The table below summarizes the use of QuarkXPress with Q++Studio, as of December 2024.
The table below gives more details about each individual version of QuarkXPress, and its particularities and features, as regards its use with Q++Studio. Versions whose background cells are shaded are no longer supported by Quark, the publisher of QuarkXPress*.
The installers and upgraders to various versions of QuarkXPress can be found at this page.
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(Version 21) Released on November 21, 2024
Minimum version: 21.0 Recommended version: 21.0 Latest version: 21.0.1 |
QuarkXPress 2025 was officially released on November 21, 2024. As usual, Q++Studio supported QuarkXPress 2025 on the date that the QuarkXPress 2025 Xtension Developer Kit (XDK) was released.
Requirements
All versions of QuarkXPress, since QuarkXPress 2019, require Windows 10 or 11. |
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(Version 20) Released on November 15, 2023
Minimum version: 20.0.1 Recommended version: 20.0.1 Latest version: 20.1.4 |
QuarkXPress 2024 was announced at the end of October 2023, and officially released on November 15, 2023. As usual, Q++Studio supported QuarkXPress 2024 in early November 2023, before QuarkXPress 2024 was officially released.
New features
QuarkXPress 2024 introduces the conversion of QXP files to IDML (the converse conversion of IDML files to QXP had been introduced in QuarkXPress 2017).
Requirements
You will need to update to the 20.0.1 version of QuarkXPress 2024.
All versions of QuarkXPress, since QuarkXPress 2019, require Windows 10 or 11. |
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(Version 19) Released on November 16, 2022
Minimum version: 19.0 Recommended version: 19.0 Link to latest version: 19.2.1
No longer supported by Quark.* |
QuarkXPress 2023 was announced at the end of October 2022, and officially released on November 16, 2022. As usual, Q++Studio supported QuarkXPress 2023 on the day it was officially released.
New features
Note that native Arabic support was not available in this initial 19.0 release of QuarkXPress 2023. The 19.1 release of QuarkXPress 2023 (April 2023), introduced native Arabic support and, more generally, support for RTL languages. However, this support does not include kashidas (or any type of justification).
Requirements
All versions of QuarkXPress, since QuarkXPress 2019, require Windows 10 or 11. |
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(Version 18) Released on February 1, 2022
Minimum version: 18.0 Recommended version: 18.0 Link to latest version: 18.6
No longer supported by Quark.* |
Requires Windows 10 or 11.
QuarkXPress 2022 was announced on December 8, 2021, and officially released on February 1st, 2022.
As usual, Q++Studio supported QuarkXPress 2022 on the day it was officially released.
QuarkXPress 2022 features a new activation system which is much improved, allowing one to deactivate any previously activated PC online, even if one has lost access to that PC. |
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(Version 17) Released on June 29, 2021
Minimum version: 17.0.1 Recommended version: 17.0.1 Link to latest version: 17.0.1
No longer supported by Quark.* |
Requires Windows 10 or 11.
On April 28, 2021, Quark announced the upcoming release of QuarkXPress 2021, and on June 1st, 2021, the release date was announced as June 28, 2021.
As usual, Q++Studio supported QuarkXPress 2021 on the day it was officially released.
Note that, since February 2022, activation or reactivation of QuarkXPress 2021 will use the new QuarkXPress 2022 activation system. |
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(Version 16) Released on May 28, 2020
Minimum version: 16.1 Recommended version: 16.3.6 Link to latest version: 16.3.6
No longer supported by Quark.* |
Requires Windows 10 or 11.
The Quark website reminds all that, beginning with version 16.2, updates are only available to active Advantage Plan members and new customers.
As usual, Q++Studio was compatible with QuarkXPress 2020, weeks before May 28, 2020, the day when it was officially released.
•Documentation link for QuarkXPress 2020. •Video presentation of QuarkXPress 2020. As of July 31, 2022, Quark no longer supports QuarkXPress 2020. |
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(Version 15) Released on July 9, 2019
Minimum version: 15.0 Recommended version: 15.1.1 Link to latest version: 15.2.5
No longer supported by Quark.* |
Requires Windows 10 or 11.
Q++Studio has supported QuarkXPress 2019, ever since it was announced, on April 24, 2019.
Here are official links to the description of the new QuarkXPress 2019 features here and QuarkXPress 2019 video teaser here.
•Version 15.2.0 introduces the "dark theme" UI mode. •Version 15.1.0 includes the possibility of bulk-importing IDML files, to convert multiple InDesign files at once.
Important information about QuarkXPress 2019 •QuarkXPress 2019 requires Windows 10. As of July 31, 2021, Quark no longer supports QuarkXPress 2019. |
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(Version 14) Released May 16, 2018
Minimum version: 14.2 Recommended version: 14.3.4 Link to latest version: 14.3.5
No longer supported by Quark.* |
Requires Windows 7, 10 or 11.
Q++Studio has supported QuarkXPress 2018, ever since it was announced on March 1st, 2018.
•The December 2018 Update of QuarkXPress 2018 offers full support for Indic scripts; including hyphenation, spell-checking for major Indian languages, and export to HTML5 (more details at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dCSVJ9zQ4A). •Introduces the importation of an InDesign IDML file directly from inside QuarkXPress. •All installed fonts are now visible in QuarkXPress as variants such as Thin, Book, Black, Condensed, ..., are now listed in the tool palette. •More details available online: short 5 min presentation video and long 39 min presentation video.
Important information about QuarkXPress 2018 •The QuarkXPress 2018 October 2018 Update 14.1.2 uses a different set of ICU DLLs and this can cause problems. Make sure to use the build 20767 or later of Q++Studio, is you plan to use QuarkXPress 2018. As of July 31, 2020, Quark no longer supports QuarkXPress 2018. |
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(Version 13) Released May 24, 2017
Minimum version: 13.01 Recommended version: 13.2.4 Latest version: 13.2.4
No longer supported by Quark.* |
Requires Windows 7, 10 or 11.
Q++Studio has supported QuarkXPress 2017, since its announcement on March 1st, 2017.
•Version 13.2.4 back-ports many of the fixes introduced in QuarkXPress 2018. •Version 13.2.1 introduces the possibility of creating a QuarkXPress document by importing an InDesign IDML file directly from inside QuarkXPress (this feature remains in beta until QuarkXPress 2018). •Possibility of adding text stroking, and text background shading and text framing to individual text elements. •Fixes an issue with right-aligned fillchar tabs in QuarkXPress 2016.
Important information about QuarkXPress 2017 •Same hardware requirements and limitations as for QuarkXPress 2015 and 2016, below. As of November 30, 2019, Quark no longer supports QuarkXPress 2017. |
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(Version 12) Released May 24, 2016
Minimum version: 12.0 Recommended version: 12.22 Latest version: 12.23
No longer supported by Quark.* |
Requires Windows 7, 10 or 11.
Q++Studio has supported QuarkXPress 2016, since its launch on May 24, 2016.
•The time to start QuarkXPress 2016 is much less than for previous versions, which is a big plus to Q++Studio users who need to start QuarkXPress many times in a given workday. •A lot of improvements in the UI. •Copying of native objects from InDesign and PDF files now works very well as of version 12.1.
Important information about QuarkXPress 2016 •Same hardware requirements and limitations as for QuarkXPress 2015, below. As of November 30, 2019, Quark no longer supports QuarkXPress 2016. |
QuarkXPress 2015 (Version 11) Released April 28, 2015
Minimum version: 11.1 Recommended version: 11.1 Latest version: 11.1
No longer supported by Quark.* |
Requires Windows 7, 10 or 11.
Q++Studio has supported QuarkXPress 2015 since its release on April 28, 2015.
New features: •QuarkXPress 2015 is a native 64-bit application. •Work environment under Windows is docked as was introduced under QuarkXPress 10 on the Macintosh.
Important information about QuarkXPress 2015
•Recommended hardware specs: 8GB of RAM and a Quad-Core processor. •QuarkXPress 2015 will not run on 32-bit versions of Windows. •QuarkXPress 2015 will not run on any version of Windows XP. •QuarkXPress 2015 cannot be used to open QuarkXPress files saved using QuarkXPress 3-4-5-6 (although Quark has released a free utility to convert files from versions 4-5-6 to version 7). •If Windows 7 issues a message such as "QuarkXPress 2015 has stopped working" when closing QuarkXPress 2015 on Windows 7, then please click on the link QuarkXPress 201x has stopped working and follow the steps described therein. QuarkXPress 2015 is no longer supported by Quark, as of November 30, 2018. |
QuarkXPress 10
Minimum version: 10.2 Recommended version: 10.5 Latest version: 10.52
No longer supported by Quark.* |
Requires Windows 7, 10 or 11.
QuarkXPress version 10 has been relatively problem-free beginning with version 10.00, although early builds did show extreme slowness when scrolling pages (this seems fixed in version 10.5).
Q++Studio officially supports QuarkXPress 10 since November, 2013.
New features:
•Textboxes which contain missing fonts are highlighted (this default behavior can be turned off, but we personally find it a big plus). •Starting with version 10.1, it is now possible to zoom at a factor of 8000% (eight thousand percent), a welcome feature for all those frustrated by the previous zoom limitations of previous versions of QuarkXPress. •Starting with QuarkXPress 10.5 the bitmap previews generated during scanning are much nicer.
Important information about QuarkXPress 10
•QuarkXPress 10 will not run on Windows XP. •QuarkXPress 10 cannot be used to open QuarkXPress files saved using QuarkXPress 3-4-5-6 (although Quark has released a free utility to convert files from versions 4-5-6 to version 7). •The QuarkXPress file format has changed between QuarkXPress 10.1x and 10.2 (similarly to what happened between QuarkXPress 9.0x and 9.1). This means that, if you are using QuarkXPress 10, you will have to upgrade to QuarkXPress 10.2. QuarkXPress 10 is no longer supported by Quark since July 31, 2017. |
QuarkXPress 9
Minimum version: 9.20 Recommended version: 9.51 Latest version: 9.541 No longer supported by Quark.* |
QuarkXPress version 9 has been an excellent, problem-free, version from version 9.00. However, in late 2011, the file format and internals of QuarkXPress 9.1 were changed, with the result that the minimal version of QuarkXPress 9 is 9.20.
This is the recommended version of QuarkXPress, if you are still using Windows XP (not recommended).
QuarkXPress 9 is no longer supported by Quark since September 30, 2015. |
QuarkXPress 8
Minimum version: 8.16 Recommended version: 8.51 Latest version: 8.51 No longer supported by Quark.* (not compatible with Windows 10+) |
QuarkXPress version 8 has been an excellent, problem-free, version from version 8.00, however the internal headers of QuarkXPress 8 were changed with version 8.16 which mandates the use of QuarkXPress 8.16 at least.
QuarkXPress 8 is no longer supported by Quark since December 31, 2013, and will not run on Windows 10 or above. |
QuarkXPress 7
Minimum version: 7.31 Recommended version: 7.31 Latest version: 7.5 No longer supported by Quark.* (not compatible with Windows 7+) |
QuarkXPress version 7 was the first version to support Unicode transparently (previously there were versions that could do one language, such as Korean, but not others, such as Chinese, and vice-versa). A bug was introduced in version 7.3 which make the use of Xpress Tags impossible in many cases and therefore version 7.31 is necessary. Version 7 is a slow version to use in conjunction with Q++Studio due to the extremely long time it takes to start-up.
QuarkXPress 7 is no longer supported by Quark and can only run on Windows XP. |
QuarkXPress 6
Minimum version: 6.5 Recommended version: 6.5 Latest version: 6.52 No longer supported by Quark.* (not compatible with Windows 7+) |
QuarkXPress 6.0 was eagerly awaited by the Macintosh community because of its support for Mac OSX. QuarkXPress 6 introduced the concept of mandatory software activation to be able to make your copy of QuarkXPress 6 function. Version 6 has had many problems if one opened a file created with a different language version of QuarkXPress.
QuarkXPress 6 is no longer supported by Quark and can only run on Windows XP. |
QuarkXPress 5
Minimum version: 5.01 Recommended version: 5.01 Latest version: 5.01 No longer supported by Quark.* (not compatible with Windows 7+) |
QuarkXPress 5 followed QuarkXPress 4 late in 2001, but never got adopted by the majority of users of QuarkXPress 4. This version was quite stable from the beginning, but some users have reported problems with documents with over 400 pages using version 5.00, and therefore the recommended version is 5.01.
QuarkXPress 5 is no longer supported by Quark and can only run on Windows XP. |
QuarkXPress 4
Minimum version: 4.04 Recommended version: 4.1 Latest version: 4.11 No longer supported by Quark.* (not compatible with Windows 7+) |
QuarkXPress 4 was the first 32-bit version of QuarkXPress on the Windows platform. Its main advantages are speed and low memory consumption compared to later versions of QuarkXPress, but its main drawback is the use of an HASP hardware dongle, which regularly fails, requiring a reboot and sometimes the purchase of a new dongle.
QuarkXPress 4 can only run on Windows XP, is no longer supported by Quark, and could only be used with the legacy Unicode and XE2 versions of Q++Studio whose support ended on December 31, 2015, and December 31, 2018, respectively. |
QuarkXPress 3
Minimum version: 3.32 Recommended version: 3.32 Latest version: 3.32 No longer supported by Quark.* (not compatible with Windows 7+) |
Development of the QuarkXPress 3 Xtension used by Q++Studio was stopped in May 2000.
QuarkXPress 3 is no longer supported by Quark and could only be used with the legacy ANSI version of Q++Studio whose support ended on December 31, 2012. |
Although versions 5-2023 of QuarkXPress are no longer supported by Quark, the publisher of QuarkXPress, we will try to maintain the compatibility of Q++Studio XE3 with all QuarkXPress versions, from 5-2025, for as long as possible.
Topic 176380, last updated on 11-Dec-2024
