They are a specialized word processor, a QuarkXPress XTension, a system extension that integrates other applications with QPS, a server that tracks all publication files, and publication and system management tools. This review is based on QPS 1.12, though version 2 might be available by the time it is published. QPS 2 was supposed to follow QXP 4 by three to six months. We will wait another six months before upgrading. The QuarkDispatch application controls the QuarkDispatch database, the central component of a Quark Publishing System.
Pictures are any type of graphic that can be placed in a QuarkXPress document.
Layouts are QuarkXPress files. QDS has information about each file and the linkages between files. Users check files in and out through the QDS, even though the files reside on a separate file server. The server knows which files are checked out, who has them, what revisions exist, etc. Users communicate with the server through a QuarkDispatch menu.