InDesign vs QuarkXpress

[Andy1982]

Just wondering, what are the major difference between these two? Is Quark easy to learn if you've used InDesign? I've only ever used InDesign and am not at all familiar with Quark.

Andy

[blueocto]

I used InDesign a bit in University, but used Quark since starting my current job over 1 year ago. Personally I don't think there is too much drastic difference between the two.

I assume InDesign has better integration with the other Adobe products, but Quark works just fine for our needs.

Unfortunately our version of Quark at work is ancient so I couldn't really say if one was better than the other - I think it comes down to personal preference tbh.

[Cwilk]

It's so funny that this question comes up all the time. I started off using Pagemaker back in 1988, went to Ventura Publisher on PC and then to Quark XPress when it first came out and then switched to InDesign 1.0 when it was first introduced. With that said, I've never liked Pagemaker after moving to Quark and InDesign. It's just weird to use in general. Quark and InDesign are both very similar and BlueOcto is right, InDesign has better integration with it's own Adobe products because the engines are the most compatible.

But there is a big difference between the two and that is the customer service for technical issues that they each give. InDesign became the powerhouse software it is today because of providing the technical support that Quark didn't at the time and designers were getting fed up with them. So that's the main difference.