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Hi, I have been thinking that maybe I should become a medial imaging tech. If I can run a scanner how hard could a ct scanner be? or an X-ray machine. I think there will be large demand in this field in the future. Mike

Quark Trapping Quark Trapping This has been a problem since before transparency was even created. It has to do with how Quark auto traps the text. The best solution is to turn the trapping off in Quark all together. The other way is to select the text which is spreading and using the Quark...

There was A winky at the end...... There was A winky at the end...... Is there some lack of understanding of humor based on irony?

Hi, In Indesign, any version, using the line tool to create an arrow head. Looks great. Now I want to change it into a Picture box and place an image into the arrow. I don't think there is anyway to do this in InDesign. In Quark you just click edit shape and choose polygon and it converts the...

Hello, A client has me cutting up images and wants to collage them. Wanted a drop shadow so I clipped the image to a layer and added the shadow. Saved as tiff with transparency. Placed the images in Quark and made the collage. BUT the drop shadow over dark areas looks like it is making the...

Thanks for the help, this is what worked Thanks for the help, this is what worked hello, I tried to delete the Version 5 folder, but after a computer restart the problem persisted. I tried this instead. I opened the menu Indesign>Configure Plug ins... I made a copy of the all plugins set and...

Hi, All of a sudden my InDesign CS3 is no longer showing pages in the pages pallet. The pallet can be brought up but there are no page showing and no master pages either. I can navigate without the pages pallet but sometimes we need to pull apart spreads for Perfect bind books. I can't think of...

Complete Control Complete Control In two words: Complete Control Since most designers are incredibly lazy and also lacking in any understanding of how printing works we like to have complete control over every aspect of the job. As we don't have any PDF editors (believe it or not we are using...

I don't use a password on my home computer. Whenever I have to Authenticate, I just hit the return. It is the same thing as not typing anything (no password used). Get it.

IF you are updating images using the usage function, sometimes quark will make a distinction between mac tiffs and PC tiffs, same for eps files. If in the usage window you have modified on multiple image links you can select them all and then press the option key and click on update. Quark will...

The fix for Crashing Quark The fix for Crashing Quark Hi, I solved the mystery of why Quark was crashing on copy and cut operations using the direct content tools. In the applications folder I changed the name of the quark folder to QuarkXPress 7.5 and the problem went away. Of curse, I...

Quark update is Crap Quark update is Crap Hi, I updated to the new version and now if I try to copy or cut using the selection tools the program crashed and the Quark bug reporter comes up. I can copy text and picture content, but not the actual holder box. I have sent my angry letters to...

Retaining master items Retaining master items If you want recto pages to retain the right master page, you need to pull the pages apart in the pages pallet. Click on the spread and then in the pull down menu choose allow the spread to shuffle. The page numbers of the spread will now have...

Re: High-end image scanning services... Hi, We still operate a Fuji Celsis 6250. Doesn't get as much use as it used to, but still produces better colour than any direct digital capture. Blanchette Press 7500 River Road, Richmond B.C. 604-270-9421