Can Atomik put my QuarkXPress content on the Web?
Atomik will extract your QuarkXPress or InDesign content as XML. Once the content is in XML you have various ways to get your content onto the Internet. This might mean putting it into a database, converting it to HTML. Most browsers can read XML directly.

Can Atomik handle tabular data?
Yes. Atomik's advanced engine is able to pinpoint the location of tabular data in QuarkXPress documents and subsequently extract the tabular data accurately as XML.

What about images?
Atomik enables you to keep your images associated with the correct content from QuarkXPress by storing the image file name and image path. This way you can use the original images with your XML content or even change the paths to point to different image files such as low-resolution images for the Web.

Doesn't Quark already do a product like this?
Yes. Quark has developed a product called avenue.quark. While there are many similarities between the products there are also some significant differences due to the way that each product works. For example Atomik is able to extract content on a document by document and article by article basis. It is also able to handle the extraction of tabular data due to its unique geometric positioning technology.

What versions of QuarkXPress does Atomik work with?
Atomik is compatible with QuarkXPress version 6.5 or higher.

Does it work for Windows and Macintosh?
It is currently only available for Macintosh. However as QuarkXPress itself is cross-platform compatible, you can open documents created in QuarkXPress for Windows on a Macintosh computer too. Therefore you can create the documents on Windows machines and just use Macintosh computers for the XML extraction process.

How long does the process take?
Once you have done the initial set up, the actual extraction of the content into XML is extremely fast. For example a typical 20 page document takes a just a few seconds.

Can Atomik batch process?
This depends on your definition. Atomik can extract content on a document by document basis which in essence is batch processing articles with QuarkXPress documents. However it cannot currently batch process multiple documents automatically. This will be supported in future versions.

Can it handle display advertising?
Atomik can extract both text and images from QuarkXPress documents. This means that if you have a display advert which is a single image file, that image name and path will be extracted from the document. However Atomik will not break an individual image down into text and image components.

Can I add meta-data using Atomik?
Yes. Atomik comes with two applications, the AtomikXT and Atomik Enhancer. The Enhancer application enables you to manipulate and enhance the extracted XML file including the addition of meta-data to it.

Can I import XML into QuarkXPress with Atomik?
No. Atomik currently only supports XML export. However XML import will be supported in a future version.

How does Atomik handle special fonts sets such as Wingdings?
Atomik exports the characters from the QuarkXPress document but does not extract font information. This means that any characters from special font sets such as Wingdings or Zapfdingbats with simply be exported as a standard character that relates to their position in the character map.

Does Atomik work with all languages?
Atomik works with most 1-byte forward reading languages such. However it cannot currently export content from QuarkXPress for 2-byte languages such as Japanese or reverse reading languages such as Hebrew.

Does it integrate with existing systems?
XML is a widely adopted industry standard. This means that almost all of the major systems in use today fully support XML as a data transfer format. This includes the major databases, content management systems and Web application servers.

Does Atomik integrate with Easypress?
Yes. You can import the XML content using the Easypress BackOffice. This enables rapid publishing of XML content onto your Website using Easypress.

What if we redesign our publication?
No problem, all you have to do is reconfigure the rule set for your document and you can continue to use Atomik.

What if the structure of my QuarkXPress documents changes?
This is really to do with your DTD design. As long as you design your DTD sufficiently, it should not need to be changed every time your document structure changes. However if you do have to change your DTD structure, you will then need to alter the Atomik set up accordingly.

Can you use any DTD?
Yes, as long as your DTD conforms to the XML standards defined by the WC3, Atomik will be able to use it.

Does Atomik work with other schema languages?
Atomik currently only supports DTDs as they are the most commonly-used and stable schemas. However a future version of Atomik will provide support for other schema languages.