTP links: For Windows — Adobe Illustrator 10.0.3 update (23.9MB) ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/illustrator/win/10.x/ai10\_0\_3en.exe For... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-08-2/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-08-2/ Sun, 08 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT Badia Software has announced the release of Duplica XT 2.0, an xtension for QuarkXPress and QuarkXPress Passport 5.0 for Macintosh. It adds a new palette to XPress for copying and changing the attributes of all sorts of publication objects. Duplica XT works with the attributes of characters, paragraphs, pictures, boxes, lines and pages; it copies them and applies them to other objects without losing the clipboard contents. The extension also includes a cloning mechanism that duplicates and... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-07-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-07-1/ Sat, 07 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT The Russian-language Adobe site www.adobe.ru has a remarkable FAQ http://www.adobe.ru/forum compiled from users' questions. Its sections: Acrobat http://www.adobe.ru/forum/f\_acrobat After Effects & Premiere http://www.adobe.ru/forum/f\_aftereffects FrameMaker http://www.adobe.ru/forum/f\_framemaker GoLive http://www.adobe.ru/forum/f\_golive Illustrator http://www.adobe.ru/forum/f\_illustrator ImageStyler http://www.adobe.ru/forum/f\_imagestyler ImageReady... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-05-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-05-1/ Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT Every typesetter who has ever dealt with TV listings has surely wondered how to automate that tedious, repetitive work. A Russian-language program, TelevisionPublisher, has appeared online; it automates the following tasks: publishing listings in the formats you need — plain text, RTF, HTML, Adobe Pagemaker Tagged Text, Quark XPress Tags or Xtags for Quark XPress, Adobe InDesign Tagged Text and others; applying formatting according to the accepted house styles; taking into account air time,... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-02-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-02-1/ Mon, 02 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT Adobe has released an update of its graphics editor Adobe Photoshop to version 7.0.1. The update fixes several bugs found since Photoshop 7.0 shipped. List of fixes in Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/update Download the Photoshop 7.0.1 for Macintosh update: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=1852 Download the Photoshop 7.0.1 for Windows update: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=1851 https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-02-2/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2002-09-02-2/ Mon, 02 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT Three new articles by Peter Bünau for beginning print designers have been published on our site: The speed design championship The way of the samurai Trained gorillas https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-08-12-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-08-12-1/ Sun, 12 Aug 2001 12:00:00 GMT Markzware has announced new versions of FlightCheck Classic and FlightCheck Collect for Macintosh. Version 4.10 supports PageMaker 7, Freehand 10 and Multi-Ad Creator 6, and adds a black density check. FlightCheck checks files against the parameters critical for colour separation. It verifies more than 150 parameters — for example, whether screen and printer fonts are embedded, overprint, colour model, image resolution and so on. FlightCheck handles files in all major DTP formats: QuarkXPress,... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-26-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-26-1/ Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:00:00 GMT Sometimes, under heavy use of Adobe Photoshop 5.x–6.0 on Windows Me, the cursor and the working area stop responding to the user. In some cases assorted error messages appear that require closing Photoshop. A description of how to solve the problem has appeared on the Adobe site. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-26-2/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-26-2/ Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:00:00 GMT Corel has announced a new software line, Procreate. At the moment the line includes three packages about to ship: Painter 7, KnockOut and KPT. New in Painter 7: even fuller compatibility with Adobe Photoshop, including saving files in PSD format with all layers and effects; stepless zoom, an extended text toolset and three-dimensional guides (grids). All Procreate products will be compatible with MacOS X. More details about the packages in the series will be posted on a site opened specially... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-26-3/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-26-3/ Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:00:00 GMT The Wacom site has posted an updated driver for the company's entire range of graphics tablets. Version 4.70-9, status Release Candidate. Among the main changes is the end of support for the SD series tablets. A number of bugs have also been fixed: left-handed mode for the Intuos Lens Cursor mouse settings reset for the Graphire series "Single Mode" for the Intuos series the Click-Lock function (all tablets). linear mouse acceleration for all applications tablet orientation... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-22-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-22-1/ Sun, 22 Jul 2001 12:00:00 GMT Markzware has released a new version of its xtension for QuarkXPress 3.3 and 4.0 — PM2Q 6.1 for Mac and PM2Q 6.0 for PC. The xtension opens PageMaker 6.5 documents in QuarkXPress. A working version can be downloaded from the official site: PM2Q 6.0 for PC PM2Q 6.1 for Mac https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-19-3/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-19-3/ Thu, 19 Jul 2001 12:00:00 GMT Corel has published a press release announcing the acquisition of Micrografx, known in the publishing world for its technical graphics package Micrografx Designer. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-14-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-14-1/ Sat, 14 Jul 2001 12:00:00 GMT Karow P. Font Technology. Description and Tools: translated from English. Moscow: Mir, 2001. 454 pp., ill. Price (at the publisher's shop) 120 roubles. The book was written by a German type designer of world renown. It covers the history and technology of font production, the font market, methods of assessing font quality, legibility, the classification of letterforms and copyright protection issues. The edition is supplemented with material on the history of Cyrillic type written by V. V.... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-13-2/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-13-2/ Fri, 13 Jul 2001 12:00:00 GMT ACD Systems has announced FotoSlate, a new plug-in module for its popular products ACD See and PicaView. FotoSlate is for quickly composing and printing layouts with images. The program comes with a huge number (about 400) of templates, lets you caption images, supports drag&drop and offers a set of image editing tools (fit to size, rotate, etc.) without altering the source files. FotoSlate works only as a plug-in module and requires ACD See 3.1 (SR1) or PicaView 2.0 or later. It is... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-13-3/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-13-3/ Fri, 13 Jul 2001 12:00:00 GMT Adobe has announced the availability of PageMaker 7.0 with improved PDF support. The package helps create tagged PDF files that are recognised equally well on ordinary PCs, handheld computers, laptops and other devices. The new version is also better integrated with Acrobat, Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Adobe Illustrator, and includes updated converters from Microsoft Word, Publisher and QuarkXPress. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-06-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-06-1/ Fri, 06 Jul 2001 12:00:00 GMT Corel has announced a demonstration of the new Corel Painter 7 at the upcoming MacWorld Conference & Expo, held in New York on 18–20 July. No release date for Painter 7 for Windows has been given yet. https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-06-2/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-07-06-2/ Fri, 06 Jul 2001 12:00:00 GMT Gimp is traditionally seen as the PhotoShop replacement on Linux. The new version of the package (Gimp 1.2.26) is a win32 port — a complete and stable port of the program from Linux. A sea of bugs has been fixed; the functionality is mostly the same as in the Linux version. Gimp supports a huge number of graphic formats, including Adobe Photoshop's (the "psd" extension). Other goodies: layers and channels, an unlimited number of simultaneously open images, a good toolset, plug-in... https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-06-16-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-06-16-1/ Sat, 16 Jun 2001 12:00:00 GMT QuarkXPress 5.0 development has finally reached the beta stage. An overview of what is new in QuarkXPress 5 is available in Russian here: http://www.zdnet.ru/News.asp?ID=1805&links=no The latest QuarkXPress 5 beta can be downloaded here: QuarkXPress 5 Passport Beta, 17.95 Mb http://rusc.ru/files/QuarkXPress5PportBeta.zip https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-06-14-1/ https://dtp-obzor.pages.dev/en/news/2001-06-14-1/ Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:00:00 GMT Adobe has presented the next version of its hugely popular page layout system, PageMaker 7.0. Sales of Adobe PageMaker 7.0 start this summer. The package will cost $499; an upgrade from the previous version will cost users $79. Among the new features of version seven are a much longer list of supported formats and the ability to create PDF documents. Adobe also promises to improve the already excellent integration with its other products, such as Photoshop and Illustrator, and to refine the...