<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html
  PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<!--#config errmsg="" --><!-- saved from url=(0022)http://help.adobe.com/ -->
<html lang="en-us">
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
        <meta name="lang" content="en-us" />
        <meta name="area" content="livedocs" />
        <title>InDesign CS4 * Open QuarkXPress files in InDesign</title>
        <meta name="product" content="$product" />
        <meta name="productv" content="" />
        <meta name="keywords" content="" />
        <script type="text/javascript" language="Javascript" charset="UTF-8"><!--[CDATA[
        var currentTreeNode = "WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d48a.html";
// ]]--></script>
<script src="terms.js" type="text/javascript" language="Javascript" charset="UTF-8">...</script> <script src="help.js" type="text/javascript" language="Javascript" charset="UTF-8">...</script>  <script src="utilities.js" type="text/javascript" language="Javascript" charset="UTF-8">...</script> <script src="event.js" type="text/javascript" language="Javascript" charset="UTF-8">...</script> <script src="treeview.js" type="text/javascript" language="Javascript" charset="UTF-8">...</script> <script src="toc.js" language="Javascript" type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8">..</script> 
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--[CDATA[
var headId = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];         
if (use_ie_6_behavior) {
    var linkId = document.createElement("link");
    linkId.href = "content-ie6.css";
    linkId.rel = "stylesheet";
    linkId.type = "text/css";
    headId.appendChild(linkId);
}
// ]]-->
</script>
<!--#include virtual="/livedocs/ssi/globalheader.ssi" -->
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="tree.css" />
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="content-fonts.css" />
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="content-hyperlinks.css" />
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="content.css" />
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="localeSpecific.css" />
    </head>
    <body id="content_body" onload="window.focus();">
        <a name="top"></a><div id="mnemonic">
            <div class="InDesign"><table><tr><td class="banner">InDesign CS4</td><td class="pod"><img src="images/PDF.gif" width="16" height="16" hspace="15" valign="50%" />&#160;&#160;
                     <a title="PDF" href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/InDesign/6.0/indesign_cs4_help.pdf">
                         PDF (adobe.com) 
                    </a></td></tr></table></div>
        </div>
        <div id="searchbar">
<!-- BEGIN SEARCH CONTENT -->
            <form class="search_form" id="search" name="search" action="search.html" target="_self">
                <img src="images/search.png" />
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--[CDATA[
function clearSearch(){
    if (document.search.q.value == terms_AHV_SEARCH_BUTTON){document.search.q.value = ""}; 
}
document.write('<input class=\"search_input\" \
        name=\"q\" \
        id=\"q\" \
        type=\"text\" \
        maxlength=\"256\" \
        value=\"' + terms_AHV_SEARCH_BUTTON + '\" onclick=\"clearSearch()\"><\/input>'); 
// ]]-->


</script> 
            </form>
        </div>
<!-- BEGIN PAGE CONTENT WRAPPER -->
        <div id="page_content_wrapper">
<!-- BEGIN PAGE WRAPPER -->
<table id="page_content_table">
<tr>
<td id="col1">
<!-- BEGIN IONCOMMENTCOUNT -->
            <div id="ionComCount">
            </div>
<!-- END IONCOMMENTCOUNT -->
<!-- BEGIN GROUP TOC WRAPPER -->
            
<!-- END GROUP TOC WRAPPER -->
<!-- BEGIN NAV WRAPPER -->
            <div id="group_toc">
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--[CDATA[
if ( typeof(terms_BOOK_SHORT) != 'undefined' ) {
  document.write("<p>" + terms_BOOK_SHORT + "<\/p>");
}
// ]]-->


</script> 
            </div>
            <div id="nav_content">
            </div>
<!-- END NAV WRAPPER -->
</td>
<td id="col2">
<!-- BEGIN CONTENT WRAPPER -->
<!-- BEGIN BREADCRUMBS -->
            
            <div id="breadcrumb">
                
<ul class="navigation"><li class="prev"><a accesskey="p" class="prev" href="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d48a.html" title="Converting QuarkXPress and PageMaker documents"><img src="images/blank.gif" alt="Previous" width="17" height="17" /></a></li><li class="next"><a accesskey="n" class="next" href="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d44a.html" title="Convert PageMaker documents"><img src="images/blank.gif" alt="Next" width="17" height="17" /></a></li></ul><div class="hierarchy"><a href="WSAEBBBDAB-6294-4bc7-B299-25F02133A393a.html">Working with documents</a> /
     <a href="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d48a.html"><b>Converting QuarkXPress and PageMaker documents</b></a> 
     </div>

            </div>
<!-- END BREADCRUMBS -->
            <div id="content_wrapper">
<!-- BEGIN PAGE TITLE -->
                <h1>
                    Open QuarkXPress files in InDesign
                </h1>
<!-- END PAGE TITLE -->
                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d46a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Open a QuarkXPress document or template</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d45a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Save a QuarkXPress template as an InDesign template</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSB1421FA5-7170-4653-9A4F-483FFD91CA3Ea"><h4 class="topictitle4">What gets converted from QuarkXPress</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>InDesign
can convert document and template files&#160;from QuarkXPress&#160;3.3
or 4.1x. InDesign can also convert document and template files from
multi-language QuarkXPress Passport&#160;4.1x files, so there
is no longer any need to save these files as single-language files
first. (To convert documents created with QuarkXPress&#160;5.0
or later, reopen the documents in QuarkXPress and save them in 4.0
format.) </p>
<p>For more information, see the QuarkXPress Conversion
Guide (PDF) at <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_quarkconv" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/learn_quarkconv</a>.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d46a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d46a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Open a QuarkXPress document or template</h3><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Make sure that the original application
file is closed.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To ensure that all links are maintained, copy all linked
files to the same QuarkXPress document folder.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In InDesign, choose File&#160;&gt; Open.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In Windows, choose QuarkXPress (3.3‑4.1x) or QuarkXPress
Passport (4.1x) from the Files Of Type menu.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select a file and click Open.</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If InDesign cannot convert a file or a
specific part of a file, it displays a warning describing the reasons
it cannot convert it and the results of the conversion.</div>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>If a warning dialog box appears, do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Click Save to save a copy of the warnings
as a text file, and then open the file in InDesign.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Click Close to close the dialog box and open the
file in InDesign.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To more accurately convert text wrap applied in QuarkXPress,
do the following in InDesign:</span><ul><li><p>Select Text Wrap Only Affects Objects Beneath
in the Composition area of the Preferences dialog box.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Assign the Adobe Single-Line Composer in the Paragraph
panel menu to one or more paragraphs.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />If you’re experiencing problems with
the converted QuarkXPress document, use the Export dialog box to
save the document in InDesign Markup (IDML) format. Then open the
IDML file and save it as an InDesign document.</div></div>
</div></div>
<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d45a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d45a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Save a QuarkXPress template as an InDesign template</h3><div><ol><li><span>Open the template in InDesign.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose File&#160;&gt; Save As and specify a location
and filename. </span></li>
<li><span>Choose InDesign CS4 Template for Save As Type (Windows)
or Format (Mac&#160;OS), and then click Save.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WSB1421FA5-7170-4653-9A4F-483FFD91CA3Ea" class="nochunk"><a name="WSB1421FA5-7170-4653-9A4F-483FFD91CA3Ea"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">What gets converted from QuarkXPress</h3><div><div class="section"><p>When you open a QuarkXPress file, InDesign
converts the original file information to native InDesign information:</p>
<ul><li><p>Text boxes are converted to InDesign text frames.</p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />To accurately convert text wrap applied in QuarkXPress,
select Text Wrap Only Affects Text Beneath in the Composition area
of the Preferences dialog box.</div></li>
<li><p>Styles are converted to InDesign styles.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Because QuarkXPress uses different color profiles, they are
ignored in InDesign.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Text and graphics links are preserved and appear in the Links
panel.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Embedded graphics—those added to the
original document using the Paste command—are not converted. For
more information on embedded graphics, see <a href="WS732A9B5F-8B73-415e-ACDE-BA89CA6A70DCa.html">About links and embedded graphics</a>.</div>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />InDesign
does not support OLE or Quark XTensions. Consequently, when you open
files that contain OLE or Quark XTensions graphics, those graphics
will not appear in the InDesign document. If your QuarkXPress document
does not convert, check the original and remove any objects that
were created by an XTension; then save, and try to convert again.</div></li>
<li><p>All master pages and layers are converted to InDesign masters
and layers.</p>
</li>
<li><p>All master-page objects, as well as QuarkXPress guides, are
placed on the corresponding InDesign master pages.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Grouped objects remain grouped except where nonprinting items
are included in a group.</p>
</li>
<li><p>All strokes and lines (including paragraph rules) are converted
to the stroke styles they most closely resemble. Custom strokes
and dashes are converted to custom strokes and dashes in InDesign.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="para">Colors
are converted exactly to InDesign colors, except in the following
situations:<ul><li><p>Multi-ink colors from QuarkXPress are mapped
to mixed inks in InDesign, unless the multi-ink color does not contain
at least one spot color. In this case, the multi-ink color is converted
to a process color instead.</p>
</li>
<li><p>QuarkXPress&#160;4.1 colors from the color library are
converted based on their CMYK values. </p>
</li>
<li><p>QuarkXPress&#160;3.3 HSB colors are converted to RGB,
and colors from the color library are converted based on their CMYK
values.</p>
</li>
<li><p>QuarkXPress&#160;4.1 HSB and LAB colors are converted
to RGB, and colors from the color library are converted based on
their RGB/CMYK values.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<p>For information about
other conversion issues, check the support documents on the Adobe
website at <a href="http://www.adobe.com/support" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/support</a>.</p>
</div>
</div></div>

                <div id="related">
                    <div class="separator">&#160;</div>
                    
                    
                </div>
                <div id="footer">
                    <p><img src="images/Community.png" />&#160;<a title="community help (adobe.com)" href="http://www.adobe.com/go/lr_InDesign_community_en">community help (adobe.com)</a></p>
<!-- BEGIN IONCOMMENTS -->
                    <div id="ionComHere">
                    </div>
<!-- END IONCOMMENTS -->
<!--#include virtual="ionComments.ssi" -->
                    <p id="creativecommons"><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" id="creativecommons_text"><img id="creativecommons_img" src="images/CC.png" alt="This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License" /></a></p>
                </div>
            </div>
<!-- END CONTENT WRAPPER -->
</td>
</tr>
</table>
        </div>
<!-- END PAGE CONTENT WRAPPER -->
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--[CDATA[
scrollToNameAnchor();
// ]]-->
</script> 
<!--#include virtual="/livedocs/ssi/globalfooter.ssi" -->
<!--#include virtual="/ubi/analytics/analytics_ssi.html" -->
    </body>
</html>