This March Quark Software will roll out QuarkXPress 2015, the next major version of Quark’s design and layout tool for print and digital publishing professionals.

In addition to features already announced, including new 64-bit architecture and the top 10 most user-requested features, QuarkXPress 2015 will support PDF/X-4 output, the latest standard that allows better, faster printing. QuarkXPress 2015 will also continue to be sold as a perpetual license.

According to the folks at Quark, the upgrade will allow users to create PDF/X-4 files. The exported PDF/X-4 files are certified with the same technology used inside Adobe Acrobat. With this latest standard, designers can preserve transparency to enable faster output, smaller files and higher quality print output.

Until Feb. 25, everyone who purchases or upgrades to QuarkXPress 10 will receive a free upgrade to QuarkXPress 2015 when it's

available. With the extension of the Buy QuarkXPress 10, Get QuarkXPress 2015 offer, users on any version of QuarkXPress (versions 3-9) can upgrade to QuarkXPress 10 to receive QuarkXPress 2015 for free. Until today, only users on QuarkXPress 8 and 9 have been able to upgrade to version 10. In order to access the special offer, version 3-7 users must contact Quark Telesales to upgrade to QuarkXPress 10. Find contact information here (http://www.quark.com/Buy/QuarkXPress_Sales/Customer_Service/) To learn more about what’s new in QuarkXPress 2015, read about the offer details, make purchases and complete the offer redemption form at www.quark.com/2015.

For current QuarkXPress 10 users, Quark is offering a low introductory price on pre-orders of QuarkXPress 2015 upgrades. The special price for the pre-order upgrade is: €299/£199/$249/¥25.000, which is significantly lower than the current upgrade price. The pre-order offer has been extended to February 25, 2015. Learn more at www.quark.com/2015.