The newest version of QuarkXPress makes it easier than ever to create PDF files.  This is a very useful ability to have, because many commercial printers want you to send your designs to them in PDF format.  Quark allows you to create all kinds of products – brochures, postcards, etc. – into PDF with just a few steps.

Here is a rundown of how to create a PDF file in QuarkXPress 7:

1. The first thing you have to do is to QuarkXPress’s Resource Center (on quark.com) and download the ICC files.  You have to have these to download the PDF style that you want.

2. Then, download the PDF styles archive from http://www.quark.com/products/xpress/resourcecenter/pdf.html.

3. Now you have all of the files that you need downloaded.  From here, you can do all of the needed steps from within the Quark program.  From inside the program, choose the File menu, and select Output Styles.

4. From this point, there will be more options from which to choose.  Select Import.

5. Here, you have to choose the PDF style that you want to use.  Here are your choices:

Press_HighPDF.xml
Print_MediumPDF.xml
Screen_MediumPDF.xml
Screen_LowPDF.xml
PDFX1a.xml
PDFX3.xml

6. Once you select the style you want, click Open.

7. If you want to input more PDF styles, simply repeat steps 4-6 for each desired style.

8. When you are down importing all of the styles that you want, click Save.

This process is actually much easier than it looks.  Once you have done it, it will be a piece of cake.  However, if you import all of the styles you want on your first session, you will not have to do it again.
Do these 8 simple steps and start creating PDF files right from QuarkXPress 7!