QuarkXPress

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File Format
Name QuarkXPress
Ontology
Extension(s) .qxp, .qxd, others
MIME Type(s) application/vnd.quark.quarkxpress
PRONOM x-fmt/182, fmt/652, fmt/685, fmt/651
Type Code XDOC
Released 1987

QuarkXPress is a desktop publishing application.

Contents

Identifiers

Many file extensions have been reported: .qcd, .qct, .qpt, .qwd, .qwt, .qxb, .qxd, .qxl, .qxp, .qxt. More research may be needed to sort this out.

Identification

Files have "IIXPR" or "MMXPR" at offset 2.

QuarkXPress legacy documents (QuarkXPress 3, 4, 5 and 6) need to be converted to the new format (QuarkXPress 9.1) in order to be opened by QuarkXPress 10 and newer. Free software is available.

Versions

QuarkXPress file versions can be determined by offset 8 or 9[1].

Version Extension Year Offset
QuarkXPress 1 1987 0x20
QuarkXPress 2 1989
QuarkXPress 3.1 Mac .QXD 1992 0x39
QuarkXPress 3.1 .QXD 1992 0x3e
QuarkXPress 3.3 .QXD 1996 0x3f
QuarkXPress 4 .QXD 1997 0x41
QuarkXPress 5 .QXD 2002 0x42
QuarkXPress 6 .QXP 2003 0x43
QuarkXPress 7 .QXP 2006 0x44
QuarkXPress 8 .QXP 2008 0x45
QuarkXPress 9 .QXP 2011 0x46
QuarkXPress 9.1 .QXP 2011 0x47


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References

  1. https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/plugins/gitiles/libqxp/+/master/src/lib/QXPHeader.h
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