FreeHand MX EPS to editable Quark file?

[The Baron]

I have a client who is under the impression he can export a "Quark EPS" file
and have Quark (6.1) (Mac OS X 10.3.x) open it as an editable file. I kind of
think this is under the "too good to be true" category, but he insists he used
to do it in Mac OS 9 with Quark 5 and Freehand 8.

Any light on the subject?

[Odysseus]

In article <cgfuag$9nr$1@forums.macromedia.com>,
"The Baron" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote:

> I have a client who is under the impression he can export a "Quark EPS" file
> and have Quark (6.1) (Mac OS X 10.3.x) open it as an editable file. I kind
> of
> think this is under the "too good to be true" category, but he insists he
> used
> to do it in Mac OS 9 with Quark 5 and Freehand 8.
>
> Any light on the subject?

I can't say for certain, as I don't have QuarkXPress v6 and only use v5
to save down to v4, but I also am extremely suspicious of this claim. I
have never known QX to be able to edit any kind of EPSF, although of
course it can import, transform, crop, and print them.

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Odysseus

[Danny Whitehead]

I think that maybe it's just his definition of 'editable' that's off.
Like Odysseus says, Quark can place, resize and print EPS files, but it
can't edit them. The name of the 'QuarkXPress EPS' format that FH can
export is a little misleading, as it really doesn't really have much to
do with QuarkXPress.

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Danny