Want to upgrade your copy of the QuarkXPress software? The first thing that you would require is the unique serial number that the Quark Inc. attaches to each of its products. If you are using a genuine copy of the QuarkXPress software in your computer or Mac, you will also be provided with one of these numbers. Finding out this serial number can be an issue in some cases- especially if you have lost it.
Follow the instruction given below, provided by the tech support team from Quark Inc., if you want to find out the serial number of the QuarkXPress software you are using in your computer. Chances are that you are either a Mac user or a Windows computer user, so instructions that are needed to be followed in both the cases are given below.
Instructions for Mac users
If you are using a Mac, then these are the guidelines that you should follow.
• First of all, turn on your system and then open the version of the QuarkXPress in your system.
• Press the “Option” key on your keyboard while you bring up the "QuarkXPress" Menu and then click on the "About QuarkXPress” option.
• A "QuarkXPress Environment" window will now be displayed on the screen, in which details such as the version of the QuarkXPress software you are using along with other information such as patch level, serial number and build number. Other details that will be displayed on the screen are the version of the operating system that you are running on your system, the language and then the name of your printer. Information regarding the installed XTensions will also be available in the Environment window.
Guidelines for Windows users
• Hold down the “Ctrl” key on your keyboard while selecting the “About QuarkXPress” option from the “Help” menu in order to view the QuarkXPress Environment window. In this window itself, the information regarding the software such as, QuarkXPress version, patch level, serial number and build number will be displayed. There will also be other details that you will be able to see, such as your operating system language, name of your default printer, printer driver and Network. You will be able to get information pertaining to the XTensions too, from the Environment window.
The tech support team from Quark Inc. provided us with these instructions, which are of course going to be very useful to those who use the software.