XPert Scale 2.1.3 review

XPert Scale lets you quickly scale QuarkXPress documents, items, groups, and contents similar to the way drawing programs scale objects.

License: Demo OS: Mac OS X File size: 0K Developer: ALAP, inc. Buy Now Price: $99.00 Updated: 18 Aug 2005

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XPert Scale lets you quickly scale QuarkXPress documents, items, groups, and contents similar to the way drawing programs scale objects. Now Supports QuarkXPress 6's multiple undo/redo.

You can scale items visually or numerically (by entering percent values or dimensions). With both its precision and interactive scaling methods, XPert Scale can simplify headline creation, logo development, copy fitting, picture and caption adjustments, and many other common tasks.

The XPert Scale Tool added to the QuarkXPress Tool palette lets you drag to resize items and groups visually.

You can scale in terms of percentages of the item's current size, or by entering new dimensions (in current Units of measurement).

The fields and menus are independent, so you can define scaling differently for each direction. The Document check box lets you scale the items and contents in an entire document. Simply check the box and use the Width, Height, and Constrain controls as always.

XPert Scale's preferences also enables you to preserve attributes when scaling such as line width and text insets.

What's New:
Fixed a random crash when scaling documents.
The previous scale is now retained in the scale palette.
Margins would not always scale correctly when scaling documents. Fixed.
The scale palette at times would be disabled for no apparent reason. Fixed.
Scaling documents at times would fail due to linked master page items. Fixed.
Added a scale button to XPert ToolsBars making repetitive scaling more streamlined.
Flexographic scale values are now retained between print runs of the same document.
At times after doing a scale the QuarkXPress box handles would be drawn incorrectly. Fixed.
At times after doing an undo XPert Scale an additional box would appear in the layout. Fixed.
Boxes containing anchored items did not always scale correctly when document scaling was enabled. Fixed.

Requirements:
Mac OS 9.1 - 9.2x, or Mac OS X 10.3 or later
QuarkXPress 4.1 or later (including 6.x).