# QuarkXPress Reviews **Vendor:** Quark **Category:** [Desktop Publishing Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/desktop-publishing) **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 304 ## About QuarkXPress QuarkXPress – Revolutionizing Desktop Publishing with AI-Powered Innovation For decades, QuarkXPress has been the go-to solution for designers, publishers, and businesses needing a professional-grade desktop publishing tool. Now, with the latest AI-driven features, QuarkXPress is redefining how creatives work—streamlining design processes and optimizing content output with unparalleled precision. 🔹 AI-Powered Features for the Modern Designer 🔹Image & Text Optimization – Resize, scale, and fit images or text dynamically for perfect composition. 🔹 Font Pairing & Adaptive Typography – AI-powered font recommendations and real-time multiple Stylesheets adjustments ensure seamless, professional-looking designs. 🔹 Content-Aware Scaling & Resizing – Effortlessly create designs that adapt to multiple formats, from print layouts to responsive digital content. 🔹 Advanced Digital Publishing – Publish interactive eBooks, web-ready HTML5 publications, and professional PDFs ## QuarkXPress Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users celebrate the **HTML5 custom interactivity** in QuarkXPress for seamlessly embedding animations into publishing projects. (1 reviews) - Users highlight the **innovation in features** of QuarkXPress, especially for interactive web publishing and design. (1 reviews) - Users value the **interface simplicity** of QuarkXPress, making digital publishing intuitive and efficient. (1 reviews) - Users celebrate the **innovative layout design** of QuarkXPress, enhancing digital publishing and interactive web app integration remarkably. (1 reviews) - Users benefit from **time-saving features** of QuarkXPress, enabling efficient creation and embedding of interactive content. (1 reviews) - Versatility (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users face a **steep learning curve** with QuarkXPress, requiring dedication and assistance for mastery of its features. (1 reviews) - Users find the **steep learning curve** of QuarkXPress daunting, necessitating dedication and possibly external support for mastery. (1 reviews) ## QuarkXPress Reviews ### 1. Outdated and No Longer Industry-Relevant **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aaron H. | Marketing Specialist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 23, 2026 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Quark in its heyday was the be-all, end all for digital layout. But, when Adobe figured out how to do the same, InDesign became the standard. I thought Quark was the easiest..... but I was wrong... **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Quark in its heyday was the be-all, end all for digital layout. But, when Adobe figured out how to do the same, InDesign became the standard. I thought Quark was the easiest..... but I was wrong... It's outdated, and not even cutting edge. I was surprised when I was asked to review - because I thought it had gone away - that's how relevant it is, and I've been in this industry over 30 years. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Quark is desktop publishing - but don't even bother - go get InDesign instead. Easier to use and at least more current. ### 2. QuarkXPress HTML5 Leading-Edge Interactivity **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stephen W. | Principal, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 20, 2020 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** QuarkXPress (QXP), versions from 2016 onward that I have been using, have already been on the leading-edge of digital publishing innovation, including Flex layouts and progressive web app capability. My long-time favorite has been the HTML5 custom interactivity feature. As an eLearning content developer and creator of interactive web apps, coded in HTML, JavaScript and CSS, focused on stress reduction and behavioral healthcare, this new feature allows me to create, size and position a custom HTML frame and add script, layout, etc. All within the QXP GUI. When exported, the frame flawlessly displays the animation, essentially embedding a fully functioning interactive web app into the published screen. In my opinion, this has been a quantum leap forward for digital publishing! **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Having been a QXP user since 2016 through multiple versions, including the new QXP 2025, I have become very familiar with the GUI, but this has been for me a steep learning curve. With complex and full capabilities comes a complex and deep bench of options, dialogs, controls, customization needing mastery. Sometimes requiring the support of other users and support engineers on the forum, who have been generous with their help and quickly responsive. But, make no mistake: this is a professional-level tool requiring dedication and patience to learn. Happily, the result of diligent effort to learn QXP is rewarded by professional output. And Quark has strong, accessible help resources to go to for sorting out challenges. AI-powered tools (currently in the subscription-based version) will likely make the learning curve smoother for new users. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** Willingness to take the time to learn how to use the large feature set, navigate the GUI. Advanced features like HTML5 Custom Interactivity require some knowledge of coding in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** During recent challenging times, with many people needing help to reduce stress, maintain/improve their health, online delivery of helping information became critical. QXP's extraordinary digital publishing capability, coupled with the latest HTML custom interactivity features, provides a top-flight tool to strengthen technology-assisted care delivery. Providing this help is a complex and challenging undertaking. QXP offers a full feature set to make this possible. These recent, challenging circumstances have been a catalyst for increasing adoption of web-based service and care delivery. QXP's HTML custom interactivity, coupled with expanding availability of AI tools will, I believe, provide robust digital publishing solutions as we continue to transition to more web-based behavioral healthcare delivery. ### 3. All in all, QuarlkXpress combines many useful functions that are easily accessible. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jorge F. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2023 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** For me, one of the greatest strengths of QuarkXpress is the clear user interface, which provides a user-friendly environment. The layout helps me focus on my creative work without getting bogged down in the interface. The non-destructive pixel image correction and the good features for drawing vector graphics make QuarkXpress a very usable package. It is equally useful for print and online products. In addition, QuarkXpress has Pantone colors on board and produces perfect print data that I can send to the printer without any problems or media breaks. Compatibility with common file formats - and the ability to integrate them natively into Quark - makes collaboration with colleagues using other programs largely seamless. To summarize, in my opinion, Quark is a reliable and feature-rich tool for professionals in the publishing industry as well as small office/home office environments. The combination of user-friendly design, clear tools and personalization options makes QuarkXpress an indispensable tool for my daily work in the design and publishing business. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** QuarkXpress has some disadvantages that can be annoying: Working with tables is not always easy (especially when it comes to split or joined table cells). The program can also be slow when integrating extensive vector data. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** One of my main tasks is to convert information from texts into graphics and illustrations. I also design brochures, documents and logos for print products. QuarkXpress helps me to combine typesetting and graphic design with its various functions. ### 4. Great page layout and compositing app **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David O. | Logistics Manager / Art Director / Sales, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 28, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** I like Quarks method of handling typesetting over any other competitor that I have tried. It is tremendously easy to set type for page layout applications such as magazines, books or pamphlets/flyers. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** I am not crazy about using Quark as a packaging design program. In that case, it is not near as suited to the layout needs of the packaging design process. It is great for compositing items that will be printed or seen on a page but not great for items that need to be used in three dimensions. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** If you are needing a page layout program for compositing or laying out type for applications such as books, magazine articles, pamphlets, flyers or most things that are viewed flat then Quark is likely a great option. If package design is the goal, then Quark is likely not the solution to design needs. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I do a variety of design work and in instances where I have to do a lot of typesetting, Quark is the best solution. Its text entry process is far superior to Adobe InDesign or Illustrator. It is not really close. Quark leaves the other alternatives in the dust and greatly enhances my control over the text that I am setting up. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you! Your review is much appreciated! ### 5. I'd be lost without my QuarkXpress **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sue A. | Owner/Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 30, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** I love the simplicity of laying out my design projects like books, magazines etc. I've been using QuarkXpress for over 25 years now. Since most files I have built in the past were done in Quark, it makes it so much easier to just stay with that program and not switch over to InDesign... which I'm not a huge fan of. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** The one hitch I'm finding with the latest version of Quark is that it feels a little unstable when opening older files (using older versions). I sometimes get the wheel and have to force quit and once I had to restart my computer, but after that, everything was fine. I am not really a big fan of seeing the bounding boxed when placing an Illustrator file in the document. I do need to go through some preferences to see if I can turn that kind of thing off. But other than that... it's working like a charm. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can open all files now. I don't have to worry about not being able to open a newer version. I am good to go now. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you! Your review is much appreciated! ### 6. Professional looking literature without too high of a learning curve **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Architecture & Planning | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 24, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** All the core functions are simple enough to use that I was able to start creating marketing literature for my firm without needing to spend too much learning how to use them. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** The few times when I haven't been able to figure out something right away, I've found that it's been more difficult to figure out the answer than other programs. The help files feel like they were more designed to be tutorials than an index of referrable features. Copying entire pages from one quark project to another would be a nice feature (as opposed to copying all the elements) Large projects become very slow to edit - further optimization would be nice (at least an option for slower PCs) **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am creating marketing literature for my architecture firm. Having page templates that easily can be used to create project sheets for different jobs **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 7. Pleasantly Surprised (So Far) **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 19, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** As a regular Adobe InDesign user, I have been pleasantly surprised by how similar the features in Quark really are. The transition has been easier than expected. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** One difficulty I have found relates to converting my QuarkXPress file into other file types. I signed up under the assumption that I could convert my file to InDesign - however, as it turns out, there is much more required in order to do that (especially if you are using a Quark file that wasn't created during the last couple of years). I was disappointed by the incompatibility - but the userface itself has been easy to adjust to. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I had a document (olddddd) that only could be opened using a Quark program - and I am thankful that QuarkXPress was available so that I could access this document for continued use in our office! **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 8. A Quark user for over 30 years **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 07, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** From its origins, Quark has been a desktop publishing program that closely resembles what those of us with gray hair refer to as real typesetting, going back to the days of hot metal type. Unlike desktop publishing programs which made up their own rules, Quark took the best traditions of multiple decades of professional typesetting and moved them into a workable, easy to understand and use desktop publishing program. As Quark has evolved over the decades with many of the new and wonderful enhancements, it has never moved away from its roots. The "other guys" may try to imitate typesetting with some bells and whistles, but Quark is today's version of real typesetting. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Having jumped from Quark 2016 to the newest version took some adjustment time. Still can't find a few things I was accustomed to, but, the newest version is so good, it's worth the minor irritation of relearned a few things. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** A broader range of functions beyond basic typesetting means being able to consolidate many things to do into a single program. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you! Your review is much appreciated! ### 9. QuarkXPress is no longer the default publishing software **Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 02, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Easy of use, I feel like QuarkXPress is a bit easier to learn than InDesign. It provides great tools for publishing but unfortunately it didn't update as fast as InDesign did with its cloud tools and integrations and was left behind. Also, its hard to find people with knowledge with QuarkXPress. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Its cloud tools lack, they are not as intuitive as InDesign. It also needs more integrations with third parties. Things work better when you use InDesign and Photoshop than QuarkXPress and Photoshop. Adobe ecosystem is so much better. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows us to create and setup the layout needed for our newspaper and send it to the printer without any issues. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for your feedback as we continue to invest in new digital publishing capabilities to support our valued global customer base of independent, agency and inhouse creative professionals. ### 10. Best Workflow f0r publishers, I'm waiting f0r M1 support. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Robert F. | Master of Printing (Germany), Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 20, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** UI from Quark XPress, PDF Export very easy **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** No Apple M1 support. Most publishers work with apple and want to use the perfomance from M1. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** Quark XPress is the best solution for over 30 years. This knowledge about publishing is great. Super useful shortcuts. And all the tools that publishers want. For professionell Work with Quark XPress is my number one. Also the support is awesome. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Quark XPress is my daily working too for all my publishing jobs and I love to work with Quark XPress. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 11. Still a huge fan of Quark **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Robin I. | Graphic Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 03, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Quark is easy to use and elegant in a way other layout programs are not. I can do everything I need to do in Quark. I use Photoshop and Illustrator in conjunction with Quark. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** There isn't anything that I dislike about Quark. Everything works. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** Quark is a great desktop publishing program, but I recommend getting training when you first begin using it so that you can utilize all of the features. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Quark on a daily basis for print layout. I have also created ebooks, banners and web graphics. I am forced to use the other desktop program on occasion and dislike it. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 12. Easy.., **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Wyce G. | Graphic Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 08, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Quark is simple and intuitive to use. The menu, palettes and quick keys allow me to create and finish projects swiftly. I especially live ke the ease of adding footnotes to a project. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Sometimes I wish I could find quick tool tips or easier explanation to use features in Quark. I had an issue that every time my computer was restarted, that I needed to login to use the software. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Bringing in footnotes from a Word document has been a breeze to do. And keeping formatee text from Word has been simple too. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. ### 13. Excellent software for our company supply catalog. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cory T. | Network Administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** We like how easy the user interface is to navigate through. It allows us to keep track of our catalog versions year to year and make adjustments on the fly. We have never needed to look for alternatives because every year the Quark XPress software gets better and better. The dark mode is now a great thing for our company to make it easier on our employees eyes. Our company has used this software for numerous years now and we take advantage of the generous upgrade discounts each year and the technical support is top noch when it comes to the various questions our employees using the software may have or issues (which are very rare). With Quark XPress 2021 it has InDesign support which is an amazing inclusion and should prove very useful for our internal art department. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** We do not have any complaints with the product. The customer support we get with the Quark team is far more than we could ever ask for. We usually have zero issues from our year to year upgrades we do and find paying the money every year to get the latest version is more than worth the price so we get all the fancy new features. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** I think if you are looking for something that easily competes with mainstream software like (Adobe) you will not only find Quark does what you need but, more than the other leading competitors. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use this software to design and publish our digital and physical company catalog for our customers to browse the products we offer. Our company is a school supply company and we sell anything from a pencil to a full classroom setup. A majority of our customers are school teachers and administrators who love the catalog we produce using Quark every year! We are able to design and collaborate between different departments in our company to make sure we deliver the best looking catalog we can every year. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 14. A forgotten gem of a program **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Darryl L. | Self employed designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 12, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** I have only been using the full version of QXP 2021 for a month now, but I have found it quite robust and fairly intuitive for a book layout and design project I have been working on. I know there is a wealth more features that I have barely scraped the surface of yet, and I am looking forward to getting the best out of this program. I had been using InDesign CS6 and for most projects and also the free version of Viva Designer, which is also an interesting program, although with a few more bugs than I have experienced so far with QXP 2021. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** There is a lot to learn and it will take some time to fully master the program. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Book layout and design, promotional posters and postcards, as well as some additional logo work. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 15. QuarkXPress Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shawn B. | Compositor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 21, 2016 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** I would say ease of use, but still this is a matter of preference. I was trained to use Quark, as I earned my Bachelor of Fine Art degree in Graphic Design. I studied hard, and got really efficient at, so it's easy for me to go in and quickly do what I want with Quark. Two-thirds, through my college study, the professor started teaching us InDesign. I didn't like it so much because it was a little cumbersome to use, but this is because I had not done extensive training on my own to learn it, so I am slower at InDesign, but I am certain it can be just as good as Quark. I often use command + M to access a palette where you can change around images imported into Quark, edit text, and arrange elements. I forget the name of the palette. Linking pages is nice too when you have to deal with alot of text or create a book/magazine/etc. You can easily import text and edit it. Collect for Output is a great feature when you need to get a project to the Printer. Many people who don't know Quark well, miss out on this feature. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** I haven't been able to use the latest version of Quark, I am still using version 7. I would like to see some more features for editing Photos, Colors, and effects. I forget the name of the palette off the top of my head, but you do command + M, I think control + M on PC, to access it. I still haven't had the chance to check out the latest version of Quark. I need to download a trial to give it a test run. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** I would strongly recommend Quark to others, especially if you have to do alot of Annual Reports, Magazines, Catalogs, or multi-page documents. Currently, InDesign is most in demand now. Yet I just saw that Quark has become a cloud-based program like InDesign, and its website compares the price to Adobe's, which is cheaper for a 1 year subscription. Most companies I work with avoid the cloud-based programs and use an old stand-alone application. Best to learn both software if you can, but choose the software that is currently used most and you're able to access it to expand your skill set. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Quark has been quite useful to me when dealing with Annual Reports, Magazines, Books, etc. In other words, creating documents that involve alot of text. I like to use Quark. I have been using InDesign more now so that I get used to in case I get a Graphic Design freelance position that forces me to strictly use InDesign. Many studios have switched to InDesign since 2007, so they don't use anything else. Plus it cost them less because of Adobe Creative Cloud. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you! Your review is much appreciated! ### 16. The best Desktop Publishing system available - by far! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jason C. | Creative Imagineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 03, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** I've been using Quark for over 20 years as a professional freelance creative, and it's a joy to use. I use it to create books, magazines, posters, and large format signs. I've used other applications over the years and always prefer to use Quark for its streamlined and uncomplex user interface and simplicity for output. The drag and drop functionality for images makes for seamless working, and compared to InDesign, it's so much easier and powerful to use. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** For me, I feel that the digital publishing tools aren't ready for rollout and Quark should be investing more into developing that as a professional solution. Also, there has been several years where the support at Quark has been poor and users have felt left out of the loop. However, since the recent change in the running of the company, Quark's team has been very responsive to input and also great with my own personal support needs. Finally, they have been a number of instances where the PDF output has removed the filter effects. A workaround was provided in the Quark Forum but I hope that Quark fix that issue. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Quark solves the genuine issue of time, in that time is always a factor in running a business and helping clients. It's quick and easy to use, which means that my productivity is good. As I'm a book cover designer, I have realised that Quark makes this a great process. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 17. Always the best desktop publishing software. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Calendar C. | Admin Services Coordinator , Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2020 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** I love that essentially, this program has remained the same for 26 years that I have been using it. The tools work well and I go do layups quickly and precisely. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** I have 2 things that I would like to see improved, one thing is that often when I try to select text, I'll instead put a new text box. It's one of those little aggravations that end up taking up time. The other thing I would like it to see previews of documents in the open window. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** Quark has been the industry standard since the 90s and there is a reason for that. I wouldn't hesitate to utilize this program. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use Quark to create a course catalog. Quarks efficiency make this job go as quickly as possible and the files are always acceptable to our printer **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you! Your review is much appreciated! ### 18. Have used QuarkXPress for more than 30 years! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Claudia C. | Editor and Layout Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 08, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** I have been using QuarkXPress since Version 2.0, around 1990. I taught layout and design for 20 years; breaking down procedures is methodical in QuarkXPress, and students can become proficient in the application. I just love using this application. Since 1990, I have also been a layout designer of nursing publications, including journals and books of more than 1,000 pages. I also use it for many church/community projects, like address directories and booklets. Quark’s new Advantage plan is useful, and assistance is available when needed. I like the purchase system rather than the subscription-based of its competitor. Its competitor application does too much “thinking” and decision making for a user. Quark lets users have more control and be their own decision makers. The college I work in moved to the competitor application, so I had to learn that as well, but I still prefer and use QuarkXPress. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Sometimes there may be some quirks in a new version, but I have found that Quark corrects them in the updates. And sometimes an older document doesn't open in newer versions. I would like to see the Document Converter be updated to work with newer Mac OS. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Working with images has improved so much and I really enjoy that aspect. I am a style sheet nerd, and I just love Quark's style sheet ability. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 19. I like it better than InDesign **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lynn E. | graphic designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 03, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** I've been using QuarkXpress since the early 90's. It was easy to learn then and has grown with the times. I'm faster in Quark than I am in InDesign and...bottom line...that makes me more productive and the software the best choice for me when designing. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** The "table" feature on Quark doesn't work as well as InDesign. Other than that, I have zero issues with Quark on a day to day basis. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm a graphic artist. I use QuarkXPress to design print pieces for use all over the country. I've never had any issue crossing between Mac and PC use of the software. It helps me do my job quickly and effectively. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you! Your review is much appreciated! ### 20. Where did I go wrong? And how have I gone from Quark Master to InDesign Enthusiast. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 20, 2020 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Some of the old Quickkeys are still the same. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** The fact that Quark doesn't seem to be a great deal to do with knocking a bit of print out these days. There is so much stuff that really doesn't interest me and that i'll never need to use but I've got to get past all the stuff for that kind of thing before i can just get on with a print job. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** If you're young and Quark is your first time out, like it was for me just under 30 years ago then it's great. But if you're happy with InDesign I'm inclined to tell you to stay with it. I find that ID is a much more friendly environment these days. I used Quark for 20 years, right from the start and was a big fan. I wasn't very impressed with InDesign when I bought an early copy because I was interested and a client was making big noises about it and it might be required in the future. But if you're over 50 then using both alongside each other isn't a lot of fun. And now Quark does just about everything, most of which you don't need and isn't useful, I had to stick with InDesign. I wasn't a big fan for switching to ID, but the biggest publication I produced insisted I use ID and I had to very reluctantly switch. Now I love it, and using Quark for anything is a great effort and a lot of grief, but maybe that has something to do with having booted Quark every day, all day, and not the very occasional toe that gets dipping in these days. I have recently updated to Quark 2020 because there may be work for me where I have to use it, but I have to be honest and say I feel now about ID as I did about Quark some years back, I think ID's great and I'll never need another, but if I have to then I'll have to bite the bullet and go back to Quark. Or retire... **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** None. ### 21. Good program for simple uses **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Diana C. | Graphic designer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 24, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** QuarkXpress is a good program, quite easy and intuitive to create print or digital content. It's perfect for projects that start and end in one file. Its strong point is its simplicity of use and its diffusion, especially several years ago. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** In my opinion, at the moment, QuarkXpress is a program surpassed by others on competitors. In particular, Adobe InDesign offers a range of integrated services and programs to create much more complete and complex projects. The usefulness of Quark always depends on the purpose of use. A lot of people don't use it anymore. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** Use QuarkXpress if you do not have too many pretensions in your projects and especially if you do not need to share files with other people to finalize your works. Often there can be problems for the compatibility of the versions used or of the extensions. If you have to do a simple project yourself, it's perfect. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** For many years it has been the main program for publishing projects in my company. He did his job very well to lay out books of all kinds and to create content to be printed. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. ### 22. There are no words to describe how much I hate this program **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** It will create an ePub3 and it is a stand alone program so there is no subscription as with Adobe. The people in India try to help and are nice. I have hopes that I may eventually be able to create a good ePub from my InDesign files, but it may kill me first. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Pretty much everything else. I taught myself PageMaker in the 90s and InDesign and PhotoShop later on. On occasion I looked something up online, but it was intuitive. With Quark nothing seems intuitive. Everything takes more keystrokes (such as having to click on something then press k to delete it and that's the tip of the iceberg - having to move type is a whole new nightmare and takes twice as long) I purchased it because I hate the subscription of Adobe and can't really afford it, but I need to create ePub3 files and Quark imports InDesign files. It's be untold hours trying to get a single reflowable epub created with the images in the right place. The User Manual is nearly unusable, the online resources go everywhere but the word you search and there are no books, no online tutorials, and where multiple sites have InDesign information, I pretty much can't find Quark anywhere. If it weren't for the ePub need, and the cursed Adobe subscription ripoff, I would have never touched this program with a ten foot pole. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Adobe has an expensive subscription. I need to be able to create ePub files for my clients and Quark will open InDesign files. At this point I have no benefits. I have tears, stress and a lot of wasted time. I have people sending me the same "solutions" over and over and over, although they didn't work the first time. I had someone do the book for me, and generate an epub that has problems, yet not show me how to address the problem that it had originally so I can't go back and fix things. I hope to get useable ePub 3 files from my InDesign files eventually, but I'm starting to lose hope. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > We're sorry to learn of the frustration you're experiencing. There are actually several tutorials on our YouTube channel that might be helpful, such as this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9DVt7xTJ_o&list=PLXedOct8sKnYv3vC__GgLtKi-pLNrwXMO&index=21 And if you'll contact us directly at support@quark.com, we should be able to offer some additional resources or put you in touch with one of our product experts to further assist. ### 23. Love what I can do with Quark **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Karoline R. | Director or Media/Communications, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Quark is easy to learn. I got on the job training and was worried about layout but it was pretty intuitive and laid out in a way that made sense. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** I wish it worked with other programs, like photoshop. I wish you could do more with the photos or at least could have opacity features. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** It's an easy application to work with. It's easy to learn and use. It gives you lots of tools and varieties. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** We create a newsletter at my work. It saves me hours each month from coming up with a look that works. I found a template online and only have to change out the colors. There is no way I could do that in Photoshop since Quark gives me text, photos, etc. all in one software. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for your feedback. We will share it with our product management team so they can consider your input for upcoming releases. ### 24. QuarkXpress -- Powerful desktop publishing program **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Graphic Design | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 26, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Industry standards help professionals do work. QuarkXPress is an industry standard. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Quark's subscription-only business model means hobbyists must budget real money to use the program and won't likely continue using it forever. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** QuarkXPress helps me with complicated designs that can be replicated for on-going jobs. This consistency keeps clients happy and asking for more. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you! Your review is much appreciated! ### 25. Happy After Two Decades Using Quark **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kathryn M. | Graphics and Communications coordinator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 12, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Quark is an amazing publishing and design platform. I've been using it since my first design job almost 20 years ago. I'm a happy loyal customer and user. It's incredibly intuitive and works well with my other preferred platforms. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** The cost per logins can be pricey but with all the support you get, I understand it. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** I think of quark like an old reliable workhorse. It's always been my go to because even after years of upgraded packages, the quality and usability is consistent. Not to mention those upgrades have included some great features and shortcuts. I've used quark for everything from designing magazines to marketing materials, personal business cards and credentials, and I even gravitate to it over word for basic documents. It seems to work incredibly easily with other applications like photoshop, PPT, acrobat and more. Hands down worth the investment! **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Quark for almost every design job i do. It's easy to use and integrate with other systems. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Our goal is 100% customer satisfaction, and we’re glad that has been your experience. ### 26. I have been a loyal Quark user since the early 1990s, if you can believe it! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kim G. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** I find the program supremely easy to use, but that may be because I grew up on it, using it from its earliest days. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** I dislike that so many folks work in InDesign, so it isn't easy to swap files, etc. I also am distraught that there is no program released yet that allows me to open old Quark files (from the 1990s and 2000s) in the most recent version of Quark. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** Quark is fantastic; just make sure you aren't working with any partners who require or only support InDesign before you choose Quark. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use the program for just about all my design and publishing needs. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for your review. We are glad you chose Quark. ### 27. I've been using Quark X'press since the 90's **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mike L. | Imagineer + Digital Marketer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2020 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Page layout is accurate and easy to use. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Recently I upgraded to the latest version on Mac OS Monterey and find it slow in respondsiveness. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** Very powerful for page layout and print design. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm still learning some of the features such as web page creation. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you! Your review is much appreciated! ### 28. The Ultimate Desktop Publisher **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 12, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** It's intuitive for use — a one time purchase! — and the Quark designers listen to users for improvements, constantly keeping the program from becoming overloaded with unwanted features. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Quark is not as widely accepted as Adobe. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Problems: variable fonts aren't fully supported yet, and the font menu can get so large that not all active fonts show. Benefits: more intuitive than InDesign for layout, layer control, incredible at finetuning font appearances (kerning, tracking, leading, etc.), PDF import and export, InDesign import/conversion… there's a lot here to make your experience worthwhile! ### 29. THE ONLY THING I USE!!! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mark G. | National Event Chairman, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 17, 2020 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** The ability to create invitations, form letters and letterhead for my nonprofit. Unlike other programs, images stay put and the program makes it easy to then add text, graphs, etc. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Nothing! Quark is the only program I have ever used and I have been using it since the early 2000's. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ability to create invitations, form letters and letterhead for my nonprofit. Unlike other programs, images stay put and the program makes it easy to then add text, graphs, etc. ### 30. I've used QuarkXPress for years **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Meade F. | Writer and publisher , Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 24, 2020 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** QuarkXPress does everything I need it to do and is very easy to use. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** The only thing I dislike is the cost of upgrading to a newer version. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** Short learning curve and then easy to use **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I design books and I used to produce school newspapers, and QuarkXPress allowed me to do professional-looking work with ease. ### 31. 20 plus years with Quark **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Heather T. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 05, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Very easy to use. Most recent upgrade has gone with no issues. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** I have no complaints at this present time. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** It helps produce quality products **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use it every day in my business creating documents for printing. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you! Your review is much appreciated! ### 32. Made for professionals **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 02, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** QuarkXPress has a long history. I produced books back in the 90s with it and ... due to some updates in the meantime.. it was possible to re-edit a book with the new QuarkXpress 2021 which we have published last time in 2006. So we saved a lot of money. Otherwise, we would have the efforts to redo all the layout. It has tons of features that enable you to do every kind of layout with it. The license policy is very fair. You could use the software on MacOS and Windows (I only use MacOS). You are not forced to have an abonnement but can stay with your license as long as you want to. Which is really good and much cheaper. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Due to the tons of features, some of them are not that easy to understand at first, and if you do not use them that often you have to relearn some of the stuff. To cut the story short: This is a tool made for professionals. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have learned the layout with quark with a magazine in the 90s but after that we used it for books and brochures. I do have a tiny one-person business therefore, I need a printing company that prints my books. Producing the PDFs for the prints is easy, and the quality is excellent. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 33. Still loving Quark **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Graphic Design | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** I have been using Quark for many, many years. I find it very easy to use, and it performs all of the functions I expect it to. I can work in it quickly and have no problems. I have tried many times to move over to the "other" highly used page layout program but always come back to Quark. Great customer service too. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** There is nothing that I dislike. It works **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** If you like ease of use and good support, I would purchase it. It is also more cost-effective than its competitors. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I perform all of my major design layouts in Quark. I have been a graphic designer for over 30 years, and it has never failed me. I have done single-page ads and 56 plus page booklets and magazines. No project is too small or too big for Quark. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 34. Self taught long time user of Quark Xpress **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jim D. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 03, 2020 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** One of the things that I particularly like compared to InDesign is I find picture sizing and placement to be quite a bit easier and quicker. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** I can't really think of anything I particularly dislike. I just wish I was more adept at using it because like most programs, its abilities far exceed my expertise. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** Take a course if one is available. Or buy a manual. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use it primarily for laying out catalogs, flyers, brochures and similar items. I find that I can breeze through those type of projects very quickly and easily. Although it's not intended for that purpose, I've used it to create mechanical engineering drawings. Then I have an associate who converts my Quark drawings to CAD drawings. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 35. QuarkXPress 2021 **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mick L. | Senior Designer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 03, 2020 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Having used this programme for many years it improves with every update! **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** It works really well for me so difficult to note any dislikes apart from native objects could be type blocks and not singular from files! **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** It is considered a bit of a dinosaur compared to Adobe InDesign, but I use both, and Quark is still my main go-to every time. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Design, layout, and desktop artworks are always completed to the highest standards, be it books to business cards. Easy conversion to pdf for all my print jobs! **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 36. We have used Quark since 1993 **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jeff M. | President, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 15, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Quark has always been efficient, an excellent interface, and accurate to use for all purposes we have encountered: prepress, digital e-publishing, web layout design. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Quark is beloved here and not disliked, and it saddens me that too much of the industry believe Quark went away because they use InDesign free with Creative Suite packages. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use QuarkXPress for all print needs, built business forms such as to estimate requests, purchase orders, memos, business letters, promos, and use it daily for sending quickly and being custom to our branding. ### 37. Continued excellence **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matt B. | Director of Internal Communications, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 30, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** It does all that I need to do, and more. I've been using it since version 3.3 and have appreciated the consistence and added features between then and the 2021 edition. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Small icons on tool bars and boxes. Sometimes difficult to figure out certain features (granted, it is a complex, powerful piece of software). **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** Be prepared for a steep learning curve, but well worth the effort. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I don't know that I'm solving problems, per se. QuarkXPress allows me to easily accomplish my routine design tasks as well as tackle new ones with confidence. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 38. The Awesome Power of Quark **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Josh B. | Media Sponsor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Quark is very user friendly. Easy to use **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Nothing. The program is updated and works well **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** I have used Quark for more than 20 years. I was introduced to Quark in college and have kept using it in all of my graphic design endeavors. It is so easy to use. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Quark has been updated over the years to stay the top design program in the world. I have used it for more than 20 years and will continue to use it as long as there are updates. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 39. Quark XPress makes desktop publishing, producing adverts and brochures simple **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Peter S. | Pastor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 02, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** What you see is what you get. The program is very user friendly **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** not much. I have had some problems of compatability with my Mac, but that is usually due to updates not being downloaded **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used Quark for about 26 years, and use it for just about everything I do. I produce all our adverts on Quark and all our bulletins, brochures. I even write sermons on it. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you! Your review is much appreciated! ### 40. Still a workhorse **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Machinery | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 02, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** I've been using Quark since the mid 90's and have only upgraded a few times. Recently with a new PC I needed to jump from v.9 to 2021. So far really like the current version. I picked up on the new changes right away and am very happy at the cost to upgrade. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Nothing I dislike, everything seems to follow the same function logic as before but its faster with some improvements. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** Take a class on usage **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** For me, QE is a fast, easy to use page layout I have relied on for hundreds of instruction manuals, magazine ads, catalogs, price lists etc. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 41. Classic Quak with all the competitors' features baked in, plus more! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nicholas V. | O, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 04, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Familiarity of the software and it's ease of use - not over complicated, but in depth tools are available should you need them. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Some of the iptioms, like creating a gradient box, could use some interface refinements. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** If you are looking for the QuarkExpress with new tools and power - this is the version for you! **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a freelance graphic designer, I am able to deliver quality, press-ready files with ease and that makes me money! ### 42. i think easy and good program **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 19, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** designing a newspaper is easy and enjoyable , inspiring, easy to use and impressiveinspiring, **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** complicated and difficult i think software that crashes or crashes **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** nothing **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** designing a newspaper is easy and enjoyable . software that crashes or crashes **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 43. I create worksheets with the program. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 10, 2022 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** I find it helpful that I can freely arrange images and text. The guidelines help quickly create an appealing design. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** The icons are sometimes a bit small for me. Basically, I have nothing to complain about. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** The operating system plays a role in the version of QuarkXpress. My account no longer works on Windows 11 and I had to buy it again. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Create worksheets for students with hyperlinks to access additional material. ### 44. My Upgrade **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Graphic Design | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 20, 2020 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** I've used QuarkXpress for many years. Stuck in the past with QuarkXpress 7.31. I was experiencing some problems with my computer and once the bugs were fixed, I decided to upgrade to QuarkXpress 2020 and take advantage of the 25% discount offered. It's been a bit of a learning curve but I'm starting to feel very comfortable with the new look and features. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** I haven't found anything that I dislike. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I haven't experienced any problems. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you! Your review is much appreciated! ### 45. The easiest and thus best graphic program **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Emil H. | Success Advisor and Marketing Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 01, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Easiness. The ability to load old Quark files and to continue work as if they were established this year. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Minor things. I.E. in a 75 page document, the last page is behind the command and I have to close or displace this to work on the page. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy grafic work. ### 46. Revisiting an old friend **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Graphic Design | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2020 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Quark handles type kerning quite well and all the tools are in a very logical arrangement **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** It takes Quark forever to open a simple Quark file. It does not use the PDF presets I have created on my system and when you setup your menus using dual monitors it seems to forget all your choices the next time you launch the program. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** Make program more stable, Fix the long delay in opening simple files and allow access to PDF presets **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Thus far I would say I am not sure I made the right decision to uninstall Indesign on my system. Quark crashes a lot. ### 47. Relatively Easy to Use, Flexible **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matthew A. | Publisher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 18, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Relatively easy to use, as far as layout software is concern. Relatively intuitive and without a steep learning curve. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** Does crash, does have some issues converting some picture and pdf files. **Recommendations to others considering QuarkXPress:** If you're looking for a relatively low-cost software that you own (instead of rent), this one may be for you **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Completing a weekly layout for our newspaper. Used it consistently for the last five years. ### 48. Quark is still relevant **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Flex layout has great potential. The layout of control panels makes sense and has most of the features of InDesign. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** I would like to see the Usage dialogue be a separate control panel for constant easy access. Navigating through windows to update a photo seems a bit clunky. **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used Quark to create some HTML5 publications. Quark is overall more capable of digital publishing than similar software. ### 49. Quark has been very good so far. I am using it to work on a complex calendar project. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Religious Institutions | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 12, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Quark is very customizable, there's no limit to what can be done **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** There are quite a lot of things that you need to memorize (controls, commands, etc) to get the best out of it. Which could be a little challenging **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Because of how customizable quark is, we can do a lot more work and design compared to the previous program we used. **Official Response from Quark Team:** > Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate your review! ### 50. Great, easy to use newspaper and book layout program. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Szemán A. | entrepreneur , Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 07, 2021 **What do you like best about QuarkXPress?** Well-designed menu system, great combination of text and images. **What do you dislike about QuarkXPress?** The handling of footnotes and indexes is not always clear **What problems is QuarkXPress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Creating simple web pages and image management ## QuarkXPress Discussions - [Is there a way to alter the perspective/warp text in Quark so I don't have to do it in PhotoShop and then import it?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-there-a-way-to-alter-the-perspective-warp-text-in-quark-so-i-don-t-have-to-do-it-in-photoshop-and-then-import-it) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [How do I use the gradient tool?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-i-use-the-gradient-tool) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [How can I prevent the document I am working on from moving and sliding?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/37945-how-can-i-prevent-the-document-i-am-working-on-from-moving-and-sliding) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [I upgraded to Big Sur only to find that Quark was not compatible.](https://www.g2.com/discussions/35311-i-upgraded-to-big-sur-only-to-find-that-quark-was-not-compatible) - 2 comments, 1 upvote - [How can you get a large deep etched eps picture to preview in a document?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/33454-how-can-you-get-a-large-deep-etched-eps-picture-to-preview-in-a-document) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [View QuarkXPress pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/quarkxpress/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-13+08%3A39%3A47+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=75edaf8c-0b3e-405e-8f3b-b9af1786b890&secure%5Btoken%5D=f6170fbbefbe7f31a59fb8bf7cf73db240d70e4e62a79360cefb9c0b53880f74&format=llm_user) ## QuarkXPress Features **Content Creation** - Content Creation Tools - Content Curation - Buyer Personas - Content Management **Design** - Templates - Layout editor - Publishing formats - Saved preferences - Infographics - Asset Library **Planning** - Scheduling Integration **Optimization** - SEO - A/B Testing - Dashboards & Reporting - Audience Targeting - ROI Reporting **Platform Additional Functionality** - Mobile Access - File Storage **Publishing** - Execute Content Publication **Logistics** - Customizable Templated Workflows - Internal Communication - Version Control - Editing and Approval Tools - Distribution Features - Integrations & APIs - User, Role, and Access Management **Social Media** - Social Media Integration **Planning** - Collaborative Editorial Calendars / Scheduling Content **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation - AI Text Generation - AI Text Summarization - AI Text-to-Image - AI Text-to-Video **Agentic AI - Content Creation** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making ## Top QuarkXPress Alternatives - [Canva](https://www.g2.com/products/canva/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (6,280 reviews) - [Adobe InDesign](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-indesign/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (3,384 reviews) - [Microsoft Publisher](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-publisher/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (989 reviews)