Instead of calling my client to ask her to save the spreadsheet out to a tab-delimited text file, I simply converted it to an Excel file in a flat minute with my trusty MacLinkPlus Deluxe ($79.99) software from DataViz, which is now on version 16.
#Convert quark to indesign free trial pro
Remember that Quatro Pro (DOS) file I mentioned? I needed to get data out of it to include in a chart, but I didn’t have a PC running DOS, let alone Quatro Pro. Here are some trusted conversion tools I’ve come to rely upon to get me out of just about any file format jam. Ack! What the heck is a CWK file?Īs a business owner, I want to make it as easy as possible for clients to work with me, but I can’t go broke buying every application under the sun just to open their occasional weirdo file. My ever-lovin’ clients blithely send me files created in the dawn of time (WQ1, which is Quatro Pro DOS), files from a program they’ve upgraded to and so assume everyone else has too (DOCX, the new Microsoft Word format), and every format in between, from WS4 (WordStar) to CDR (CorelDraw) to PUB (Microsoft Publisher) - all without a thought that I may not be able to do anything with them.įigure 1. In their sweet naiveté, they assume that if you have a computer, you can open any computer file, period. Most clients don’t need to be as computer-savvy as we do it’s just a peripheral tool to them. To me, the real challenge for designers is dealing with the hundreds of other file formats out there, the ones clients occasionally ask you to pull content from. Luckily, most layout programs (Web, print, or presentation) can import a wide variety of graphics file formats and if they can’t, a quick trip to an image converter utility (or in and out of Photoshop, Illustrator, or CorelDRAW) will spit out a version in an appropriate format.
Your clients and vendors assume you know the limitations and appropriate use of all the image file types: JPEG, TIFF, PSD, AI, EPS, GIF, PNG, DNG, BMP… Tell me, did you take that class at Design School U? I bet they forgot to tell you in design school that you need to become an expert in computer file formats to survive, let alone succeed, in our field.Ĭonsider graphic file formats. Written by Anne-Marie “HerGeekness” Concepcion on July 9, 2008
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