Quark XPress Easter Eggs

pic New Bigger Alien to Delete Old Alien (v4.0) - 7.3/10 with 202 votes
1. Draw a box in center of screen.
2. Leave plenty of room on both sides for action.
3. Press Shift-Option-Command-K to get original alien.
4. Repeat above sequence at least 5 times.
5. The new alien appears randomly, usually after 5-12 tries.
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Multicolor Display of Menus - 7.0/10 with 91 votes
1. In QuarkXPress go to File - New - Document
2. Go to Edit - Dashes & Stripes
3. Go to New - Dash
4. Enter new name »taste the rainbow«
5. Click ok
6. Click Save
7. Go to File - Save
8. Save the document
9. To delete the easter egg... more
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Developers' Pictures - 6.9/10 with 65 votes
1. Hold down Control and select Help->About QuarkXPress
2. Make sure Caps Lock is ON
3. Hold Control and Shift, then hold down left mouse button
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Developers' Picture (Mac) - 6.8/10 with 54 votes
1. Start QuarkExpress
2. Hold down shift+option+apple and click on applemenu
3. about QuarkExpress.
4. Keep holding down the keys and click in the box
5. There they are

Disappearing Text Boxes - 5.1/10 with 22 votes
1. Have a new (or existing document) on the screen
2. Select any text box
3. Normal procedure to delete is Ctrl-K
4. Hold down Shift-Ctrl-K
5. Box is zapped! On the Mac version, a little alien appears on the screen as well
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Down the Drain - 5.0/10 with 36 votes
1. Click on the Item Tool
2. Select any box (text or picture)
3. Hold Ctrl, Alt & Shift and right-click
4. Select Delete from the pop-up menu

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