(Almost) Free QuarkXPress!

Many jobs in publishing require familiarity with the desktop publishing program QuarkXPress. This normally costs hundreds of pounds to buy, so I thought some readers might like to know that in the UK version 5 of the software is being given away free on the cover disk of March's PC Pro magazine. The cost of this is just 3.99 UKP with the CD version of the cover disk, 4.99 UKP with the DVD-ROM (Quark is included on both).

This is an earlier version of the program (they are now up to QuarkXPress 7), but it is full and unrestricted, not a demo or shareware version. If you want to try out the program and gain some experience using it (so you can add it your CV/resume?), in my view it's well worth paying the modest cost of the magazine.

I'm sorry non-UK readers may be unable to get hold of PC Pro. However, it's always worth checking the cover CDs/DVDs on computer magazines to see if this or other useful software is being given away in your country as well.