We are working hard on new features and functions for our preflight and conversion software and as such, are always glad to share other customer experiences, including with QXP, Adobe InDesign CS3 and Adobe InDesign CS4 (preflight a file without InDesign missing quality control checkpoints). You can also convert QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign and move content with the Q2ID plug in in InDesign.  Markzware has a nice growing list of video testimonials and also a page with customer quotes. We have taken some of the more interesting ones and highlighted them in this video:

Hi, I’m Khristyl Clerigo and I’m going to show you some of the most interesting Markzware product testimonials.

Let us hear what Shellie L. Hall of Ducktype Digital and Get Creative News has to say about FlightCheck Professional.

As a prepress professional I have spend many hours going through customers’ digital files one by one, checking for everything from fonts, to page size and image resolution to make sure the files would print correctly on press.  Read more... (674 words, 7 images, estimated 2:42 mins reading time)

Testimonials (video)  -

Graphic artists, designers, publishers and printers giving their feedback and experience on the power and advantages of using Markzware’s software tools for the graphic arts industry. Video testimonials on Markzware’s Adobe Plug-ins, QuarkXPress XTensions and stand-alone Macintosh and Windows applications:

To view the rest of the non-video testimonials on Markzware’s FlightCheck, Q2ID, ID2Q, PUB2ID, MarkzTools or our service to fix bad Adobe InDesign files, see:

http://www.markzware.com/marketing/testimonials/

Michael Shaw, President of MaUsE in Toronto Canada and Editor of MaUsE DoubleClick most recently reviewed Markzware’s popular XTensions MarkzTools and Pasteboard XT.   Please enjoy his review.

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by Tami Stodghill

…my hero! (sigh)!

I remember working side-by-side with a friend of mine a number of years ago. We were both working separately on portions of a large catalog, using QuarkXPress. Intermittently we would chat, but both of us pretty much were lost in our own worlds, putting together our respective portions of the document. Then — out of nowhere — comes this sound the likes of which I never care to hear again. [more]

Markzware Announces The Release of MarkzTools For QuarkXPress 8
Prevent Corrupted QuarkXPress 8 Documents With MarkzTools

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SANTA ANA, California, April 6, 2009 — Markzware (www.markzware.com), the leading developer of preflighting, data extraction and conversion software today released an upgrade to its highly recommended utility, MarkzTools v8 for QuarkXPress 8. MarkzTools is an XTension that is used to prevent corrupted QuarkXPress documents, along with several other useful features.

“MarkzTools is an easy-to-use XTension that delivers outstanding results preserving intellectual property investment, by enabling easy version conversion, salvaging corrupted files and reducing costs re-creating content. These benefits have a dramatic and positive impact on day-to-day productivity,” said Mary Gay Marchese, director of public relations, Markzware. Marchese continues, “MarkzTools is a time saver when the need arises and you need to rescue a corrupted document. It really is a no-brainer to have this in your tool kit.”

MarkzTools allows you to automatically verify your saved Quark documents, so you will immediately know your file is safe. Furthermore, with MarkzTools special temp file, you can more easily recover documents that have become corrupted during a save operation.  Read more... (322 words, 7 images, estimated 1:17 mins reading time)

Excellent article came out this month in Print & Paper Monthly about why Markzware’s FlightCheck Professionall and Adobe’s Live Preflighting within Adobe InDesign, should be used all in the same workflow. It is titled, “In flight, preflight, and post flight” and here is available to be read as an online edition as well.

“The question is: why use Adobe’s Live Preflight, Markzware’s FlightCheck Professional and Enfocus’ PitStop together? The answer is simple: for complete quality control.” Source: Print & Paper Monthly (U.K. – March 2009, page 17-18)

The article goes into great detail about where and how to preflight and how to get the most out of your workflow. It is a recommended read for any print-shop or even for publishers and designers, as preflighting crosses borders.

MarkzTools is an extremely valuable XTension for QuarkXPress which fixes the dreaded bad file format. When you have a corrupted Quark Project, this is generally one of your only hopes. It also has several other modules, including the ability to act as an insurance and ensure that your layout content does not go bad on you again!

This video is for MarkzTools users whom need assistance with installation or have a Frequently Asked Question (FAQ):