{"id":878,"date":"2008-03-16T18:45:16","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T01:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/2008\/03\/16\/newsletter-433-preview-a-brief-look-at-the-night-owls-software-toolbox\/"},"modified":"2008-03-25T06:47:18","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T13:47:18","slug":"newsletter-433-preview-a-brief-look-at-the-night-owls-software-toolbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2008\/03\/newsletter-433-preview-a-brief-look-at-the-night-owls-software-toolbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #433 Preview: A Brief Look at The Night Owl&#8217;s Software Toolbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you asked me several years ago which Mac software I found indispensable, I probably would have placed QuarkXPress at or near the top of the list. Although I have made my living for years as a writer, I also worked for a time in the traditional typesetting industry, and later migrated to desktop publishing. 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