Migrating from one software application to the next can be challenging. In the case of complex computer aided design software, the process can be even more difficult due to the highly complex data involved. One of the biggest problems is ensuring your documents are transferred without serious data loss. In the worst case scenario, you may even need to recreate documents all over again from scratch to ensure there are no errors or missing data. Compatibility problems often persist, not to mention it can take quite some time to get used to the new software. Despite this, there are many cases for migrating to a new solution. After all, Adobe InDesign is the industry standard for a wide range of use cases, such as document typesetting and designing professional business documents and marketing materials. It makes sense from the perspective of long term sustainability and profitability to use this software, even if you have been using QuarkXPress for years.
Fortunately, there are ways to overcome the interoperability challenges if you are migrating from QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign, or you use both of these popular platforms together. Alternatively, if you often receive files from your clients and partners in the QuarkXPress format, you need a way to easily ‘translate’ them into a format that can easily be ready in Adobe InDesign. This is a lot more complicated than it sounds, but Q2ID makes it possible while also preserving all the important data along the way. Since it is a simple and user-friendly plugin for Adobe InDesign, you do not even need to have QuarkXPress installed. Instead, you can simply install the plugin and import QuarkXPress files directly in Adobe InDesign with little or no risk of having to make any manual corrections or changes. With this plugin, you can convert more than 20 years’ worth of QuarkXPress documents due to support for older versions.
Whether you are migrating from QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign, or you often receive documents designed in QuarkXPress, Q2ID is a must-have addition to your toolset. With a Q2ID subscription, you will be able to use plugins in the current Adobe InDesign CC 2020 and much older versions, right back to InDesign CS6. Plugins are available for both macOS and Windows users too. You can also important documents created in QuarkXPress 2019, which is the most recent version of the software. However, if you have older documents, Q2ID can even convert files effortlessly as far back as QuarkXPress 4, released more than 20 years ago. Moreover, Q2ID is regularly updated to address any user-reported bugs of compatibility issues, as well as to work with the latest versions of Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress documents. It is also an essential solution if you regularly use both platforms for any reason.
Thanks to simple one-click conversions, it only takes a few moments to work and convert virtually all page elements and items. This includes anchored boxes, blends, color models, images, fonts, page positions, styles, tables, text attributes, and virtually everything else you can think of. Get the latest version at https://markzware.com/products/q2id/.
- An easy way to migrate from QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign - May 28, 2021
Ian Hanes
Ian Hanes runs a digital creative agency with a dozen employees. Having recently migrated to Adobe InDesign, he needed a simple solution for converting all the old files