Sonar Bookends range of XTensions shipping for QuarkXPress 8
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Aug 27, 2008 at 6:07am
XChange International has announced the release of the Sonar Bookends range of XTensions for QuarkXPress v8. Users can upgrade from earlier versions and they are available for both Mac and Windows platforms.
Sonar Bookends Xref is a cross-reference generator for QuarkXPress. A cross-reference is the insertion of the current page number of an item, such as a table, chapter, figure, or appendix, into a document to facilitate the reader finding that item. The page number can optionally include a chapter reference. Anytime a document is modified, all that is necessary is to tell Sonar Bookends Xref to update the imbedded page numbers. In seconds, all of the document’s cross-references will be adjusted. Even documents consisting of multiple files can be cross-referenced by opening all of the files before updating the page numbers. Sonar Bookends Xref uses a proprietary “labelling” system so that the cross-referencing information can be entered anytime, even as a document is being written.
Sonar Bookends Sequence is a QuarkXTension that automatically numbers figures and tables in a document and makes working with figures and tables easy. Users insert or remove a figure or table, tell Sonar Bookends Sequence to update the sequence numbers,All existing figures and tables (”destinations”) are completely renumbered. Additionally, all locations where figures or tables are referenced (”references”) are updated, too.
Sonar Bookends Sequence uses labels to associate figure/table references with destinations. A label can be selected from a pop-up list of currently defined labels or a new label can be entered manually. A document can consist of one file or many files. Figure and table numbers can increment sequentially from file to file, or they can restart for each file. The figure/table numbers can be embedded to give a more complicated figure or table name format.
Sonar Bookends Fnote is a footnote/endnote management package for QuarkXPress. Footnotes and endnotes and their associated references are connected using a tagging system. The notes are numbered dynamically using a user-selectable numbering scheme and sorted so that they are in the correct order to match their references in the document. Special style sheets are used to format the note numbers so that the note numbers can be restyled. Multiple files can be managed at one time by simply opening them all at once. Sonar Bookends Fnote uses labels to associate each footnote or endnote reference with a particular footnote or endnote destination. The user can either select the desired label from a pop-up list of currently defined labels or a new label can be entered manually.
Sonar Bookends QkLink allows users to define PDF bookmarks and hyperlinks directly within QuarkXPress so they are automatically generated when the PDF version of the document is created. Bookmarks can be defined manually or can be detected automatically using various attributes that the user specifies. Hyperlinks are defined manually. When the document is later converted to a PDF, the specified bookmarks and hyperlinks appear in the PDF automatically.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
