Turn on ID's "text wrap only affects text beneath" to mimic Quark. (opposite of ID's default where every layer affects all others)

And other things to watch for if it is not a text-only doc...
Best results if Images are properly linked in the Quark doc before importing (otherwise ID won't know where to look for them)
Custom runarounds and transparent backgrounds of vector eps files will be lost (you'll need to recreate runarounds and reimport eps with transparent background, I like to convert all vector eps to ai)
Best results if fonts are loaded first and Quark doc saved with no missing fonts.
Blends do not convert properly.
Transparency may not convert properly -- neither will any effects applied to images with Quark's Vista in 6.5
If you save down from Quark 5 or higher to Quark 4 or lower, spot colors (such as PMS spot) may change wildly if those colors did not exist in v4 and earlier (PMS added a ton of colors around v5)

Basic conversion instructions:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/InDesign/6.0/WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d47a.html

Detailed instructions:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/indesign/articles/indcs2mrquark.html

List of what ID supports in conversion:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/331/331387.html

Troubleshooting conversion 1:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/326/326469.html

Troubleshooting conversion 2:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/323/323158.html

I Love Q2ID


-----Original Message-----
From: InDesign Talk [mailto:indesign@lists.lassosoft.com] On Behalf Of Michael Brady
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:05 AM
To: InDesign Talk
Subject: Re: Quark express 2 indesign CS4


On Mar 18, 2010, at 10:55 AM, lindsg wrote:

> I just got he word that I'm about to recieve some Quark express files.
>
> What is the best way to convert them if you only have InDesign CS4

What vintage? ID can directly open Q files up through v. 3, but cannot open v. 4 and after. Try the Markzware's plug-in utility Q2ID.

http://www.markzware.com/q2id/


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