When you choose this option, the changes of file references extensions from. It also means that, if you need to modify some of the Saras due to differences between QuarkXPress and InDesign, then any other script that uses those Saras is not affected. This means, for example, that if you convert multiple QuarkXPress script that use the same Sara, then that Sara is only duplicated once, and all converted scripts use the same duplicated Sara (just as all the original scripts were using the same original Sara). ➢Note that the individual Grid Templates, Quark Pages, InDesign Pages and Saras are only duplicated if they have never been duplicated as part of the conversion of a Script (from QuarkXPress to InDesign, for example). This means that you now have 2 identical scripts, one based on QuarkXPress and one based on InDesign, and that none of the existing Grid Templates Quark Pages or InDesign Pages, possibly used by other scripts, have been modified. When you launch script conversion, the dialog shown on the right, appears, letting you choose between converting the current script, or converting a copy of the current script.Ĭonvert a copy of the current script (RECOMMENDED)ġ.A duplicate is made of the current script.Ģ.A duplicate is made of all the Grid Templates of the current script.ģ.A duplicate is made of all the Quark Info Pages or InDesign Info Pages of the current script.Ĥ.A duplicate is made of all the Saras used by the current script.ĥ.The duplicated copy of the script is then modified so that it refers to all the duplicated Grid Templates, Quark Pages, InDesign Pages and Saras. In particular, these automated solutions have vastly improved over the past 10 years.
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Other options, are also available from Markzware, namely IDMarkz for Macintosh and ID2Q, whose development has been discontinued, for Windows and/or older versions of QuarkXPress.Īll the above options require some manual tweaking, but they do get you very close to a fully converted document.
To convert InDesign files to the QuarkXPress format, the simplest option is to use the IDML Import (InDesign Import) feature, available from within QuarkXPress, since QuarkXPress 2017, without the need for a third-party solution. Both plug-ins give you a head-start on QuarkXPress to InDesign file conversion, although some manual tweaks are almost always needed, to address the differences between QuarkXPress and InDesign document structure. Markzware proposes well-established solutions to convert QuarkXPress files to InDesign Q2ID (Quark to InDesign), for Windows, or QXPMarkz, for Macintosh. QXP files, or vice-versa.īelow is a table of the available options to automate the conversion of QuarkXPress files to InDesign, and vice-versa. INDD files, from the existing QuarkXPress. What the script conversion does not cover is the creation of InDesign. INDD (or vice-versa when converting a script from InDesign to QuarkXPress). ➢This affects the value of the Output FileName property of the Book Format script line, as well as the Quark Filename of all the Quark Pages script lines of the current script (or the InDesign Filename of all the InDesign Pages script lines of the current script, in the case of converting an InDesign script to QuarkXPress).Īdditionally, the file name extension of each Grid Template used in any of the Diary Grids script lines of the current script will also be changed from. INDD extension of InDesign files (and vice-versa when converting a script from InDesign to QuarkXPress). QXP QuarkXPress files, of the current script, to references to the same name file, but with the. Script conversion replaces all the references to. To convert a script from QuarkXPress to InDesign, or vice-versa, use the corresponding Convert to menu item of the scripts menu.
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