Quark QuarkXPress 10.0 User guide

A Guide to QuarkXPress 10

Contents

About this guide.............................................................................15

What we're assuming about you..........................................................................15

Where to go for help............................................................................................15

Conventions..........................................................................................................16

Technology note...................................................................................................16

The user interface...........................................................................18

Tools......................................................................................................................18

Menus...................................................................................................................21

QuarkXPress menu (Mac OS X only).............................................................................21

File menu.......................................................................................................................21

Edit menu......................................................................................................................22

Style menu.....................................................................................................................24

Item menu.....................................................................................................................26

Page menu....................................................................................................................28

Layout menu..................................................................................................................28

Table menu...................................................................................................................29

View menu.....................................................................................................................30

Utilities menu.................................................................................................................31

Window menu...............................................................................................................33

Help menu ....................................................................................................................34

Context menus......................................................................................................35

Palettes.................................................................................................................35

Advanced Image Control palette..................................................................................35

Callout Styles palette....................................................................................................36

Colors palette................................................................................................................36

Conditional Styles palette.............................................................................................37

Content palette.............................................................................................................37

Glyphs palette...............................................................................................................37

Grid Styles palette.........................................................................................................38

Guides palette...............................................................................................................39

HTML5 Palette...............................................................................................................39

Index palette.................................................................................................................39

Item Styles palette.........................................................................................................40

Layers palette................................................................................................................40

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Lists palette...................................................................................................................41

Measurements palette...................................................................................................41

Measurements palette - Mac OS X...............................................................................42

Measurements palette - Windows.................................................................................44

Page Layout palette......................................................................................................45

Profile Information palette.............................................................................................45

Reflow Table of Contents palette..................................................................................46

Reflow Tagging palette.................................................................................................46

Scale palette..................................................................................................................46

Style Sheets palette.......................................................................................................46

Tools palette.................................................................................................................47

Palette groups and palette sets............................................................................47

Layout controls.....................................................................................................49

Views and view sets..............................................................................................49

Splitting a window.........................................................................................................50

Creating a window........................................................................................................51

Using Story Editor view.................................................................................................51

View sets........................................................................................................................51

Projects and layouts........................................................................54

Working with projects..........................................................................................54

Options for Print layouts................................................................................................55

Saving and naming a QuarkXPress project...................................................................56

Exporting layouts and projects......................................................................................56

Working with layouts............................................................................................56

Project-level and layout-level resources........................................................................57

Working with guides.............................................................................................58

Column and margin guides...........................................................................................58

Ruler guides..................................................................................................................58

Snapping to guides.......................................................................................................59

Undoing and redoing actions................................................................................59

Boxes, lines, and tables...................................................................60

Understanding items and content.........................................................................60

Understanding handles.........................................................................................61

Understanding Bézier shapes...............................................................................62

Working with boxes..............................................................................................64

Creating text and picture boxes....................................................................................64

Resizing boxes...............................................................................................................66

Locking box and picture proportions............................................................................66

Reshaping boxes...........................................................................................................67

Adding frames to boxes................................................................................................67

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Applying colors to boxes..............................................................................................68

Applying blends to boxes.............................................................................................68

Merging and splitting boxes.........................................................................................69

Adding text and pictures to boxes................................................................................69

Changing box type........................................................................................................69

Creating a box from a clipping path.............................................................................70

Working with lines................................................................................................70

Creating lines................................................................................................................70

Line modes for straight lines.........................................................................................71

Resizing lines.................................................................................................................71

Reshaping lines.............................................................................................................72

Controlling line appearance..........................................................................................72

Joining lines..................................................................................................................72

Joining, extending and closing open paths..................................................................73

Manipulating items...............................................................................................73

Selecting items..............................................................................................................73

Moving items.................................................................................................................73

Cutting, copying, and pasting items.............................................................................74

Controlling the stacking order of items.........................................................................74

Grouping items.............................................................................................................74

Duplicating items..........................................................................................................75

Spacing and aligning items ..........................................................................................76

Rotating items...............................................................................................................76

Skewing items...............................................................................................................77

Locking and unlocking items.........................................................................................77

Anchoring items and groups in text..............................................................................77

Working with callouts...........................................................................................77

Understanding callouts..................................................................................................78

Creating a callout..........................................................................................................80

Configuring a callout anchor.........................................................................................81

Working with callout styles............................................................................................82

Callouts and runaround.................................................................................................83

Working with tables..............................................................................................83

Drawing a table.............................................................................................................83

Converting text to tables...............................................................................................85

Importing Excel tables...................................................................................................86

Importing Excel charts...................................................................................................87

Adding text and pictures to tables................................................................................88

Editing table text ..........................................................................................................88

Linking table cells..........................................................................................................88

Formatting tables..........................................................................................................89

Formatting gridlines......................................................................................................89

Inserting and deleting rows and columns.....................................................................90

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Combining cells.............................................................................................................91

Manually resizing tables, rows, and columns................................................................91

Converting tables back to text......................................................................................91

Working with tables and groups...................................................................................91

Continuing tables in other locations.............................................................................91

Text and typography.......................................................................96

Editing text...........................................................................................................96

Importing and exporting text...............................................................................97

Import/export filters......................................................................................................97

Importing and exporting text with Unicode options.....................................................98

Finding and changing text....................................................................................98

Special character codes.................................................................................................99

Checking spelling................................................................................................100

Auxiliary dictionaries...................................................................................................101

Counting words and characters..........................................................................102

Applying character attributes.............................................................................102

Applying a font............................................................................................................102

Choosing a font size....................................................................................................103

Applying type styles....................................................................................................103

Applying color, shade, and opacity.............................................................................104

Applying horizontal or vertical scale...........................................................................104

Applying baseline shift................................................................................................105

Applying emphasis......................................................................................................105

Controlling half-width characters ...............................................................................106

Counting characters....................................................................................................106

Working with font sets.................................................................................................106

Working with grouped characters...............................................................................107

Aligning characters on a line.......................................................................................107

Applying multiple character attributes........................................................................110

Applying paragraph attributes...........................................................................111

Controlling alignment.................................................................................................111

Controlling indentation...............................................................................................112

Controlling leading......................................................................................................113

Controlling space before and after paragraphs..........................................................114

Setting tabs.................................................................................................................114

Controlling widow and orphan lines...........................................................................115

Working with non-breaking character sets..................................................................115

Controlling kerning.............................................................................................116

Kerning manually.........................................................................................................116

Kerning automatically..................................................................................................116

Controlling hyphenation and justification...........................................................117

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Specifying hyphenation exceptions............................................................................119

Using discretionary hyphens.......................................................................................119

Controlling tracking............................................................................................119

Tracking manually........................................................................................................120

Editing tracking tables.................................................................................................120

Sending ......................................................................................................................120

Working with style sheets..................................................................................121

Creating and editing paragraph style sheets..............................................................121

Creating and editing character style sheets................................................................123

Applying style sheets..................................................................................................125

Appending style sheets...............................................................................................126

Working with conditional styles..........................................................................126

Creating a conditional style.........................................................................................128

Applying a conditional style........................................................................................130

Removing conditional styles........................................................................................131

Using conditional style markers...................................................................................131

Editing a conditional style...........................................................................................132

Bullets and numbering........................................................................................133

Working with bullet styles...........................................................................................133

Working with numbering styles...................................................................................135

Working with outline styles.........................................................................................136

Bullets, numbering, outlines, and style sheets............................................................138

Positioning text in text boxes.............................................................................139

Using baseline grid......................................................................................................139

Aligning text vertically.................................................................................................139

Specifying text inset....................................................................................................140

Specifying story direction............................................................................................140

Controlling font usage........................................................................................141

Converting text to boxes....................................................................................141

Using text runaround..........................................................................................141

Running text around all sides of an item.....................................................................142

Running text around lines and text paths....................................................................142

Running text around text boxes .................................................................................143

Running text around pictures......................................................................................143

Fine-tuning a runaround path.....................................................................................144

Editing a runaround path............................................................................................145

Working with text paths.....................................................................................145

Creating drop caps.............................................................................................146

Creating rules above and below paragraphs......................................................146

Using anchored boxes.........................................................................................147

Anchoring boxes and lines in text...............................................................................147

Cutting, copying, pasting, and deleting anchored boxes and lines...........................147

Unanchoring boxes and lines......................................................................................147

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Working with OpenType fonts...........................................................................147

Applying OpenType styles..........................................................................................148

Using ligatures.............................................................................................................151

Working with the Glyphs palette........................................................................151

Displaying invisible characters............................................................................153

Inserting special characters.................................................................................153

Inserting spaces...........................................................................................................153

Inserting other special characters................................................................................153

Specifying character language............................................................................153

Using font fallback..............................................................................................153

Importing and exporting text with Unicode options..........................................154

Working with font mapping rules.......................................................................154

Working with design grids..................................................................................155

Understanding design grids........................................................................................155

Design grid basics.......................................................................................................159

Working with grid styles..............................................................................................170

Using design grids.......................................................................................................173

Working with rubi text.......................................................................................175

Rubi alignment options...............................................................................................177

Mono rubi....................................................................................................................179

Rubi base alignment options.......................................................................................180

Rubi overhang options................................................................................................182

Working with hanging characters.......................................................................183

Creating hanging character classes.............................................................................186

Creating hanging character sets ................................................................................187

Applying hanging character sets.................................................................................187

Working with mojigumi sets and classes............................................................188

Creating and editing mojigumi character classes.......................................................188

Creating and editing mojigumi sets............................................................................189

Applying mojigumi sets...............................................................................................192

Character mapping for legacy projects...............................................................192

Mapping for projects that use UDA/VDA characters..................................................192

Mapping for projects that use custom characters.......................................................194

Pictures.........................................................................................195

Working with pictures.........................................................................................195

Importing a picture......................................................................................................195

Moving pictures...........................................................................................................196

Resizing pictures..........................................................................................................196

Cropping pictures.......................................................................................................196

Rotating and skewing pictures....................................................................................196

Coloring and shading pictures....................................................................................197

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Flipping pictures..........................................................................................................197

Listing, verifying status of, and updating pictures.......................................................197

Specifying background colors for pictures..................................................................197

Maintaining picture attributes.....................................................................................198

Working with clipping paths...............................................................................198

Creating clipping paths...............................................................................................198

Using embedded clipping paths.................................................................................200

Manipulating clipping paths........................................................................................200

Creating special effects with clipping paths................................................................200

Working with alpha masks..................................................................................201

Working with PSD pictures.................................................................................201

Preparing PSD files......................................................................................................202

Working with PSD layers.............................................................................................202

Working with PSD channels.........................................................................................203

Working with PSD paths..............................................................................................204

Printing with PSD Import.............................................................................................205

Color, opacity, and drop shadows................................................206

Working with colors............................................................................................206

The Colors palette.......................................................................................................206

The Colors dialog box.................................................................................................206

Creating a color...........................................................................................................207

Editing a color.............................................................................................................208

Duplicating a color......................................................................................................208

Deleting a color...........................................................................................................208

Importing colors from another article or project.........................................................209

Changing all instances of one color to another color.................................................209

Applying color, shade, and blends.............................................................................209

Applying color and shade to text................................................................................209

Applying color and shade to lines...............................................................................209

Working with opacity..........................................................................................210

Specifying opacity.......................................................................................................210

Specifying opacity for groups.....................................................................................210

Creating blends with transparency..............................................................................211

Color management..............................................................................................211

Source setups and output setups................................................................................211

The color management experience for users..............................................................211

Working with source setups and output setups from a color expert..........................212

Working in a legacy color management environment................................................213

Proofing color on screen (soft proofing)......................................................................214

Color management for experts...................................................................................214

Creating a source setup..............................................................................................215

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Creating an output setup............................................................................................215

Managing profiles.......................................................................................................216

Working with drop shadows...............................................................................217

Applying drop shadows..............................................................................................217

Customizing drop shadows.........................................................................................218

Incorporating drop shadows with items......................................................................218

Document construction.................................................................219

Using automatic page numbering.......................................................................219

Creating an automatic text box..........................................................................219

Working with master pages................................................................................220

Creating a master page...............................................................................................220

Applying master pages...............................................................................................225

Updating master pages...............................................................................................225

Master pages and layout families................................................................................226

Working with layers............................................................................................226

Understanding layers...................................................................................................227

Creating layers............................................................................................................227

Selecting layers...........................................................................................................228

Showing and hiding layers..........................................................................................228

Determining which layer an item is on........................................................................229

Deleting layers............................................................................................................229

Changing layer options...............................................................................................229

Moving items to a different layer................................................................................230

Copying and pasting items between layers................................................................231

Changing the stacking order of layers........................................................................231

Layers and text runaround...........................................................................................231

Duplicating layers........................................................................................................232

Merging layers.............................................................................................................232

Locking items on layers...............................................................................................233

Using master pages with layers...................................................................................233

Suppressing printout of layers.....................................................................................233

Using PDF layers.........................................................................................................234

Working with lists...............................................................................................234

Preparing for lists.........................................................................................................234

Creating a list..............................................................................................................235

Importing lists from another document.......................................................................236

Navigating with lists....................................................................................................236

Building lists................................................................................................................237

Updating lists..............................................................................................................237

Working with indexes.........................................................................................237

Specifying the index marker color...............................................................................237

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Creating index entries.................................................................................................238

Creating cross-references............................................................................................240

Editing an index entry.................................................................................................241

Deleting an index entry...............................................................................................241

Specifying the punctuation used in an index..............................................................241

Building an index.........................................................................................................242

Editing final indexes....................................................................................................243

Working with libraries.........................................................................................244

Creating libraries.........................................................................................................245

Adding library entries..................................................................................................245

Retrieving library entries..............................................................................................246

Manipulating library entries.........................................................................................246

Working with labels.....................................................................................................246

Saving libraries............................................................................................................247

Output...........................................................................................248

Printing layouts...................................................................................................248

Updating picture paths................................................................................................248

Setting Print dialog box controls.................................................................................248

Print dialog box...........................................................................................................250

Printing color separations............................................................................................255

Printing color composites............................................................................................256

Exporting layouts................................................................................................257

Exporting a layout in EPS format.................................................................................257

Exporting a layout in PDF format................................................................................258

Creating a PostScript file.............................................................................................260

Using Collect for Output.....................................................................................260

Working with output styles................................................................................261

Working with trapping........................................................................................262

Understanding flattening and production issues................................................262

Collaboration and single-sourcing.................................................264

Working with shared content.............................................................................264

Sharing and synchronizing content.............................................................................265

Understanding synchronization options......................................................................267

Placing a synchronized item........................................................................................268

Placing synchronized content......................................................................................268

Importing content into the shared content library......................................................268

Working with Composition Zones.......................................................................269

Understanding Composition Zones............................................................................269

Creating a Composition Zones item...........................................................................272

Placing a Composition Zones item..............................................................................274

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Editing a composition layout: Content.......................................................................276

Editing the contents of a composition layout.............................................................276

Unsynchronizing a composition layout........................................................................277

Deleting a composition layout....................................................................................277

eBooks...........................................................................................278

Working with Reflow view..................................................................................278

Creating reflow articles................................................................................................280

Mapping style sheets to Reflow tags..........................................................................284

Adding content to a reflow article...............................................................................285

Splitting a reflow component......................................................................................286

Reordering components in a reflow article.................................................................286

Editing content in Reflow view....................................................................................286

Updating content in Reflow view................................................................................290

Adding interactivity to ePub eBooks..................................................................291

Adding audio to an ePub eBook.................................................................................291

Adding video to an ePub eBook.................................................................................291

Adding hyperlinks and anchors to an ePub eBook.....................................................292

Creating a TOC for ePub or Kindle.....................................................................292

Working with eBook metadata...........................................................................293

Exporting for ePub.............................................................................................294

Specifying CSS for ePub export..................................................................................295

Exporting for Kindle...........................................................................................295

Job Jackets...................................................................................297

Understanding Job Jackets.................................................................................297

What are Job Jackets?................................................................................................298

The structure of Job Jackets.......................................................................................298

Sample Job Jackets workflow.....................................................................................302

Working with Job Jackets...................................................................................303

Basic mode and Advanced mode...............................................................................303

Creating Job Jackets files...........................................................................................304

Working with Job Tickets...................................................................................308

Creating a Job Ticket template...................................................................................308

Adding a layout definition to a Job Ticket: Advanced mode.....................................313

Applying a Job Ticket template to a project...............................................................314

Applying a layout definition to a project.....................................................................317

Exporting and importing Job Tickets..........................................................................317

The default Job Jackets file................................................................................318

Editing the default Job Ticket template: File menu....................................................318

Editing the default Job Ticket template: Utilities menu..............................................318

Editing the default Job Jackets file.............................................................................319

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Working with Resources: Advanced mode.........................................................319

Accessing Resources: Advanced mode.......................................................................319

Configuring Resources: Advanced mode....................................................................320

Specifying the location of Resources: Advanced mode..............................................321

Working with Layout Specifications....................................................................322

Creating a Layout Specification: Advanced mode......................................................323

Applying a Layout Specification to a layout................................................................323

Working with Rules and Rule Sets......................................................................325

Creating Rules: Advanced mode................................................................................326

Adding Rules to a Rule Set: Advanced mode.............................................................328

Applying a Rule Set to a layout...................................................................................329

Evaluating a layout.............................................................................................331

Job Jackets locking.............................................................................................333

Printing with JDF output....................................................................................335

Working with multiple languages..................................................336

Applying a character language...........................................................................336

Changing the program language........................................................................337

XTensions software.......................................................................338

Working with XTensions modules.......................................................................338

Installing XTensions modules......................................................................................338

Enabling and disabling XTensions modules................................................................338

Working with XTensions sets (Windows only) ............................................................339

Custom Bleeds XTensions software....................................................................339

Using Custom Bleeds..................................................................................................340

Using Clip at Bleed Edge............................................................................................340

DejaVu XTensions software (Windows only) .....................................................340

Drop Shadow XTensions software......................................................................341

Guide Manager Pro XTensions software............................................................342

Using the Guides palette.............................................................................................342

Guides palette menu...................................................................................................344

Creating guides with Guide Manager Pro...................................................................344

Creating grids with Guide Manager Pro.....................................................................346

Creating rows and columns.........................................................................................348

Creating bleed and safety guides...............................................................................349

Item Find/Change XTensions software...............................................................351

Item Styles XTensions software..........................................................................353

Using the Item Styles palette......................................................................................353

Creating Item Styles....................................................................................................354

Checking Item Style usage..........................................................................................355

PDF Filter XTensions software...........................................................................356

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Importing a PDF file into a picture box.......................................................................356

Scale XTensions software...................................................................................356

Scissors XTensions software...............................................................................358

Script XTensions software..................................................................................359

Box Tools submenu.....................................................................................................359

Grid submenu..............................................................................................................360

Images submenu.........................................................................................................360

Picture Box submenu..................................................................................................360

Saving submenu..........................................................................................................360

Special submenu.........................................................................................................361

Stories submenu..........................................................................................................361

Tables submenu..........................................................................................................361

Typography submenu.................................................................................................361

Shape of Things XTensions software..................................................................362

Using the Starburst tool...............................................................................................362

Super Step and Repeat XTensions software.......................................................362

Using Super Step and Repeat.....................................................................................362

Table Import XTensions software.......................................................................363

Type Tricks..........................................................................................................364

Make Fraction..............................................................................................................364

Make Price...................................................................................................................364

Word Space Tracking..................................................................................................364

Line Check...................................................................................................................365

Custom Underline.......................................................................................................365

Word 6–2000 Filter.............................................................................................366

Cloner XTensions software.................................................................................366

ImageGrid XTensions software...........................................................................367

Linkster XTensions software...............................................................................369

ShapeMaker XTensions software........................................................................371

ShapeMaker Waves tab...............................................................................................371

ShapeMaker Polygons tab..........................................................................................372

ShapeMaker Spirals tab...............................................................................................374

ShapeMaker Rectangles tab........................................................................................374

ShapeMaker Presets tab..............................................................................................375

Other XTensions modules...................................................................................376

Preferences...................................................................................378

Understanding preferences................................................................................378

Nonmatching Preferences alert...................................................................................378

Changes to QuarkXPress preferences.........................................................................379

What's in the preferences files....................................................................................379

Application preferences......................................................................................380

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Preferences — Application — Display........................................................................381

Preferences — Application — Input Settings..............................................................381

Preferences — Application — Font Fallback...............................................................382

Preferences — Application — Undo...........................................................................383

Preferences — Application — Open and Save...........................................................383

Preferences — Application — XTensions Manager....................................................384

Preferences — Application — Sharing........................................................................384

Preferences — Application — Fonts...........................................................................384

Preferences — Application — Text Highlighting........................................................384

Preferences — Application — East Asian....................................................................385

Preferences — Application — File List........................................................................385

Preferences — Application — Default Path................................................................385

Preferences — Application — Index...........................................................................385

Preferences — Application — Job Jackets.................................................................386

Preferences — Application — PDF.............................................................................386

Preferences — Application — Spell-Check.................................................................387

Preferences — Application — Tables..........................................................................387

Preferences — Application — Fraction/Price..............................................................387

Project preferences.............................................................................................388

Preferences — Project — General...............................................................................388

Layout preferences.............................................................................................388

Preferences — Layout — General...............................................................................389

Preferences — Layout — Measurements....................................................................390

Preferences — Layout — Paragraph...........................................................................390

Preferences — Layout — Character............................................................................391

Preferences — Layout — Tools...................................................................................393

Preferences — Layout — Guides and Grid.................................................................394

Preferences — Layout — Grid Cell Fill........................................................................394

Preferences — Layout — Color Manager....................................................................395

Preferences — Layout — Layers..................................................................................395

Legal notices.................................................................................396

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About this guide

You do not need to read the QuarkXPress® documentation from beginning to end. Instead,

use this guide to quickly look up information, find out what you need to know, and get

on with your work.

What we're assuming about you

In writing this guide, we assume that you are familiar with your computer and know how

to:

• Launch an application

• Open, save, and close files

• Use menus, dialog boxes, and palettes

• Work within a networked computing environment

• Use the mouse, keyboard commands, and modifier keys

Consult the documentation provided with your computer or other resources if you need

more information in any of these areas.

Where to go for help

If you're new to QuarkXPress, or if you want to explore one of its other longstanding

features, consult the following resources:

• A Guide to QuarkXPress

• QuarkXPress Help

• Third-party books

• General books about desktop publishing

If your issues are at the system level — saving files, moving files, activating fonts, for

example — consult the documentation resources provided with your computer.

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Conventions

Formatting conventions highlight information to help you quickly find what you need.

• Bold type style: The names of all dialog boxes, fields, and other controls are set in bold

type. For example: "Click OK."

• References: In descriptions of features, parenthetical references guide you in accessing

those features. For example: "The Find/Change dialog box (Edit menu) lets you find and

replace text."

• Arrows: You will often see arrows (>), which map out the menu path to a feature. For

example: "Choose Edit > Style Sheets to display the Style Sheets dialog box."

• Icons: Although many tools and buttons are referenced by name, which you can see by

displaying ToolTips, in some cases icons are shown for easy identification. For example,

"Click the button on the Measurements palette to center text."

• Cross-platform issues: This application is quite consistent across operating systems. However,

some labels, buttons, key combinations, and other aspects of the application must differ

between Mac OS® and Windows® because of user interface conventions or other factors.

In such cases, both the Mac OS and Windows versions are presented, separated by a slash,

with the Mac OS version presented first. For example, if the Mac OS version of a button

is labeled Select, and the Windows version is labeled Browse, you are directed to "Click

Select/Browse." More complex cross-platform differences are mentioned in notes or

parenthetical statements.

Technology note

Quark developed QuarkXPress for Mac OS X and Windows to give publishers control over

typography, color, and collaboration. In addition to unique typographic controls,

QuarkXPress offers comprehensive font support, including support for TrueType®,

OpenType®, and Unicode®. Designers can use PANTONE® (the PANTONE MATCHING

SYSTEM®), Hexachrome®, Trumatch®, Focoltone®, DIC®, and Toyo to add color to page

layouts.

QuarkXPress acts as a hub for collaborative publishing environments because it allows

you to import and export content in multiple file formats, and to share design components

with other users. You can import files from applications such as Microsoft® Word, Microsoft

Excel®, WordPerfect®, Adobe® Illustrator®, and Adobe Photoshop®. You can output

content as PostScript® or in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat® Reader®. You can also export

files that can be viewed using QuickTime®, Internet Explorer®, Safari®, Firefox®, and

Netscape Navigator®. With Quark Interactive Designer™, you can export layouts in Flash®

format. Using features such as Job Jackets® and Composition Zones®, you can be sure

that multiple people share specifications to produce consistent publications, even while

working on a single publication simultaneously.

The QuarkXPress software architecture lets you and software developers expand publishing

capability. Through XTensions® software technology, third-party developers can create

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custom modules for QuarkXPress. QuarkXTensions® (Quark® XTensions software) also

provide a modular approach for meeting your particular publishing needs. And if you can

write AppleScript® scripts, you can use this scripting language from Apple® to automate

many QuarkXPress activities.

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The user interface

Skimming through the QuarkXPress user interface, you will find that many commands

are familiar or self-explanatory. Once you become familiar with QuarkXPress menus and

dialog boxes, you will discover that keyboard commands and palettes offer convenient

access to features that you can also access through menus.

Tools

The Tools palette

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The Tools palette includes the following controls:

•

Use the Item tool to select, move, resize, and reshape items (boxes, lines, text paths,

and groups). When the Item tool is not selected, you can press Command/Ctrl to

temporarily access the Item tool.

•

Use the Text Content tool to draw text boxes and work with text in boxes.

•

Use the Text Linking tool to link text boxes.

•

Use the Text Unlinking tool to unlink text boxes.

•

Use the Picture Content tool to draw picture boxes and work with pictures in boxes.

•

Use the Rectangle Box tool to create a rectangular box. To draw a square box, press

and hold Shift while drawing.

•

Use the Oval Box tool to create an oval box. To create a circular box, press and hold

Shift while drawing.

•

Use the Starburst tool to create a star-shaped box.

•

Use the Composition Zones tool to create a Composition Zones box.

•

Use the Line tool to create straight diagonal lines of any angle. To constrain a line angle

to 45 degrees, press and hold Shift while drawing.

•

Use the Bézier Pen tool to create Bézier lines and boxes. To constrain a line angle to

45 degrees, press and hold Shift while drawing.

•

Use the Add Point tool to add a point to any type of path. Adding a point to a content

box automatically turns the content box into a Bézier item.

•

Use the Remove Point tool to remove a point from any type of path.

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Use the Convert Point tool to automatically convert corner points to curve points, and

curve points to corner points. Click and drag to change the position of a point, the curve

of a curved line segment, or the position of a straight line segment. Select this tool and

click a rectangular box or straight line to convert the item to a Bézier box or line.

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Use the Scissors tool to cut an item into distinct paths.

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Use the Select Point tool to select curves or points so that you can move them or delete

them. Press Shift and click to select multiple points. Option-click/Alt-click a point to make

it symmetrical.

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Use the Freehand Drawing tool to draw any shape line or box you want. If you don't

close a freehand box, it remains a line. To automatically close a freehand box, press

Option/Alt.

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Use the Tables tool to create a table.

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Use the Zoom tool to enlarge or reduce the document view.

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Use the Pan tool to reposition the active layout.

You can use key commands to declare the box content type as you draw using the Rectangle

Box tool: Press R while drawing to declare Picture content or press T while drawing to

declare Text content. To change the content type of an existing box, right-click on the

box and choose Content > Text, Picture or None

For more information about Bézier boxes and lines, see "Creating Bézier boxes" and "Creating

Bézier lines."

To pan the layout while a Pen tool is selected, press Shift+Space and then click and drag.

To add text to a line or path, select the Text Content tool and double-click the line or

path.

For more information about Composition Zones, see "Creating a Composition Zones item."

Users can display the Tools palette (Windows menu) horizontally, as well as vertically.

To display the palette horizontally, on Windows Ctrl+double-click the title bar and on Mac

OS X dock the tool palette to the top edge.

Tool key commands

When no text box or text path is active, you can switch tools quickly using the following

key commands:

Mac OS XWindowsTool

VVItem tool

TTText Content tool

NTText Linking tool

NTText Unlinking tool

RRPicture Content tool

BBRectangle Box tool

BBOval Box tool

BBStarburst tool

BLComposition Zones tool

LPLine tool

PPBézier Pen tool

PPAdd Point tool

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