DENVER, CO – Quark Software announced today that the official release date of QuarkXPress 2017 will be Wednesday, May 24, 2017! QuarkXPress 2017 is the next major release of Quark’s fully-integrated graphic design and layout software for professional print and digital production. As the availability of QuarkXPress 2017 approaches, new and existing users still have time to take advantage of special offers to either pre-order QuarkXPress 2017 or to Buy QuarkXPress 2016 and Get QuarkXPress 2017 for free. Both offers will end on May 23. 

What’s New in QuarkXPress 2017

With QuarkXPress 2017 development in the final stages and positive feedback coming in from third-party beta testers, designers and creative professionals can expect new features, including: 

Image and vectors:

• Non-destructive Image Editing
• Transparency Blend Modes
• New Shape Tools
• Enhancements to Multicolor Gradients
• Item Format Painter

Text and typography:

• Text Stroking
• Text Shading
• Column Spanning
• Column Splitting
• Smart Quotes 

Digital publishing:

• “Unlimited”* Free iOS Single Apps Creation (including PDF/X4, ePUB3 (eBooks), HTML5 Publications (flipbooks), and mobile apps)
• Adaptive Layout Conversion for Digital
• Responsive HTML5 Publications

Wish list items (based on user requests):

• Enhancements to Convert to Native Objects
• Adaptive Layout Conversion for Print
• UI Enhancements on Mac and Windows
• Cursor Key Increments/Decrements
• Non-breaking Text Attribute
• Merge Text Boxes
• Line Between Columns
• Proportional Leading
• Enhanced Word Import
• Most Recent Fonts 

Special Pre-Release Offers Ending Soon

With the official availability of QuarkXPress 2017 coming soon, designers and creative professionals can take advantage of valuable special pre-release offers. The offers are designed to help new and current QuarkXPress users* purchase and upgrade to QuarkXPress 2017.

Buy QuarkXPress 2016, Get QuarkXPress 2017: Until May 23, 2017 users who purchase or upgrade to QuarkXPress 2016 will receive a free copy of QuarkXPress 2017. The pricing for this offer is as follows: 

               Full New License of QuarkXPress 2016 including QuarkXPress 2017: $849

               Upgrade to QuarkXPress 2016 from version 3-10 including QuarkXPress 2017: $349

               Upgrade to QuarkXPress 2016 from version 2015 including QuarkXPress 2017: $179 

QuarkXPress 2017 Pre-Order: Quark is also offering current QuarkXPress 2016 users a special QuarkXPress 2017 preorder price of $179.

To take advantage of the special offers please visit the Quark Store (http://shop.quark.com/)

For more details, please visit www.quark.com/2017.