2017

Installing XTensions modules
QuarkXPress ships with a default set of XTensions modules. You can also install
additional XTensions software developed by Quark or by third-party companies.
Most XTensions come in two parts, one file for the functionality of the XTensions
module, and another file for its user interface. The name of the user interface module
typically ends in "UI". XTensions modules that do not have any user interface do not
have to have a UI file.
Mac OS X
QuarkXPress 2017 is released as an “App Bundle” for Mac OS X. In order to make this
possible, all of the supporting folders, including the default XTensions, have been
moved inside the self-contained app bundle. QuarkXPress 2017 will load third party
XTensions from the following two locations:
•
~/Library/Application Support/Quark/QuarkXPress 2017/XTensions
•
/Library/Application Support/Quark/QuarkXPress 2017/XTensions
If the XTension is placed in the main library path, it will be available to all the users
on that Mac. If deployed in the user’s library path, the XTension will only be available
to that particular user. If the same XTension exists in both of these locations, then
the one in the user’s library location will get the preference.
The XTensions must be placed in one of these folders for QuarkXPress 2017 to load
them. Do not make a change in the QuarkXPress app bundle. Newly installed XTensions
modules will load the next time you launch.
The XTensions Disabled folder was deprecated with QuarkXPress 2017 on Mac and
will no longer be supported. The disabled XTensions will be recorded in the following
file: ~/Library/Application Support/Quark/QuarkXPress
2017/XTSettings.plist.
Windows
To install XTensions modules on Windows, place them in the XTensions folder within
your application folder. Newly installed XTensions modules will load the next time
you launch.
10 | GETTING STARTED WITH QUARKXPRESS 2017
INSTALLING XTENSIONS MODULES