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Technology note ments because it al-
uark developed lows you to import and
QuarkXPress for export content in multi-
Mac OS and Windows ple file formats, and to
to give publishers con- share design compo-
trol over typography, nents with other users.
color, and collabora- You can import files
tion. In addition to from applications such
unique typographic as Microsoft® Word,
controls, Microsoft Excel®,
QuarkXPress offers WordPerfect®,
Adobe® Illustrator®,
comprehensive font
support, including sup- and Adobe Photo-
port for TrueType®, shop®. You can output
OpenType®, and Uni- content as PostScript®
code®. Designers can or in PDF format for
use PANTONE® (the Adobe Acrobat®
PANTONE MATCHING Reader®. You can also
SYSTEM®), Hexa- export files that can be
chrome®, Trumatch®, viewed using Quick-
Time®, Internet Ex-
Focoltone®, DIC®, and
plorer®, Safari®,
Toyo to add color to
page layouts. Firefox®, and
Netscape Navigator®.
QuarkXPress acts as a With Quark Interactive
hub for collaborative Designer™, you can
publishing environ- export layouts in
Valentine’s Day
’S The Legend of St. Valentine
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VA SP e loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But
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f traditions come from? Find out about the history of
this centuries-old holiday, from ancient Roman rituals
to the customs of Victorian England.
The Claudius
history of Valen- II decided that single
%ne’s Day–and the story of men made be&er soldiers
its patron saint–is shrouded in than those with wives and fami-
Flash® format. Using your particular publish- mystery. We do know that February lies, he outlawed marriage for young
features such as Job ing needs. And if you has long been celebrated as a month of men. Valen%ne, realizing the injus%ce of
Jackets® and Compo- can write AppleScript® romance, and that St. Valen%ne’s Day, as the decree, defied Claudius and con%nued
sition Zones®, you can scripts, you can use we know it today, contains ves%ges of both to perform marriages for young lovers in se-
be sure that multiple this scripting language Chris%an and ancient Roman tradi%on. But cret. When Valen%ne’s ac%ons were discov-
people share specifica- from Apple® to auto- who was Saint Valen%ne, and how did he be- ered, Claudius ordered that he be put to
tions to produce con- mate many QuarkX- come associated with this ancient rite? death.Other stories suggest that Valen%ne
sistent publications, Press activities. The Catholic Church recognizes at least three may have been killed for a&emp%ng to help
even while working on
different saints named Valen%ne or Chris%ans escape harsh Roman prisons,
a single publication si- This application is quite
Valen%nus, all of whom were martyred. where they were oen beaten and tor-
multaneously. consistent across oper-
ating systems. How- One legend contends that Valen%ne tured. According to one legend, an
W
The QuarkXPress soft- ever, some labels, was a priest who served during imprisoned Valen%ne actually
ware architecture lets buttons, key combina- the third century in Rome. sent the first “valen%ne”
you and software de- tions, and other as- When Emperor gree%ng himself.
velopers expand pub- pects of the application
lishing capability. must differ between hile some believe that %anize” the pagan celebra%on of Romulus and Remus, the
Through XTensions® Mac OS® and Win- Valen%ne’s Day is cele- Lupercalia. Celebrated at the ides founders of Rome, were believed
software technology, dows® because of
brated in the middle of of February, or February 15, Lu- to have been cared for by a she-
third-party developers user interface conven-
can create custom tions or other factors.In February to commemorate the percalia was a fer%lity fes%val wolf or lupa. The priests would
modules for QuarkX- such cases, both the anniversary of Valen%ne’s death dedicated to Faunus, the Roman sacrifice a goat, for fer%lity, and a
Press. QuarkXTen- Mac OS and Windows or burial–which probably oc- god of agriculture, as well as to dog, for purifica%on. They would
sions® (Quark® versions are pre- curred around A.D. 270–others the Roman founders Romulus and then strip the goat’s hide into
XTensions software) sented, separated by a claim that the Chris%an church Remus.To begin the fes%val, strips, dip them into the sacrificial
also provide a modular slash, with the Mac OS may have decided to place St. members of the Luperci, an order blood and take to the streets,
approach for meeting version presented first. Valen%ne’s feast day in the middle of Roman priests, would gather at gently slapping both women and
of February in an effort to “Chris- a sacred cave where the infants crop fields with the goat hide.