The industry standard software for print layout design
a graphic design software package, much used on the Apple Mac, which enables a designer to manipulate words and images to produce an integrated design concept. X Y Z
Page layout software that, until recently, was the de facto standard in the graphical industry. Now severely challenged by Adobe InDesign and other software packages. Current version: 6 (but few users want to upgrade).
QuarkXPress is a page layout application for Mac OS X and Windows, produced by Quark, Inc.. Quark can be considered one of the founders of Desktop Publishing (beside Aldus, Adobe Systems and Apple Computer). The first version of QuarkXPress was released in 1987.