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The company says that the acquisition will enable it to support Word within both desktop and enterprise workflows.

In.vision initially partnered with Quark to supply Xpress Author for Microsoft Word, which helps Word users to create reusable XML content for Quark's Dynamic Publishing Solution. Integrating the two companies will simplify implementation while extending

"Uniting our two companies creates an ideal combination of complementary products, technologies and knowledge," said Ray Schiavone, Quark's chief executive. "By combining In.vision's user-friendly authoring capability with our professional publishing expertise, we are confident that Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution will be one of the most comprehensive and compelling solutions available today."

As part of the acquisition, Quark also gains products that support industry standards such as DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture), an XML-based architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering technical information, and SPL (Structured Product Labeling), developed by the US Food and Drug Administration for defining the content of prescription drug labelling.

In.vision will help Quark develop software for connecting to enterprise content management systems, especially Microsoft SharePoint.