PROBLEM

SOLUTION

Missing shortcut customization.
After so many version updates, why hasn't Quark given us the ability to customize our shortcuts? Some obvious places where this would come in handy: "export to pdf", "fit box to picture".

Let's hope this feature will be implimented in the next version.

Interface problem: Collect for Output.
The progress bar for Collect for Output incorrectly places the item being reffered to by "Currently Collecting" UNDER the grey progress bar, thereby hiding the text (see Fig. 5).

More problems with Collect for Output.
QuarkXpress still doesn't collect for output into a folder by default. This means that if you're not careful, you may end up with a lot of loose files all over your desktop or wherever you collected to. Also, Q6 doesn't give you the option of collecting your files into one directory without any subfolders... the "pictures" folder is always included.

Interface problem: OS 9 watch icon.
The cursor will turn into the old OS 9 "watch" icon for no apparent reason.

Move the cursor or click on something.

New picture box selection method.
When selecting a picture box containing an EPS with transparent areas, you can no longer select the object by clicking anywhere inside the box. This can be very taxing when selecting logos or artwork that has thin lines or type. This behaviour doesn't occur when selecting text boxes. Is this a new "feature" or a bug?

You must select a non-transparent area of the picture box.

Text highlight problem.
When selecting text, the highlight function sometimes doesn't work as expected, resulting in a text box that actually has all text selected, but doesn't appear to.

Force redraw (Command-Option-Period) or zoom out/in.

Embedded rules problem.
A very strange bug sometimes occurs when you have embedded rules within a text box. If the document size is smaller than the paper that it's being printed on, the rules will SOMETIMES not print. The rules WILL however appear on a PDF of the document.

One workaround is to make the document size the same as the paper size. For example, if your original document size was 10 x 13 and you want to print centered on Tabloid, change your actual document size to 11 x 17.