Appendix
Chart of Features Added in QuarkXPress 7 and Up
If you skipped a version or two of QuarkXPress, you’re not alone — but you’ve missed some efficiency-enhancing improvements. Here is a complete list of the new features introduced since version 7.
Feature Comparison
User Experience | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | QX2015 | QX2016 |
Modern, intuitive interface (OS X) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Modern, intuitive interface (Windows) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Trackpad gesture support* | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Search in palettes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Native Cocoa Application* | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
HiDPI and Retina Display Support | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Customize keyboard commands* | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Xenon Graphics Engine | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Next Generation Palettes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Full Screen Experience* | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Set default tool preferences from existing objects | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Custom Color Schemes* | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Palette grouping/palette sets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Dockable palettes | No | No | No | Yes, Mac only | Yes | Yes |
Keyboardable measurement palette* (for example, Command+M) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Resizeable measurement palette (large/small) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Output | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | QX2015 | QX2016 |
Direct PDF export (without distiller) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pass-Through Transparency of native objects | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pass-Through Transparency of PDF | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 Export | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Direct PDF/X-4 Export | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Export layers in PDFs | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Export as Image | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes ... |
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