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The tour will call at Bristol, Edinburgh, London and Manchester between 27 August and 3 September and provide a chance to get hands-on with QuarkXPress's new tools - including native Illustrator file import, improved picture, illustration, and text tools, fully customisable hanging characters, and design grids - and learn how to design layouts that can be applied across print, the web and to Flash.

"It's a great opportunity for attendees to meet with fellow designers, creative professionals, industry influencers, and their local Quark Team," said Terry Welty, senior vice president of Corporate Marketing

Quark will also be demonstrating the application's Mac-only features, including image layout sharing with Aperture and iPhoto, as well as support for Automator.

For details and dates and to register, go to euro.quark.com/en/about/events.