Quark strikes again Nov 20, 2009
Quark Promote is the latest new wrinkle for a company that helped revolutionize desktop publishing and became the dominant tool for graphic designers before competition from Adobe relegated Quark to second place in market share over the past decade. The shrinkage of magazine and newspaper industries which has led to many shuttered publications over the past two years has battered design software makers and forced them to look at new uses for their tools. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Colorado investor increases his share of ML Macadamia to 38.4% Nov 18, 2009
Ebrahimi, who once headed and owned Denver-based Quark Inc., a leading maker of desktop publishing software, has been buying shares in ML Macadamia for a dozen years, filings show. Reach Greg Wiles at. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Quark could hire hundreds Nov 5, 2009
Quark, started by Denver entrepreneur Tim Gill in the early 1980s, helped revolutionize page layout for newspapers and magazines, replacing manual paste-up and complex page-building computer systems with cheaper desktop publishing tools. Most Read Stories. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
ML Mac facing tender offer Oct 23, 2009
Ebrahimi, who once headed and owned Denver-based Quark Inc., a leading maker of desktop publishing software, has been buying shares in ML Macadamia for a dozen years, filings show. Before the tender offer, he owned or controlled through affiliates 2. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Announcing the Release of Broderbund's PrintMaster 2.0, All New PC & Mac Cross-Platform Print Software for the Creative Home User Oct 20, 2009
Complete Desktop Publishing Software Offers Affordable Solution for Creating Personalized Print Projects ... LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--, the #1 selling consumer desktop publishing software under $40, is available on store shelves today. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Hawaii tech company applies old lessons to new challenges Oct 1, 2009
As technology advanced and as Apple began creating desktop publishing software allowing users to produce their own documents and publications from a computer the brothers held a weekend retreat to plan the company s future. From that Monday on when we got back, we decided to shift away from just print and paper communications, and to find ways to provide digital mediums, Elden Ito said. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Worldcolor Makes Three Senior Management Appointments Sep 30, 2009
He also has served as Global Intellectual Property Counsel at Andersen Worldwide and Senior Counsel at Quark, Inc., a leading desktop publishing software firm. Mr. Sell has extensive experience in design, development, operations, maintenance and integration of systems and enabling technologies across multiple business locations and industries. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Knowles designs E4E logo for MCPE fundraisers Sep 24, 2009
Creating MCPE s logo would be the final assignment for Terry Kinch s Desktop Publishing class. Within two weeks, MCPE was presented with more than 50 logos. (Medfield Press, MA)
Disabling User Account Control in Vista Sep 22, 2009
I thought I could do it on Microsoft Word, but I think I need something more oriented to desktop publishing. Our group can't afford a professional design program. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Scientific honor roll includes old genetic rivals Sep 18, 2009
John Warnock and Charles Geschke of Adobe Systems, for their contributions to the desktop publishing revolution. IBM Corp., for development of the IBM Blue Gene supercomputer. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Lastest tech reaching all grades in Easton Sep 1, 2009
An art lab with desktop publishing and illustration software is also planned for the fall but if not then it will be a priority for next year. Each middle school and high school student will also be given a Weblocker this fall on which to save all their work. (Easton Journal, MA)
Easy recipes, photos from UH Lab Aug 13, 2009
For anyone familiar with old-style community cookbooks, this one is revealing of contemporary life: Most recipes call for just a few ingredients, many make use of commercial products and, thanks to today's desktop publishing wizardry, the book features student photos throughout. Special attractions include an endearing chapter, "Surviving on Your Own," aimed at graduates. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Local students recognized with top awards at FBLA national conference Jul 28, 2009
Laurie Hiebert, Avery Marcott and Mackenzie Halverson, Cochrane-Fountain City Middle School, recognition in the Desktop Publishing Application. Elliott Quast, Sparta Meadowview Middle School, first place in the middle-level Introduction to Computers competition. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Students from 13 Polk schools win awards at state business leader event Jul 26, 2009
Leon and Shi won in the Partnership With Business and Desktop Publishing events. Students winning awards are listed by school. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Should more people go to college? Jul 18, 2009
Then someone higher up got the bright idea that TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION was the way to go and IA shops were shut down in favor of robotics (tinkertoys with electricity in the early days), CNC, desktop publishing, and a plethora of areas crammed into a single term taught by a single teacher in a seldom updated lab. A few hours on each module gave kids a taste but not the full meal. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Spring Hill FBLA earns awards at regional, state, national conferences Jul 15, 2009
State winners were Michele Harris and April Sanders in Desktop Publishing and Victoria Lim in Introduction to Business Communications ... Regional winners this year were: Terrance Pride, Computer Operating Systems , first place; Justin Richardson, Word Processing II, second place; Veronica Olofsson, Word Processing II, third place; Michele Harris and April Sanders, Desktop Publishing Team, second place; and Rachel Rumbaugh, Marketing, fifth place. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Microsoft unveils Office 2010 Jul 14, 2009
Office Professional 2010 also includes Access (database) and Publisher (desktop publishing). The two other Office 2010 versions add capabilities aimed at larger businesses and enterprises. (USA Today -- Tech)
40 Under Forty: Jessica Close Jun 30, 2009
The services range from translation, interpretation and desktop publishing to voiceovers, international branding, cross-cultural research and Web site localization. Close coordinates day-to-day administrative activities and ensures smooth back-office operations. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Free Download: 100 Open Source Apps for Windows Jun 25, 2009
June 25, 2009 Hot topics. Free Newsletters : lect. (Datamation)
Business Briefs Jun 23, 2009
Stearns, a Racine native and Horlick High School graduate, established the desktop publishing company in 1986 in Flushing, N.Y. In 1992 she relocated the company to this area, at 10127 Northwestern Ave. in the former Franksville School. Because suitable day care was not available to her and her employees, Little City Kids was founded to fill that void; it shares the building with City Desktop and other businesses. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Avantpage Translations Releases White Paper on Capturing The Fastest Growing Healthcare Market In America Jun 1, 2009
We offer Language Assistance services such as translation, interpretation, localization, and multilingual desktop publishing designed to perform efficiently, consistently, and accurately. We believe that business is personal and our consultative style ensures that it is. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Bruce Chapman bench at Kalona Public Library May 21, 2009
"I wholeheartedly agreed with their suggestion," said Elyse, "because Bruce always had a special concern for the elderly and disabled. While in college at Azusa Pacific University, he created the senior activities department for the city of Azusa, California. His first teaching position after getting his California teaching credential was training disabled adults in independent living and job skills. It was that job he counted as his absolute favorite, the most rewarding he ever had." Arnoldy... (Kalona News, IA)
John C. Nemiah, professor, medical journal editor; at 90 May 20, 2009
He also implemented a statistical review of all manuscripts and brought the journal into the age of computer desktop publishing so that copyediting was all done in-house to ensure continuity. "Not only is John Nemiah among the finest of editors, but he is among the finest of human beings," Dr. Nancy Coover Andreasen, who succeeded him as editor, wrote in the journal in 1993. (Boston Globe)
Graduation Planning May 18, 2009
With the explosion of desktop publishing and scrap booking, many parents are making their own invitations. Remember that this takes quite a bit of time. (Suite101.com)
More of this story May 13, 2009
Desktop Publishing, Samantha Johnston. Computerized Business Applications, Johnathan Pounds. (Hamburg Ashley County Ledger, AR)
MFAE announces tech grants to inspire learning at Mattoon schools May 13, 2009
A partial grant from the MFAE also is aimed at helping purchase the latest in graphic design and desktop publishing software for print technology dual-credit classes with Lake Land College. Hinton said the use of technology can inspire learning among this generation of students, often described as digital natives. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
9 to 5 to 9: Dad's story Training gets real May 11, 2009
The guys loved making cards and writing their own letters to add to my "Daily Report," which I'd set up in a desktop publishing program. Nice to see my newspaper design skills still are of use. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Prison break that brings hope Apr 29, 2009
e-Bimbing teaches desktop publishing, digital photography and PC maintenance. The inmates are also taught how to use common programs such as Microsoft Office and Corel Draw. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Print Yearbooks Are Important Even In the Digital Age Apr 29, 2009
Staffs create trend-setting designs using intuitive online creation tools or professional desktop publishing software. All-color yearbooks have become the standard. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Can U.S. adjust to 5-day mail? Apr 11, 2009
Can someone please break out the desktop publishing software and do a better job of spacing. Then you can print more whiny letters like this one. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Roudenbush lists spring events Apr 9, 2009
They ll discover how to create an index, a list of figures, tables of contents, do desktop publishing, perform a mail merge, use timesaving macros, and more. This course is part of Roudenbush s growing catalog of more than 300 instructor-facilitated online courses. (Westford Eagle, MA)
Students check out career paths at COS Mar 29, 2009
In the latter, about 800 students from Tulare and Kings counties competed in 33 categories, ranging from desktop publishing to floral design, mathematics and salad prep. Jim Vidak, Tulare County superintendent of schools, walked the quad and took in the vibe. (Fresno Bee)
Point Click & Drag Partners with WoodWing Software Mar 27, 2009
Point Click & Drag's experience in editorial systems dates from 1989, and the early years of desktop publishing. Its services include specification, installation and configuration, network optimization, server load balancing, data structure and integration, workflow analysis and user support. (MediaWeek.com)
Rymfire Elementary gains national acclaim Mar 25, 2009
The information they gather will make up the text for a mock pamphlet students will create on laptops using a desktop publishing program, Doutrick said. At Rymfire, such use of technology in the classroom isn't an anomaly or reserved for special assignments. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
CEO designs Quark's reboot Mar 9, 2009
Quark was in its heyday then, a desktop publishing pioneer and one of Denver s best-known companies ... Quark, started by Denver entrepreneur Tim Gill, helped revolutionize page layout for newspapers and magazines, replacing manual paste-up and complex page-building computer systems with cheaper desktop publishing tools ... The company s flagship layout and design product, Quark XPress, cornered by some estimates as much as 90 percent of the desktop publishing market and made the company a local... (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Students computer skills put to test Mar 7, 2009
More than 150 students registered to take part in nearly 30 different events at the Computer Challenge, ranging from word processing and computer keyboarding, to desktop publishing and digital graphics. Instructor John Buono said he is impressed more and more each year with the ability of students to utilize difficult programs such as Photoshop. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
DGC captures nine awards in company contest Feb 25, 2009
O'Donoghue advised yearbook, newspaper and magazine, taught photography, desktop publishing and beginning and advanced journalism classes. He was named the State High School Journalism Teacher of the Year by the California Newspaper Publishers Association in 1989 and the Dow Jones National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year in 1990. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Thumbs up to FileMaker upgrade Feb 24, 2009
At the time, I'd brought the first Macintosh and LaserWriter into the consulting company where I worked, primarily for desktop publishing of software manuals via PageMaker, and I wanted to use the LaserWriter to print mailing labels for shipments. At the time, FileMaker was limited to single tables; it was good enough for a simple mailing-label database but could not relate customer records to order records. (InfoWorld)
More specialty Linuxes to the rescue Feb 24, 2009
A graphics installation gives you the celebrated GIMP image-editing application, the equally well-regarded Blender 3-D rendering system, the InkScape vector graphics editor, the Scribus desktop publishing application, and others. Choosing the video category gives you PiTiVi video editing system (which is actually a Python front end to the GStreamer collection of video processing modules), the Kino nonlinear video editor, the Stopmotion movie creator, and more. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Zack and Miri push the boundaries of true friendship Feb 21, 2009
I admit to nearly dozing off during our last compulsory briefing on appropriate behaviour in the workplace, but I'm pretty sure if the woman from human resources had mentioned it was OK to proposition a pod-mate for a bit of dirty desktop publishing, then I would have made a note of it. As for joining up with an old school pal for some personal production time, I figure if you make it through those drunken teenage parties without embarrassing yourself with displays of public nudity, why would... (Courier Mail)
Universal phone chargers by 2012 - who signed up? Feb 20, 2009
Top Rated Desktop publishing (DTP). TechRadar Poll. (TechRadar UK)
Computers and technology are forefront with Mr. Surom Feb 19, 2009
Mr. Surom gives Carrie Fiordelise and Nicole Murray some pointers during Desktop Publishing. Are you one of those individuals to whom javascript, HTML and COBAL are part of your everyday language. (Kalona News, IA)
New business liceses Feb 16, 2009
Copper St., Butte; courier service transportation of small items around town and nearby towns Dwayne Knutzen, Padgett Business Services, 700 E. Front St., Butte; bookkeeping and tax preparation Peggy A. Brennick- Kambich, Small Cleaning Service, 2835 White Blvd., Butte; provide cleaning services Scott Gibson, Double Lazy S Guitars, 119 N. Main St., Butte; guitar repairs, sales and lessons Jeremy Hoscheid, Farm Bureau Financial Services, 20 N. Main St., Butte; insurance investments JAN. 8 Robert... (Montana Standard, MT)
FBLA at leadership conference Feb 12, 2009
Client Service: Elizabeth Pasholk (state qualifier-first place); Computer Applications: Allisyn Olson (state qualifier-third place); Cyber Security: Blake Broaddus (state qualifier-fourth place); Desktop Publishing Team: Chelsie Hetke and Melissa Meister (state qualifier-second place); Database Design Applications: Morgan Broaddus (state qualifier-first place). Electronic Career Portfolio: Ashley Vogel (state qualifier-third place); Emerging Business Issues Team: Joey Bognar and Brandon Zeman... (Chetek Alert, WI)
iWork '09 vs. Office 2008 vs. Google Docs Feb 10, 2009
Pages has always combined word processing with layout functions more typically found in desktop publishing software. Features like flowing text between different sections of a page or document and advanced image manipulation (like layering and masking images, floating text and visual elements around each other, and visual effects like drop shadows and reflections) have not traditionally been easily available to Word users. (Datamation)
Gaming on the Apple iPhone Feb 8, 2009
He felt that the prior management had forgotten about users in the graphics, engineering, desktop publishing, and education markets the folks that had helped Apple grow over the years ... A great example is desktop publishing ... At its launch in 1984, the main app consisted of a simple drawing program plus promises from top executives at Microsoft, Lotus, and Software Publishing Corp. But it was an app from Aldus Corp. called PageMaker that made the Mac the center of the desktop publishing... (PC Magazine)
Community Calendar Feb 8, 2009
" 3/18 Texas Rio Grande Free Legal Aid 1331 Texas, El Paso, Texas 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Free Admission Free legal advice to the El Paso community regardless if they meet the income qualifications to get legal aid. 3/28 Latinitas Zany Zines La Fe Cultural and Technology Center, El Paso, Texas 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Free Admission Meet a teen magazine editor! Discover how you can create your own zine. Research magazine layout, surf cool websites, write stories, make stylish designs, and publish your... (KFOXTV.com, TX)
