Text Formatting
Character and Paragraph model Tags into workflow	•	•	•
Copy Fit	•	X
Drop Caps	•	•	•
Edit White Text as percentage of Gray	•
First Baseline Factor	•	•	•
Fit Text Block	•	X	•
Paragraph Styles	•	•	•
Type Styles	•	•	•
Style Models	•	•
Superior and Inferior Text Styles	•	•	•
Text Attributes Interface*	•	•	•
Title Case and Small Caps Text Styles	•	•	•
Two Types of Underline Options	•	•
Vertical Text Alignment	•	•	•

Hyphenation
Suggest hyphenation for individual words	•	•	•
Discretionary Hyphens	•	•	•
Save hyphenation exceptions	•	•	•
Control the hyphenation of capitalized words	•	•	•
Control the minimum number of characters before and after a hyphen	•	•	•
Specify the minimum word size to hyphenate	•	•	•
Specify the maximum number of consecutive hyphens	•	•	•
Hyphenate 12 different languages**	•	Q	•

Element Features
Apply a fill, frame, shadow, or gradient to any element	•	•	•
Arrow Heads	•	•	•
AutoMasking	•	•	•
Automatic Drop Shadows on element and text	•	X	•
Containment Tool	•
Cubic Beziers	•	•	•
Element Styles	•
Independent Rectangle Corners	•
Mask Graphic with Shape	•	X	•
Magic Wand (Mask) Tool	•
6 types of Gradients	•	•
Adjust the starting point of a gradient by eye	•	X	•
Multiple Color Gradients	•	X*	•
Apply gradient to multiple objects at same time	•	X	•
Multiple Operations for Combining Paths	•	•
Apply Textures for Lines and Frames	•
Apply Gradient to Lines and Frames	•	X	•
Colorize Native Photoshop Grayscale Graphics	•		•
Colorize Monochrome EPS Graphics	•		•

Text and Element Features
Text On a Path	•	•	•
Arrange Elements in Stacking Order	•	•	•
Multiple Embedded Elements in Text	•		•
Independent Text and Element Shadows	•	X	•
Make Matrix	•	X
Multi-Line Text To Path Element	•		•
Scale Text and Graphics Proportionally	•	•	•
Skew Elements and Text	•	•	•
Text Wrapping	•	•	•
Link Text Blocks	•	•	•
Drag and Drop text files	•	•	•
Drag and Drop graphics	•	X	•
Snap center of object to guide	•	•	•
Align objects by centers or by same edge	•	•	•

Color Management
Trapping	•	•	•
Pantone, CMYK, RGB, Focoltone	•	•	•
NAA Color	•
ColorSync	•	•	•
Auto Convert EPS Spot Colors to Process	•	•	•

Font management
Add Any Font Size	•	•
Instant Font Activation	•	•	•
Replace Missing Fonts	•	•	•
Save Reference to Missing Fonts	•	•	•

Miscellaneous
Ad Tracking Functionality Available with Cumulus	•

Support Features
Multiple Levels of Undo Redo	•	•	•
Open Files across Platform	•	•	•
OS X Support	•	•	•
Edit Graphic in Creating Application	•	•	•
Full Drag and Drop Support (Document to Document)	•	•	•
Adobe PhotoShop Clipping Path Support	•	•	•
Recover Broken Links	•	•	•
Check for text overflow on Opening	•	X
Check for Text overflow on Printing	•	X
Check for text overflow on Saving ad	•	X
Check for text overflow on exporting	•	X
Check for Missing fonts when Printing***	•		•
Check for Missing fonts when Opening***	•	•	•
Check for Missing fonts when Exporting***	•		•
Open Type Fonts	•	•	•

User Interface
Arrange Palette	•	X	•
Border Tool	•	X	P
Combined Text and Element Palette	•	•	•
Custom Menus via Startup AppleScripts	•
Contextual Menus via Applescript	•	•
Files Palette with Sort	•
Creator Media Database Interface (CMDI)	•
Flip Tool	•	•	•
Open multiple files at same time	•	•	•
Hand Tool on Tools Palette	•	•	•
Hotkey for each tool on Tools Palette	•		•
Zoom in and center on selected item	•	•	•
12 different polygon tools	•	X
File Utilities	•	•	•
Scale text With Keyboard	•	•	•
Set Guides Numerically	•	•	•
Starburst Tool	•	•	•
Cropping Tool	•		•
Startup Items Folder	•
On Screen Color Separations	•
New Color Item in Color Popup Menus	•	•
Swatch View in Colors Palette	•		•
Place Files with Scaled Picture Box	•	•	•
Jump to a specific page from pop up window	•	•	•
Choose four predefined page views	•	•	•
Quick Open	•
Skew Tool	•		•
Trapping Palette	•	•	•

Document Features
User defined auto save	•	•
Bleed Items On/Off	•	•
Document Size Handle	•
User defined auto backup	•	•
Place native Photoshop files	•	X	•
Import styles and colors form documents	•	•	•
Place native documents	•
Dual Save	•	X
Export EPS****	•	•	•
Export GIF****	•	X	P
Export JPEG****	•	X	•
Export PDF native****	•	•	•
Export Text	•	X
Export TIFF****	•	X	P
Export/Import XML	•	•	•
Place JPEG Images	•	•	•
Place GIF Images	•	•	•
Place PDF Files	•	•	•
Multiple Master Spreads	•	•	•
Multiple Pages	•	•	•
Multiple page sizes in same document	•
Multiple Windows of Same Document	•	•	•
Over 80 predefined page sizes	•	X
Save a Copy As	•		•
Gather For Output with Fonts to a single folder	•	•	•
Embed Fonts in EPS	•	X	•
Embed Fonts in PDF	•	•	•
International Smart Quotes	•	•	•
Choose page number style (i, ii, iii; a, b, c; 1, 2, 3, etc)	•	•	•
Create custom sets of color swatched for use in other files	•	•	•
Default Document Settings	•	•	•
Layers	•	•	•

Automation
ACES (Ad Control Event Suite)	•
Applescript Recordable	•	X
PC COM Support	•
Applescriptable, Attachable, and Recordable for Mac	•
Visual Basic Scriptable and Attachable for Windows	•
Customizable menus via Applescript	•

Viewing and Navigating
Display Invisible Characters	•	•	•
Display or Hide Page Guides	•	•	•
Set Graphic Preview Resolution by DPI	•	•
Set True Preview for EPS Files	•	•	•
Show On Screen Ornaments	•	X
800 Percent Zoom	•	•	•
Color Guides	•	•	•
Place Guides Numerically or by point and click	•	X	•
Distribute Guides across a given space	•	X	•
View Multiple Spreads Simultaneously	•	•	•
Show registration marks	•	X
Show on screen crop marks	•	X	P
Show on screen color bar	•	X	P
Show on screen document description	•		P
Show on screen plate information	•		P
Set a snap to distance for guides	•	•	•

Printing
Print 300 DPI to Non Postscript Printer	•	•	•
Print Text Block Only*****	•	•
Print Registration Marks	•	•	•
Print Crop marks	•	•	•
Print Color Bar	•	•	•
Print Selected Items Only	•
Print document description	•	X	•
Print Plate Information	•	•	•
Substitute OPI Comments for all TIFF Files	•	•	•
Substitute OPI Comments for EPS Files	•	•	•
Omit Postscript for TIFF files	•	•	•
Print EPS Spot Colors as Process	•	•	•

*:
The ability to change size, leading, autoleading, tracking, horizontal scale, vertical offset, word space, space before paragraph, space after paragraph, boldness, slant, outline weight, shadow boldness, shadow slant, shadow H. offset, Shadow V. offset, and shadow vertical scale by slide bar or numerically.

**:
Price difference from buying Quark XPress Passport over regular XPress

***:
Quark checks for missing fonts on printing in placed EPS files

****:
Export as a selection or spread

*****:
Quark prints rough which suppresses the picture files.

X:
Xtension

X*:
Xtension - 2 color only

P:
Plugin

Q:
Quark Passport