Write-to-fit features provide exceptional time savings
Use QuarkCopyDesk® to gain typographical control throughout the editorial production process. Writers, editors, researchers, and others using QuarkCopyDesk have a proven tool for writing, editing, and outputting copy for publication. And they can do their work knowing precisely how their textual modifications fit within an article’s established layout.
Compatibility with QuarkXPress
QuarkCopyDesk uses the same text processing engine as QuarkXPress®. As a result, copy moves between writers, editors, and designers more smoothly than ever before. Layouts created in QuarkXPress can be exported to QuarkCopyDesk with a click of the mouse, and all typographic attributes — such as style sheets, article geometry, and hyphenation and justification rules — are maintained in the export process.
Writers and editors open an exported article in QuarkCopyDesk and view the layout exactly as the artist designed it. Although they can view all of the graphic elements (which are exported as page pictures), only the text is editable. This ensures the design will not be inadvertently altered as the article is passed among reviewers.
Eliminate reflow
Because the article’s typographic attributes and geometry are exported from QuarkXPress, writers and editors using QuarkCopyDesk know the exact article length, down to the line and word count. When they return the article to the designer, who imports it back into the master QuarkXPress layout, it fits perfectly. Text reflow is virtually eliminated, which improves efficiency dramatically.
An ideal solution for editorial workflows
The illustration below shows how QuarkXPress and QuarkCopyDesk interact to streamline the production of an article and accompanying layout.
In QuarkXPress, the layout artist designs a page containing an article with the precise textual attributes and amount of space specified.
The artist performs a Save As and designates the file type as QuarkCopyDesk.
In QuarkCopyDesk, editorial staff open the article and have the option of viewing precise article geometry as they write, edit, and approve text.
The writer or editor saves the article when he or she has finished work.
In QuarkXPress, the layout artist performs a Get Text to import final
copy from QuarkCopyDesk to the QuarkXPress layout. The copy fits in the
layout perfectly without causing text to reflow.