I'm working on two books of 700 pages each that were originally built in Quark 5.5 and now converting them to 6.1 for Mac. I was told that I need to rebuild these 60+ chapter files from scratch because every couple years Quark files suddenly become corrupt, and these files have already been used for a few years. Is there any truth to this? I have never heard of corruption happening to Quark files on such a large scale before, and rebuilding these docs will take a lot of work. Thanks so much in advance for any insight.
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Does Quark Corrupt Files Every Few Years? 1
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Who told you this? Have they been taken seriously before? Are they the same ones that sold you Quark 5.5? ![[bigsmile]](/data/assets/smilies/bigsmile.gif "[bigsmile] [bigsmile]")
Rebuilding a file from scratch is not necessary.
Any document file can become corrupt over time. Each time you open a file for editing is another opportunity for corruption - - no matter what application you use. Maintain back-ups just as you would for any other important file and there is no need for worry.
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Rebuilding a file from scratch is not necessary.
Any document file can become corrupt over time. Each time you open a file for editing is another opportunity for corruption - - no matter what application you use. Maintain back-ups just as you would for any other important file and there is no need for worry.
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I'd also recommend using Save As periodically as forcing the application to re-write the file from scratch from time to time can help eliminate bathtub ring in the file and keep crud from accumulating.
There's no way to prevent any and all types of file corruption, but, on the other hand, there's no predictable half-life or decay rate most application file formats either. Corrupt fonts, corrupted imported elements, hard drive chaos, etc. can all be factors. Keeping backups and using Save As on a regular basis are your best bets.
There's no way to prevent any and all types of file corruption, but, on the other hand, there's no predictable half-life or decay rate most application file formats either. Corrupt fonts, corrupted imported elements, hard drive chaos, etc. can all be factors. Keeping backups and using Save As on a regular basis are your best bets.
When opening a legacy Quark doc in a new version (4.11 in say 5 or 6) as I you should launch Quark, navigate--file open etc etc-- to the doc and open it from within Quark whilst holding down the option/alt key.
Opening the document this way will apply any changes in font/text, H&J or graphics handling introduced by the new/latest version.
This was a common fix for problems with Q3 docs in Q4, Q4 introduced changes to the H&J engine which occasionally resulted in text reflow. Opening with the option/alt key down was the recomended fix.
Quak docs do not become impaired through old age
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Cheers
Phil
Opening the document this way will apply any changes in font/text, H&J or graphics handling introduced by the new/latest version.
This was a common fix for problems with Q3 docs in Q4, Q4 introduced changes to the H&J engine which occasionally resulted in text reflow. Opening with the option/alt key down was the recomended fix.
Quak docs do not become impaired through old age
!Cheers
Phil
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