Hi Diane, You have two better options: A) You can purchase a copy of Quark 5 upgrade, which will allow you to downsave to 4 B) You can purchase a copy of the MarkzTools 5.5 XTension, which will allow you to open 5 or 6 docs in 4 http://www.markzware.com/markztools5 Hope this helps. Dan Mishkind Principal Pure Design Co. LLC -------------------------- Visual Positioning for the Natural Products Industry -------------------------- 413-548-9900 x1 413-548-9902 fax http://www.puredesignco.com On 1/20/05 8:30 AM, "Diane H K" <artdirector.diane at comcast.net> wrote: > I use QuarkXPress 4.1 on OS 9 (I know, I know . . .). The problem is that > overseas clients are sending me Quark docs that they say have been saved > back to Quark 4, but more than half the time my Quark just won't open > them. I'm also sent the Quark 5 versions and I just archive those. > > Is there anyone on the list that can AFFORDABLY convert Quark 5/6 docs > reliably back to Quark 4? If so, what is your price per document, and > your turn-around time if I leave the files on my FTP site for your > download? One major condition is that you would have to post the > converted finished files on your own FTP site for my pick-up. In either > case, the files I leave would be compressed using Stuffit for Mac, and > I'd want the same in return, to maintain file integrity and conserve > download/upload time. > > Please let me know on- or off-list. Thanks! > > Sincerely, > Diane H K > > Greenfield, MA.