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The QuarkXPress Menu

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The QuarkXPress Menu, accessible from the main menu, features shortcuts to all the QuarkXPress related functionality of Q++Studio.

 

Launch QuarkXPress

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Launches QuarkXPress without trying to open a file. Useful if you then wish to create a new QuarkXPress File. The version of QuarkXPress launched, if you have more than one version installed on your machine, is determined by your selection in the QuarkXPress Preferences.

Open a QuarkXPress File

Same as above, but first displays a file open dialog to let you choose the file to open using QuarkXPress.

Search for a QuarkXPress File

Opens the Find File Dialog with the search field preset to search for QuarkXPress files on your LAN and/or WAN server(s).

Convert QuarkXPress files to PDF

Displays a file open dialog to let you choose the QuarkXPress file(s) to convert to PDF. This is the exact same menu item as also appears on the PDF menu, and it appears twice for your convenience.

Open QuarkXPress Non-Dated Pages

Displays a sub-menu listing the QuarkXPress non-dated files used by the current script, from which you can directly select one of the files to open in QuarkXPress.

Open QuarkXPress GridTemplates

Displays a sub-menu listing the QuarkXPress GridTemplate files used by the current script, from which you can directly select one of the files to open in QuarkXPress.

Open a Recently Scanned GridTemplate

Displays a sub-menu listing the QuarkXPress GridTemplate files used by the current script, from which you can directly select one of the templates to be re-scanned using QuarkXPress.

Open the Main Output File (QXP)

Opens the current script's main output file using the version of QuarkXPress determined by your selection in the QuarkXPress Preferences.

Open the Main Output File (PDF)

Opens the PDF version of the current script's main output file using the default program associated with PDF files on your workstation.

Convert Main Output File to PDF

Converts the current script's main output file to PDF, using the current script's default PDF output style (in none is currently selected, then a dialog will come up, asking you to select one).

Open QuarkXPress Sections Output Files

Displays a sub-menu listing the sections output files of the current script, from which you can directly select one of the files to open in QuarkXPress.

Re-Inspect Current Non-Dated QuarkXPress File

Displays a sub-menu listing the QuarkXPress non-dated script lines of the current script, from which you can directly select one of these script lines to be re-inspected using QuarkXPress.

Re-Inspect All Non-Dated QuarkXPress Files

Automatically re-inspects all the QuarkXPress files used by all the QuarkXPress non-dated script lines of the current script.

Scan new QuarkXPress template

Displays a file open dialog to let you choose a file to scan as a new QuarkXPress template.

Re-Scan Current QuarkXPress Template

Displays a sub-menu listing the templates of the current script which use a QuarkXPress file, from which you can select one of these to be to re-scanned using QuarkXPress.

Re-Scan all QuarkXPress Templates

Automatically re-scans all the templates of the current script which use a QuarkXPress file, using QuarkXPress.

Update all missing QuarkXPress files

Automatically runs through all the current script's templates and non-dated pages, and uses the search for a QuarkXPress file tool to update any script line whose underlying QuarkXPress file cannot be found.

Re-Scan/Inspect all QuarkXPress files

Automatically runs the menu sequence Re-Scan all QuarkXPress Templates followed by Re-Inspect All Non-Dated QuarkXPress Files.

List Unused QuarkXPress Templates

Opens the unused templates report but limited to templates based on a QuarkXPress file. For the same report, including both QuarkXPress and InDesign files, select the unused templates report at the bottom of the data menu or the admin menu.

List Unused Non-Dated QuarkXPress Files

Opens the unused non-dated pages report but limited to non-dated pages based on a QuarkXPress file. For the same report, but including QuarkXPress, InDesign and PDF files, select the unused templates report at the bottom of the data menu or the admin menu.

QuarkXPress Tools

Displays a sub-menu listing the QuarkXPress section of the tools menu.

Templates Manager

Opens the Templates Manager.

 

See also: the main menu, the InDesign menu, the PDF menu.

 


Topic 184055, last updated on 22-Mar-2021