Layout Ltd. announces the release of ArabicXT™ for QuarkXPress™ v8

Sept. 3, 2009 - PRLog -- ArabicXT is a unique solution that utilizes all the features and direct-editing capabilities of QuarkXPress. ArabicXT v8 does not modify anything in the original code of QuarkXPress, allowing you to benefit from the latest release QuarkXPress v8.  
Through an adaptable and user-friendly interface, it supports the unparalleled and new features of QuarkXPress v8, allowing publishers to meet their most demanding publishing needs and create innovative Arabic publications.
Minimum System requirements
ArabicXT v8 requires MAC OS X v10.4 or later.
QuarkXpress v8


Key Features and benefits at a glance :
*Supports right-to-left languages: Arabic, Farsi, Jawi, Kurdish, and Hebrew.
*Create eye-catching Arabic-language Web documents to export as HTML documents and
post directly on a website.
*Gain more control over your Arabic layout spaces.
*Convert your Arabic print-based designs to Arabic Web-based designs or vice-versa, within
one file. You can even include an Arabic Web layout and a print layout in the same file and
share Arabic text content between the two.
*Synchronize Arabic text among different layout spaces for greater accuracy: Include the
same Arabic language text in multiple layout spaces and synchronize it between different
layout spaces. You can then edit this synchronized Arabic text in one layout space, and it
will automatically be changed in other layout spaces.
*Manage tables efficiently - You can link text cells to one another, or to any text box, in a
mixed Latin-Arabic page layout. You can also easily set the tab order of cells, thus
customizing your tables.
*Multiple Undos - Enjoy this feature to reverse one action or a series of actions including  
text and picture import, text linking style sheet edits and much more.
*Automatic Kashida insertion using powerful Kashida algorithms for perfect justification.
*Automatic vertical & horizontal positioning of vowels over characters.
*Drop word over several lines at the beginning of paragraphs.
*Controllable Ligature selection.
*Mix Arabic and Latin text in the same text box desktop publishing and workflow solutions
for Arabic and Latin languages.
*Flip page layout from right to left or left to right.
*Bilingual find and replace.
*Export Arabic text for editing in other Arabic word processors.
*Copy and Paste text attributes on a character level basis.
*Change of attributes of a specific language within a mixed selection range.
*Improved handling of Style Sheets.
*Enhanced Arabic "Flip Document Layout" feature to handle lines and bezier curves.
*Support "text to box" feature of QuarkXPress directly in an Arabic textbox.
*Convert "text to table" and "table to text" for the Arabic text.


Professionally designed Arabic Fonts:
ArabicXT includes 46 high-quality Arabic fonts with 10 additional free fonts upon registration.
When you register your ArabicXT package, you will be eligible for any technical support you
might need, and you will also receive the latest news about other Layout Ltd. products.


ArabicXT v8 is available for Academic institutions:
Layout Ltd. is pleased to offer licensed educational institutions (accredited universities, non-
profit schools and institutions and Authorized Training Centers) the opportunity to buy ArabicXT software LabPaks and LabOns at a discounted price. The Labpak license is a package including 10 copies of ArabicXT. The LabOn can be purchased to add more users to the LabPak license in
increments of 5.

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Layout Ltd. is a leader in desktop publishing software development, with a rich product line ranging from non-Latin language-support applications to professional printing solutions. Its mission is to respond to the publishing needs for flexible solutions.