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Special January Offer: Buy One Get One Free!

Purchase a new single full product of QuarkXPress 8 before 31st January and we’ll give you another license worth £779/€1159 ABSOLUTELY FREE*. QuarkXPress 8 delivers an intuitive new interface, easy Flash® authoring, stunning new typographic features, native Illustrator® and Photoshop® file import and global publishing

* Promotion applies to new single boxed products and download licenses of QuarkXPress 8 full products only. It excludes upgrades, site/volume licenses and educational and not-for-profit licenses.

**The additional license of QuarkXPress 8 will be a non-transferable fully functional copy of QuarkXPress 8 provided electronically. For details on how to redeem your free license as well full terms and conditions, visit 8.quark.com/en/2for1.

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Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. This update provides the latest fixes to Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. Additionally, this update contains improvements to stability and reliability.

• Reliability is improved when you open Office for Mac documents by using third-party applications. This update fixes an issue that causes Office for Mac documents not to open by using certain third-party applications.
• Office for Mac Updater request users to close Microsoft AutoUpdate during the update process.This update fixes an issue that causes Office for Mac updater to request users to close AutoUpdate when the Office updater is running. When the users close AutoUpdate, the updater also stops the Office update process.
• Stability is improved. This update fixes an issue that causes Outlook to crash or close unexpectedly sometimes when you import a .pst file that contains categories. Specifically, categories that have no category names assigned to them.

Visit the Microsoft website for more information.

AirPrint is a free software update with Apple’s iOS 4.2, and will enable wireless printing of mail, photos, web pages and more from select apps – no set up or downloads required. Firmware updates  six existing HP printers that will allow those printers to support AirPrint.

• Officejet 6500A e-AiO5
• Officejet 6500A Plus e-AiO5
• Officejet 7500A Wide Format e-AiO5
• Officejet Pro 8500A e-AiO5
• Officejet Pro 8500A Plus e-AiO5
• Officejet Pro 8500A Premium e-AiO5

Visit the HP website for more information.

This update addresses overall stability and performance issues, and also includes specific fixes that:

• address compatibility with the iLife Media Browser
• improve reliability when upgrading existing Aperture libraries
• address issues with publishing photos to MobileMe, Facebook and Flickr

The update is recommended for all users of Aperture 3.

Visit the Apple website for more information.

NEW! QuarkXPress 8.5 now available as a Free Update*

The latest free update to QuarkXPress 8 resolves more than 80 customer reported issues, adds import and export of Microsoft Word DOCX (.docx) format, updated and new PANTONE colour libraries, new Auto Updater. *Free for all existing QuarkXpress 8 users.

Pick a bundle, any bundle – Extended until December 31, 2010

If you’re not yet using QuarkXPress 8, don’t forget you can take advantage of Quark’s fantastic Magic Bundles. Upgrade or buy QuarkXPress 8 and choose between receiving ID2Q, MarkzTools + 1,000 OpenType fonts or 12 months QuarkXPress Maintenance + 1,000 OpenType fonts absolutelyFREE with every purchase.

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