[mpancha]

I'm trying to fix a mess in the prepress dept of a client. Basically they have 3 copies of Quark, need to do some formatting, and are trying to transfer their licenses to different machines so they can continue to work during the format. I have the hard copies, but I don't know which license went with which computer.

I've run across a keyboard combination that you have to press during startup to find the serial in Quark 7 in the past, but now I can't find that website, or any help on google for finding it in 6.1

Anyone know how I can do this? Basically I just want to know what a serial number is for a Quark install via the software. Some software keeps it in the about section, quark doesn't. Others use a keyboard combination (for example Quark 7)... is there something like this for 6.1?

[ChrisF]

Hold down the option key, choose "about QuarkXpress" from the Quark menu. It's been the same all along, AFAIK.

[headbirth]

Does anyone know if you can install both Quark 6 and 7 on the same machine and not be in violation of your license? If I have 7 installed and were to try to install 6 would it pickup an activation code from Quark's website?

[mpancha]

I have Quark 6.5 & 7.0 installed on 3 Macs at a client's office. I'm not sure if its in violation of the license, but for business purposes we needed both installed. The version of 7.0 we have installed is the upgrade.

That's the way things were installed when I started working at that client's office, there's never been a compatibility issue for us. But again, as far as the licensing goes, I'm not 100% sure.

ChrisF >> thanks!

[headbirth]

I'll have to give it a shot. Quark connects over the internet to activate the install. I'm just wondering if when I installed 7 it negates any previous license to install.