Every two weeks Quark VS InDesign.com and XChange International gives away 2 great prizes—an extraordinary xtension for QuarkXPress and an incredible InDesign plug-in. All you have to do to win is…

• [1] Become a Quark VS InDesign.com member (free), and;
• Throw your name into the giveaway hat at the bottom of this page.

That’s all. No purchase or song and dance necessary. A winner will be chosen at random from those who enter on this page.

This contest has ended. On 2008-05-25 we gave
InstantPDF 4.1 (incl. InD Plug-In) from Enfocus
To Bob P. of Sayreville, NJ

Congratulations, Bob! Get some prizes for yourself on our [4] Contests & Giveaways page.

The Software We Gave Away This Time

 
[5] InstantPDF 4.1 (incl. InD Plug-In)
Software from Enfocus

Enfocus Instant PDF 4 removes the uncertainty and technical complexity from the PDF creation process. No other application so intuitively and reliably creates Certified PDFs that comply with your print or advertisement vendors¹ specifications.

Instant PDF uses Enfocus PDF Queues to guide the entire PDF creation process. Enfocus PDF Queues published on CertifiedPDF.net by printers, publishers, industry associations, and Enfocus can be directly imported from within Instant PDF. The built-in synchronisation feature with CertifiedPDF.net guarantees imported PDF Queues remain up-to-date, ensuring ongoing consistency with your printer, publisher or industry association specification.

Once imported, PDF Queues become accessible through the “Save as Certified PDF” file menu functionality from within industry leading page layout and PDF tools such as Adobe® InDesign®, QuarkXPress , Adobe® Acrobat® and through the PDF Services feature in the Mac OSX print panel. Creative professionals remain productive in their familiar environment without having to worry about print styles, PDF export and other PDF creation settings. In other words, designers are free to design without agonising over the technical aspects of PDF file creation.

In addition, Instant PDF provides a comprehensive in-application help system. This help system contains a complete description of possible errors and warnings that appear during preflight and assists the document creator in solving them.

Instant PDF closes the communication gap between the creative and production process, providing document creators and receivers the functionality to achieve consistent PDF output and quality control via the award-winning Certified PDF® technology.

New in version 4.1:
- Adobe® CS3 compatibility
- Compatibility with Mac OS® X v.10.5 (Leopard) - Compatibility with PitStop Professional 7.2 (PDF Profiles) - Improved e-mail Server Account Settings: It is now possible to supply a username and password when connecting to a mail server for sending e-mail

New in version 4.0:
- Universal Binary (so Mac PowerPC and Mac Intel) - PitStop Professional 7 compatible (PDF Profiles & Action Lists databases, report templates, preflighting using Library 4.0) - Acrobat 8 compatible (in the sense of being able to process PDF 1.7 files, using Distiller 8 to generate the PDFs, reviewing in Acrobat 8 or Adobe Reader 8, extended check for Acrobat/PDF version) - QuarkXPress 7 plug-in - Adobe Illustrator CS2 plug-in - Improved CPU usage (specifically noticeable on Mac OS) - Active/passive FTP

Solution options:
- Instant PDF is available as a stand-alone application for document creators. Volume licensing is available for workgroups consisting of 5 or more.

- Printers or publishers can easily create a Certified PDF workflow through the Enfocus PDF Workflow Suite. This product suite contains Instant PDF to setup Enfocus PDF Queues, a license to use CertifiedPDF.net to publish PDF queues, PitStop Server to automatically check and correct incoming PDF and PitStop Professional to create PDF Profiles and Action Lists and to manually inspect, edit and correct PDF documents.

- Instant PDF is also available in multi-packs for distribution, enabling document receivers to equip their customers with the application to consistently receive production ready PDF files.
***Macintosh or Windows

Sweepstakes Rules

No purchase necessary to enter or win. Sweepstakes is open to residents of all countries where it is legal to enter and win. Compliance with applicable laws in the entrant’s locality is the sole responsibility of entrant.

To enter the contest, you must sign up to become a member of Quark VS InDesign.com or sign in as an existing member of Quark VS InDesign.com. Your membership must be active and in good standing at the time of the drawing to be eligible to win. Entries must be received between 12:01 PM (PST) on 2008-05-09 and 11:59 PM (PST) on 2008-05-25.

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Prize will be awarded in a random drawing held from among all eligible entries received. Odds of winning depend on the total number of entries received.