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A Guide to QuarkXPress 8.5:
PLUS Edition
Contents
About this guide.............................................................................17
What we're assuming about you..........................................................................17
Where to go for help............................................................................................17
Conventions..........................................................................................................18
Technology note...................................................................................................18
The user interface...........................................................................20
Tools......................................................................................................................20
Web tools..............................................................................................................22
Menus...................................................................................................................23
QuarkXPress menu (Mac OS only).................................................................................23
File menu.......................................................................................................................24
Edit menu......................................................................................................................25
Style menu.....................................................................................................................27
Item menu.....................................................................................................................29
Page menu....................................................................................................................31
Layout menu..................................................................................................................31
Table menu...................................................................................................................32
View menu.....................................................................................................................32
Utilities menu.................................................................................................................33
Window menu...............................................................................................................35
Help menu ....................................................................................................................36
Context menus......................................................................................................36
Palettes.................................................................................................................36
Tools palette.................................................................................................................37
Measurements palette...................................................................................................37
Page Layout palette......................................................................................................38
Style Sheets palette.......................................................................................................39
Colors palette................................................................................................................39
Shared Content palette.................................................................................................40
Trap Information palette...............................................................................................40
Lists palette...................................................................................................................41
Profile Information palette.............................................................................................42
Glyphs palette...............................................................................................................42
Hyperlinks palette.........................................................................................................43
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Index palette.................................................................................................................44
Layers palette................................................................................................................44
Picture Effects palette...................................................................................................45
PSD Import palette........................................................................................................45
Palette groups and palette sets............................................................................46
Layout controls.....................................................................................................47
Splitting a window................................................................................................47
Creating a window................................................................................................48
Projects and layouts........................................................................49
Working with projects..........................................................................................49
Options for Print layouts................................................................................................50
Options for Web layouts...............................................................................................51
Saving and naming a QuarkXPress project...................................................................51
Exporting layouts and projects......................................................................................51
Working with layouts............................................................................................52
Project-level and layout-level resources........................................................................52
Working with guides.............................................................................................53
Column and margin guides...........................................................................................53
Ruler guides..................................................................................................................54
Snapping to guides.......................................................................................................54
Undoing and redoing actions................................................................................55
Boxes, lines, and tables...................................................................56
Understanding items and content.........................................................................56
Understanding handles.........................................................................................57
Understanding Bézier shapes...............................................................................59
Working with boxes..............................................................................................60
Creating text and picture boxes....................................................................................61
Resizing boxes...............................................................................................................62
Reshaping boxes...........................................................................................................62
Adding frames to boxes................................................................................................63
Applying colors to boxes..............................................................................................63
Applying blends to boxes.............................................................................................63
Merging and splitting boxes.........................................................................................64
Adding text and pictures to boxes................................................................................65
Changing box type........................................................................................................65
Working with lines................................................................................................65
Creating lines................................................................................................................65
Line modes for straight lines.........................................................................................66
Resizing lines.................................................................................................................66
Reshaping lines.............................................................................................................67
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Controlling line appearance..........................................................................................67
Joining lines..................................................................................................................68
Manipulating items...............................................................................................68
Selecting items..............................................................................................................68
Moving items.................................................................................................................68
Cutting, copying, and pasting items.............................................................................68
Controlling the stacking order of items.........................................................................69
Grouping items.............................................................................................................69
Duplicating items..........................................................................................................70
Spacing and aligning items ..........................................................................................70
Rotating items...............................................................................................................71
Skewing items...............................................................................................................71
Locking and unlocking items.........................................................................................71
Anchoring items and groups in text..............................................................................71
Working with tables..............................................................................................72
Drawing a table.............................................................................................................72
Converting text to tables...............................................................................................73
Importing Excel tables...................................................................................................74
Importing Excel charts...................................................................................................76
Adding text and pictures to tables................................................................................76
Editing table text ..........................................................................................................76
Linking table cells..........................................................................................................77
Formatting tables..........................................................................................................77
Formatting gridlines......................................................................................................77
Inserting and deleting rows and columns.....................................................................78
Combining cells.............................................................................................................79
Manually resizing tables, rows, and columns................................................................79
Converting tables back to text......................................................................................79
Working with tables and groups...................................................................................79
Breaking a table manually.............................................................................................80
Adding header and footer rows to tables.....................................................................81
Text and typography.......................................................................82
Editing text...........................................................................................................82
Importing and exporting text...............................................................................82
Import/export filters......................................................................................................83
Importing and exporting text with Unicode options.....................................................84
Finding and changing text....................................................................................84
Checking spelling..................................................................................................85
Auxiliary dictionaries.....................................................................................................87
Applying character attributes...............................................................................87
Applying a font..............................................................................................................87
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Choosing a font size......................................................................................................87
Applying type styles......................................................................................................88
Applying color, shade, and opacity...............................................................................89
Applying horizontal or vertical scale.............................................................................89
Applying baseline shift..................................................................................................90
Applying emphasis........................................................................................................90
Controlling half-width characters .................................................................................90
Counting characters......................................................................................................90
Working with font sets...................................................................................................90
Working with grouped characters.................................................................................91
Aligning characters on a line.........................................................................................92
Applying multiple character attributes..........................................................................94
Applying paragraph attributes.............................................................................95
Controlling alignment...................................................................................................95
Controlling indentation.................................................................................................96
Controlling leading........................................................................................................97
Controlling space before and after paragraphs............................................................98
Setting tabs...................................................................................................................98
Controlling widow and orphan lines.............................................................................98
Working with non-breaking character sets....................................................................99
Controlling kerning...............................................................................................99
Kerning manually.........................................................................................................100
Kerning automatically..................................................................................................100
Controlling hyphenation and justification...........................................................100
Specifying hyphenation exceptions............................................................................102
Using discretionary hyphens.......................................................................................102
Controlling tracking............................................................................................103
Tracking manually........................................................................................................103
Editing tracking tables.................................................................................................103
Sending ......................................................................................................................104
Working with style sheets..................................................................................104
Creating and editing paragraph style sheets..............................................................104
Creating and editing character style sheets................................................................107
Applying style sheets..................................................................................................108
Appending style sheets...............................................................................................108
Positioning text in text boxes.............................................................................108
Using baseline grid......................................................................................................108
Aligning text vertically.................................................................................................109
Specifying text inset....................................................................................................109
Specifying story direction............................................................................................109
Controlling font usage........................................................................................110
Converting text to boxes....................................................................................110
Using text runaround..........................................................................................110
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Running text around all sides of an item.....................................................................111
Running text around lines and text paths....................................................................111
Running text around text boxes .................................................................................111
Running text around pictures......................................................................................112
Fine-tuning a runaround path.....................................................................................113
Editing a runaround path............................................................................................113
Working with text paths.....................................................................................114
Creating drop caps.............................................................................................114
Creating rules above and below paragraphs......................................................115
Using anchored boxes.........................................................................................115
Anchoring boxes and lines in text...............................................................................115
Cutting, copying, pasting, and deleting anchored boxes and lines...........................116
Unanchoring boxes and lines......................................................................................116
Working with OpenType fonts...........................................................................116
Applying OpenType styles..........................................................................................116
Using ligatures.............................................................................................................118
Working with the Glyphs palette........................................................................119
Displaying invisible characters............................................................................121
Inserting special characters.................................................................................121
Inserting spaces...........................................................................................................121
Inserting other special characters................................................................................121
Specifying character language............................................................................121
Using font fallback..............................................................................................121
Importing and exporting text with Unicode options..........................................122
Working with font mapping rules.......................................................................122
Working with design grids..................................................................................123
Understanding design grids........................................................................................123
Design grid basics.......................................................................................................125
Working with grid styles..............................................................................................136
Using design grids.......................................................................................................139
Working with rubi text.......................................................................................140
Rubi alignment options...............................................................................................142
Mono rubi....................................................................................................................144
Rubi base alignment options.......................................................................................145
Rubi overhang options................................................................................................147
Working with hanging characters.......................................................................148
Creating hanging character classes.............................................................................150
Creating hanging character sets ................................................................................151
Applying hanging character sets.................................................................................152
Working with mojigumi sets and classes............................................................152
Creating and editing mojigumi character classes.......................................................153
Creating and editing mojigumi sets............................................................................154
Applying mojigumi sets...............................................................................................157
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Character mapping for legacy projects...............................................................157
Mapping for projects that use UDA/VDA characters..................................................157
Mapping for projects that use custom characters.......................................................159
Pictures.........................................................................................160
Understanding pictures.......................................................................................160
Supported picture file types...............................................................................161
Working with pictures.........................................................................................162
Importing a picture......................................................................................................162
Moving pictures...........................................................................................................162
Resizing pictures..........................................................................................................163
Cropping pictures.......................................................................................................163
Rotating and skewing pictures....................................................................................163
Coloring and shading pictures....................................................................................163
Flipping pictures..........................................................................................................163
Listing, verifying status of, and updating pictures.......................................................164
Specifying background colors for pictures..................................................................164
Maintaining picture attributes.....................................................................................164
Working with clipping paths...............................................................................164
Creating clipping paths...............................................................................................165
Using embedded clipping paths.................................................................................166
Manipulating clipping paths........................................................................................166
Creating special effects with clipping paths................................................................167
Working with alpha masks..................................................................................167
Working with PSD pictures.................................................................................168
Preparing PSD files......................................................................................................169
Working with PSD layers.............................................................................................169
Working with PSD channels.........................................................................................170
Working with PSD paths..............................................................................................171
Printing with PSD Import.............................................................................................171
Using picture effects...........................................................................................172
Working with picture effects........................................................................................172
Removing and deleting picture effects.......................................................................172
Displaying effects at full resolution.............................................................................173
Picture Effects: Filters..................................................................................................173
Picture Effects: Adjustments........................................................................................174
Saving and loading Picture Effects presets.................................................................175
Reviewing Picture Effects usage..................................................................................176
Saving picture files......................................................................................................176
Color, opacity, and drop shadows................................................177
Understanding color...........................................................................................177
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Understanding spot and process colors......................................................................177
Specifying matching system colors.............................................................................178
Working with colors............................................................................................178
The Colors palette.......................................................................................................178
The Colors dialog box.................................................................................................179
Creating a color...........................................................................................................179
Editing a color.............................................................................................................180
Duplicating a color......................................................................................................180
Deleting a color...........................................................................................................180
Importing colors from another article or project.........................................................180
Changing all instances of one color to another color.................................................181
Applying color, shade, and blends.............................................................................181
Applying color and shade to text................................................................................181
Applying color and shade to lines...............................................................................182
Working with opacity..........................................................................................182
Specifying opacity.......................................................................................................182
Specifying opacity for groups.....................................................................................182
Creating blends with transparency..............................................................................183
Color management..............................................................................................183
Source setups and output setups................................................................................183
The color management experience for users..............................................................183
Working with source setups and output setups from a color expert..........................185
Working in a legacy color management environment................................................185
Proofing color on screen (soft proofing)......................................................................186
Color management for experts...................................................................................187
Creating a source setup..............................................................................................187
Creating an output setup............................................................................................187
Managing profiles.......................................................................................................188
Working with drop shadows...............................................................................189
Applying drop shadows..............................................................................................190
Customizing drop shadows.........................................................................................190
Incorporating drop shadows with items......................................................................190
Document construction.................................................................191
Using automatic page numbering.......................................................................191
Creating an automatic text box..........................................................................191
Working with layers............................................................................................192
Understanding layers...................................................................................................192
Creating layers............................................................................................................193
Selecting layers...........................................................................................................193
Showing and hiding layers..........................................................................................194
Determining which layer an item is on........................................................................194
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Deleting layers............................................................................................................195
Changing layer options...............................................................................................195
Moving items to a different layer................................................................................196
Changing the stacking order of layers........................................................................196
Layers and text runaround...........................................................................................197
Duplicating layers........................................................................................................197
Merging layers.............................................................................................................197
Locking items on layers...............................................................................................198
Using master pages with layers...................................................................................198
Suppressing printout of layers.....................................................................................199
Working with lists...............................................................................................199
Preparing for lists.........................................................................................................199
Creating a list..............................................................................................................200
Importing lists from another document.......................................................................201
Navigating with lists....................................................................................................201
Building lists................................................................................................................202
Updating lists..............................................................................................................202
Working with lists in books..........................................................................................202
Working with indexes.........................................................................................203
Specifying the index marker color...............................................................................203
Creating index entries.................................................................................................204
Creating cross-references............................................................................................205
Editing an index entry.................................................................................................207
Deleting an index entry...............................................................................................207
Specifying the punctuation used in an index..............................................................207
Building an index.........................................................................................................208
Editing final indexes....................................................................................................209
Working with books............................................................................................210
Creating books............................................................................................................211
Working with chapters.................................................................................................211
Controlling page numbers..........................................................................................213
Synchronizing chapters...............................................................................................214
Printing chapters.........................................................................................................215
Creating indexes and tables of contents for books....................................................216
Working with libraries.........................................................................................216
Creating libraries.........................................................................................................217
Adding library entries..................................................................................................217
Retrieving library entries..............................................................................................218
Manipulating library entries.........................................................................................218
Working with labels.....................................................................................................218
Saving libraries............................................................................................................219
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Output...........................................................................................220
Printing layouts...................................................................................................220
Updating picture paths................................................................................................220
Setting Print dialog box controls.................................................................................221
Print dialog box...........................................................................................................222
Printing color separations............................................................................................227
Printing color composites............................................................................................228
Exporting layouts................................................................................................229
Exporting a layout in EPS format.................................................................................230
Exporting a layout in PDF format................................................................................230
Creating a PostScript file.............................................................................................232
Using Collect for Output.....................................................................................232
Working with output styles................................................................................233
Working with trapping........................................................................................234
Understanding trapping..............................................................................................234
Trapping EPS pictures.................................................................................................235
Creating and using a rich black...................................................................................236
Understanding flattening and production issues................................................236
Collaboration and single-sourcing.................................................238
Working with shared content.............................................................................238
Sharing and synchronizing content.............................................................................240
Understanding synchronization options......................................................................241
Placing a synchronized item........................................................................................242
Placing synchronized content......................................................................................242
Importing content into the shared content library......................................................242
Working with Composition Zones.......................................................................243
Understanding Composition Zones............................................................................243
Creating a Composition Zones item...........................................................................248
Placing a Composition Zones item..............................................................................250
Sharing a composition layout......................................................................................252
Using Collaboration Setup..................................................................................260
Linking to other projects.............................................................................................260
Viewing information about linkable composition layouts ..........................................261
Importing and managing shared content....................................................................261
Specifying update options..........................................................................................262
Interactive layouts.........................................................................263
Understanding Interactive layouts......................................................................263
Types of Interactive layouts.........................................................................................264
Types of objects..........................................................................................................264
Interactive layouts in action.........................................................................................265
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Creating interactive building blocks...................................................................272
Creating a Presentation layout....................................................................................272
Creating an object.......................................................................................................273
Configuring an SWF object.........................................................................................274
Configuring a Video object.........................................................................................276
Working with Animation objects.................................................................................277
Working with Button objects.......................................................................................283
Image Sequence layouts, Button layouts, and Shared Content..................................287
Working with menus....................................................................................................287
Configuring a Window object.....................................................................................291
Configuring a Text Box object....................................................................................292
Working with transitions..............................................................................................293
Working with pages in Interactive layouts...................................................................294
Working with keyboard commands.............................................................................296
Configuring Interactive preferences............................................................................297
Working with actions..........................................................................................297
Assigning actions........................................................................................................298
Action reference..........................................................................................................298
Working with events...........................................................................................306
Choosing a user event.................................................................................................307
Configuring user events..............................................................................................307
Working with scripts...........................................................................................309
Creating a script..........................................................................................................309
Using conditional statements......................................................................................310
Running a script ..........................................................................................................313
Exporting and importing scripts..................................................................................314
Previewing and exporting Interactive layouts....................................................314
Previewing a Presentation layout................................................................................314
Checking interactive object usage..............................................................................315
Exporting a Presentation layout..................................................................................315
Configuring export settings........................................................................................316
Working with expressions...................................................................................317
Understanding expressions.........................................................................................317
Using the Expression Editor dialog box......................................................................320
Job Jackets...................................................................................323
Understanding Job Jackets.................................................................................323
What are Job Jackets?................................................................................................324
The structure of Job Jackets.......................................................................................324
Sample Job Jackets workflow.....................................................................................329
Working with Job Jackets...................................................................................330
Basic mode and advanced mode................................................................................330
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Creating Job Jackets files...........................................................................................331
Working with Job Tickets...................................................................................335
Creating a Job Ticket template...................................................................................335
Adding a layout definition to a Job Ticket: Advanced mode.....................................340
Applying a Job Ticket template to a project...............................................................341
Applying a layout definition to a project.....................................................................344
Collaborating with shared Job Jackets.......................................................................344
Exporting and importing Job Tickets..........................................................................347
The default Job Jackets file................................................................................348
Editing the default Job Ticket template: File menu....................................................348
Editing the default Job Ticket template: Utilities menu..............................................348
Editing the default Job Jackets file.............................................................................349
Working with Resources: Advanced mode.........................................................349
Accessing Resources: Advanced mode.......................................................................349
Configuring Resources: Advanced mode....................................................................350
Specifying the location of Resources: Advanced mode..............................................351
Working with Layout Specifications....................................................................352
Creating a Layout Specification: Advanced mode......................................................352
Applying a Layout Specification to a layout................................................................353
Working with Output Specifications...................................................................355
Creating an Output Specification: Advanced mode...................................................356
Applying an Output Specification to a layout.............................................................356
Using Output Specifications with Output Job............................................................358
Working with Rules and Rule Sets......................................................................359
Creating Rules: Advanced mode................................................................................360
Adding Rules to a Rule Set: Advanced mode.............................................................362
Applying a Rule Set to a layout...................................................................................363
Evaluating a layout.............................................................................................365
Job Jackets locking.............................................................................................367
Printing with JDF output....................................................................................368
Web layouts..................................................................................370
Working with Web layouts.................................................................................370
Creating a Web layout................................................................................................370
Text boxes in Web layouts..........................................................................................372
Graphic elements in Web layouts...............................................................................374
Converting to and from Web layouts..........................................................................375
Web layout limitations.................................................................................................376
Hyperlinks...........................................................................................................376
Creating a destination.................................................................................................378
Creating an anchor......................................................................................................379
Creating a hyperlink using an existing destination.....................................................379
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Creating a hyperlink from scratch...............................................................................380
Showing links in the Hyperlinks palette.......................................................................380
Formatting hyperlinks..................................................................................................380
Editing and deleting destinations...............................................................................381
Editing and deleting anchors......................................................................................381
Editing and deleting hyperlinks...................................................................................381
Navigating using the Hyperlinks palette.....................................................................381
Rollovers.............................................................................................................382
Creating a basic rollover.............................................................................................382
Editing and deleting basic rollovers............................................................................383
Creating a two-position rollover..................................................................................383
Switching between rollover images in the layout........................................................383
Removing a target from a two-position rollover box..................................................384
Unlinking a two-position rollover................................................................................384
Image maps.........................................................................................................384
Creating an image map...............................................................................................384
Editing an image map.................................................................................................385
Forms..................................................................................................................385
Creating a form box....................................................................................................386
Adding a text, password, or hidden field control.......................................................387
Adding a button control..............................................................................................388
Adding an image button control.................................................................................388
Adding pop-up menu and list controls.......................................................................389
Adding a group of radio button controls ...................................................................389
Adding a check box control .......................................................................................390
Adding a file submission control ................................................................................390
Menus.................................................................................................................391
Working with standard menus.....................................................................................391
Working with cascading menus...................................................................................393
Tables in Web layouts.........................................................................................396
Meta tags............................................................................................................397
Creating a meta tag set...............................................................................................397
Specifying a meta tag set for a Web page .................................................................398
Previewing Web pages.......................................................................................398
Specifying additional browsers for preview ...............................................................399
Exporting Web pages.........................................................................................399
Preparing for export ...................................................................................................399
Exporting a Web page ...............................................................................................399
Working with multiple languages..................................................402
Applying a character language...........................................................................402
Changing the program language........................................................................403
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XTensions software.......................................................................404
Working with XTensions modules.......................................................................404
Installing XTensions modules......................................................................................404
Enabling and disabling XTensions modules................................................................404
Working with XTensions sets.......................................................................................405
Custom Bleeds XTensions software....................................................................405
Using Custom Bleeds..................................................................................................405
Using Clip at Bleed Edge............................................................................................406
DejaVu XTensions software................................................................................406
Drop Shadow XTensions software......................................................................407
Full Resolution Preview XTensions software......................................................408
Guide Manager Pro XTensions software............................................................408
Using the Guides palette.............................................................................................409
Guides palette menu...................................................................................................410
Creating guides with Guide Manager Pro...................................................................410
Creating grids with Guide Manager Pro.....................................................................412
Creating rows and columns.........................................................................................413
Creating bleed and safety guides...............................................................................414
HTML Text Import XTensions software..............................................................416
Item Find/Change XTensions software...............................................................416
Item Styles XTensions software..........................................................................418
Using the Item Styles palette......................................................................................418
Creating Item Styles....................................................................................................419
Checking Item Style usage..........................................................................................420
OPI XTensions software......................................................................................421
Targeting an imported picture for OPI exchange.......................................................421
Activating OPI for a layout..........................................................................................421
Creating OPI comments for print, EPS, and PDF........................................................422
PDF Filter XTensions software...........................................................................422
Importing a PDF file into a picture box.......................................................................422
Scale XTensions software...................................................................................423
Scissors XTensions software...............................................................................424
Script XTensions software..................................................................................425
Box Tools submenu.....................................................................................................425
Grid submenu..............................................................................................................426
Images submenu.........................................................................................................426
Picture Box submenu..................................................................................................426
Printing submenu........................................................................................................426
Saving submenu..........................................................................................................426
Special submenu.........................................................................................................427
Stories submenu..........................................................................................................427
Tables submenu..........................................................................................................427
Typography submenu.................................................................................................427
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Shape of Things XTensions software..................................................................428
Using the Star Box tool...............................................................................................428
Super Step and Repeat XTensions software.......................................................428
Using Super Step and Repeat.....................................................................................428
Table Import XTensions software.......................................................................429
Type Tricks..........................................................................................................430
Make Fraction..............................................................................................................430
Make Price...................................................................................................................430
Word Space Tracking..................................................................................................431
Line Check...................................................................................................................431
Custom Underline.......................................................................................................432
Word 6–2000 Filter.............................................................................................432
WordPerfect Filter .............................................................................................432
XSLT Export XTensions software.......................................................................432
Other XTensions modules...................................................................................433
Preferences...................................................................................435
Understanding preferences................................................................................435
Nonmatching Preferences alert...................................................................................435
Changes to QuarkXPress preferences.........................................................................436
What's in the preferences files....................................................................................436
Application preferences......................................................................................437
Preferences — Application — Display........................................................................438
Preferences — Application — Input Settings..............................................................438
Preferences — Application — Font Fallback...............................................................439
Preferences — Application — Undo...........................................................................440
Preferences — Application — Open and Save...........................................................440
Preferences — Application — XTensions Manager....................................................441
Preferences — Application — Sharing........................................................................441
Preferences — Application — Fonts...........................................................................441
Preferences — Application — File List........................................................................441
Preferences — Application — Default Path................................................................442
Preferences — Application — EPS..............................................................................442
Preferences — Application — Full Res Preview..........................................................442
Preferences — Application — Browsers......................................................................443
Preferences — Application — Index...........................................................................443
Preferences — Application — Job Jackets.................................................................443
Preferences — Application — PDF.............................................................................444
Preferences — Application — PSD Import..................................................................444
Preferences — Application — Placeholders................................................................445
Preferences — Application — SpellCheck..................................................................445
Preferences — Application — Fraction/Price..............................................................445
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Preferences — Application — Picture Effects.............................................................446
Project preferences.............................................................................................446
Preferences — Project — General...............................................................................446
Layout preferences.............................................................................................447
Preferences — Layout — General...............................................................................447
Preferences — Layout — Measurements....................................................................448
Preferences — Layout — Paragraph...........................................................................449
Preferences — Layout — Character............................................................................450
Preferences — Layout — Tools...................................................................................451
Preferences — Layout — Trapping.............................................................................452
Preferences — Layout — Guides and Grid.................................................................453
Preferences — Layout — Grid Cell Fill........................................................................453
Preferences — Layout — Color Manager....................................................................454
Preferences — Layout — Layers..................................................................................455
Preferences — Layout — Presentation........................................................................455
Preferences — Layout — SWF....................................................................................455
Legal notices.................................................................................456
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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 and Windows to give publishers control over
typography, color, and collaboration. In addition to unique typographic controls,
QuarkXPress offers comprehensive font management with TrueType®, OpenType®, and
Unicode® support. 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
custom modules for QuarkXPress. QuarkXTensions® (Quark® XTensions software) also
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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
The Tools palette includes the following controls:
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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.
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Use the Text Content tool to draw text boxes and work with text in boxes.
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