Quark QuarkXPress - 2018 User Manual

A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018

Contents

About this guide ..........................................................................1

What we’re assuming about you.......................................................................1

Where to go for help ........................................................................................1

Conventions ......................................................................................................1

Technology note................................................................................................2

The user interface ........................................................................3

Tools..................................................................................................................3

Scissors tool ..............................................................................................................6

Starburst tool ............................................................................................................6

ShapeMaker tools .....................................................................................................7

Menus .............................................................................................................24

QuarkXPress menu (Mac OS X only).......................................................................24

File menu ................................................................................................................25

Edit menu................................................................................................................26

Style menu ..............................................................................................................28

Item menu...............................................................................................................31

Page menu..............................................................................................................32

Layout menu ...........................................................................................................33

Table menu .............................................................................................................33

View menu ..............................................................................................................34

Utilities menu ..........................................................................................................36

Window menu.........................................................................................................38

Help menu ..............................................................................................................39

Context menus................................................................................................40

Palettes ...........................................................................................................40

Articles palette........................................................................................................41

Advanced Image Control palette ...........................................................................41

Books palette..........................................................................................................42

Callout Styles palette..............................................................................................42

Colors palette .........................................................................................................42

Conditional Styles palette.......................................................................................43

Content palette.......................................................................................................43

Content Variables palette .......................................................................................44

Footnote Styles palette...........................................................................................44

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Glyphs palette.........................................................................................................45

Gradients palette ....................................................................................................45

Grid Styles palette ..................................................................................................46

Guides palette ........................................................................................................46

HTML5 Palette ........................................................................................................46

yperlinks palette ...................................................................................................47

Image Editing palette .............................................................................................47

Index palette...........................................................................................................47

Item Styles palette ..................................................................................................48

JavaScript palette ...................................................................................................48

JavaScript Debugger palette..................................................................................49

Layers palette..........................................................................................................49

Lists palette.............................................................................................................50

Measurements palette ............................................................................................50

Page Layout palette................................................................................................55

Proﬁle Information palette ......................................................................................56

Redline palette........................................................................................................56

Scale palette ...........................................................................................................56

Style Sheets palette ................................................................................................56

Table Styles palette.................................................................................................57

Text Shading Styles palette.....................................................................................57

Tools palette ...........................................................................................................58

Palette groups and palette sets ..............................................................................58

Layout controls ...............................................................................................60

Views and view sets........................................................................................61

Splitting a window ..................................................................................................61

Creating a window..................................................................................................62

Using Story Editor view...........................................................................................62

View sets .................................................................................................................62

Projects and layouts...................................................................65

Working with projects.....................................................................................65

Options for Print layouts .........................................................................................66

Creating a project from an IDML ﬁle ......................................................................67

Saving and naming a QuarkXPress project.............................................................68

Exporting layouts and projects ...............................................................................68

Custom page size ...................................................................................................69

Working with layouts......................................................................................70

Project-level and layout-level resources..................................................................71

Adaptive scaling .....................................................................................................72

Working with guides.......................................................................................74

Column and margin guides ....................................................................................74

Ruler guides ............................................................................................................74

Snapping to guides.................................................................................................75

Dynamic Guides......................................................................................................75

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Undoing and redoing actions..........................................................................76

Native QuarkXPress objects ......................................................77

Convert an existing item to a native QuarkXPress object..............................77

Import an object as a native QuarkXPress object ..........................................78

Content variables .......................................................................80

Edit content variables .....................................................................................81

Create a custom content variable ...................................................................82

Insert a content variable .................................................................................84

Boxes, lines, and tables..............................................................85

Understanding items and content...................................................................85

Understanding handles ...................................................................................86

Understanding Bézier shapes .........................................................................87

Drop Shadows.................................................................................................90

Item Find/Change ...........................................................................................91

Working with boxes........................................................................................92

Creating text and picture boxes .............................................................................92

Resizing boxes ........................................................................................................93

Locking box and picture proportions......................................................................94

Reshaping boxes.....................................................................................................94

Adding borders to boxes.......................................................................................95

Applying colors to boxes ........................................................................................95

Applying gradients to boxes...................................................................................96

Specifying number of columns in text boxes..........................................................96

Merging and splitting boxes...................................................................................96

Adding text and pictures to boxes .........................................................................97

Changing box type .................................................................................................97

Creating a box from a clipping path.......................................................................98

Copying attributes from one box to another..........................................................98

Super Step and Repeat...........................................................................................98

ShapeMaker ............................................................................................................99

Working with lines ........................................................................................104

Creating lines........................................................................................................105

Line modes for orthogonal lines ...........................................................................105

Resizing lines.........................................................................................................106

Reshaping lines .....................................................................................................106

Controlling line appearance .................................................................................106

Joining lines ..........................................................................................................107

Joining, extending and closing open paths..........................................................107

Copying attributes from one line to another ........................................................107

Manipulating items .......................................................................................108

Selecting items......................................................................................................108

Moving items ........................................................................................................109

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Cutting, copying, and pasting items.....................................................................109

Controlling the stacking order of items ................................................................109

Grouping items .....................................................................................................110

Duplicating items..................................................................................................110

Spacing and aligning items...................................................................................111

otating items.......................................................................................................111

Skewing items .......................................................................................................112

Locking and unlocking items ................................................................................112

Anchoring items and groups in text......................................................................112

Working with callouts ...................................................................................112

Understanding callouts .........................................................................................113

Creating a callout..................................................................................................115

Conﬁguring a callout anchor.................................................................................116

Working with callout styles ...................................................................................116

Callouts and runaround ........................................................................................117

Working with tables......................................................................................117

Drawing a table.....................................................................................................118

Converting text to tables ......................................................................................119

Importing Excel tables ..........................................................................................120

Importing Excel charts ..........................................................................................121

Inline tables...........................................................................................................122

Table styles............................................................................................................123

Adding text and pictures to tables .......................................................................124

Editing table text ..................................................................................................124

Linking table cells .................................................................................................125

Formatting tables..................................................................................................125

Formatting gridlines..............................................................................................125

Inserting and deleting rows and columns.............................................................126

Combining cells ....................................................................................................126

Manually resizing tables, rows, and columns........................................................126

Converting tables back to text..............................................................................126

Working with tables and groups...........................................................................127

Continuing tables in other locations.....................................................................127

Table Import..........................................................................................................130

Text and typography................................................................132

Editing text ...................................................................................................132

Fit Box to Text feature...........................................................................................133

Importing and exporting text .......................................................................133

Importing and exporting text with Unicode options ............................................134

Word Filter ....................................................................................................134

Finding and changing text ............................................................................136

Special character codes ........................................................................................137

Working with footnotes and endnotes .........................................................138

Inserting footnotes and endnotes.........................................................................138

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Footnote/Endnote styles ......................................................................................139

Footnote separators..............................................................................................142

Checking spelling ..........................................................................................144

Auxiliary dictionaries .............................................................................................146

Counting words and characters ....................................................................146

orking with grouped characters ................................................................148

Working with non-breaking character sets ...................................................148

Format painter ..............................................................................................148

Aligning characters on a line.........................................................................149

Applying character attributes.......................................................................151

Applying a font .....................................................................................................152

Choosing a font size .............................................................................................152

Applying type styles..............................................................................................153

Applying color, shade, and opacity ......................................................................153

Applying horizontal or vertical scale .....................................................................154

Applying baseline shift..........................................................................................154

Applying emphasis value ......................................................................................155

Applying text stroke..............................................................................................155

Controlling half-width characters..........................................................................156

Working with font sets ..........................................................................................156

Applying multiple character attributes .................................................................157

Applying paragraph attributes .....................................................................158

Controlling alignment ...........................................................................................158

Controlling indentation.........................................................................................159

Controlling leading ...............................................................................................159

Controlling space before and after paragraphs....................................................160

Controlling column ﬂow........................................................................................161

Setting tabs...........................................................................................................165

Controlling widow and orphan lines .....................................................................165

Working with text shading............................................................................165

Creating and editing text shading styles ..............................................................166

Applying text shading...........................................................................................168

Controlling kerning .......................................................................................170

Kerning manually ..................................................................................................170

Kerning automatically ...........................................................................................170

Controlling hyphenation and justiﬁcation .....................................................171

Specifying hyphenation exceptions ......................................................................174

Hyphenation exception ﬁles .................................................................................175

Using discretionary hyphens .................................................................................183

Controlling tracking ......................................................................................183

Tracking manually .................................................................................................183

Editing tracking tables ..........................................................................................184

Sending.................................................................................................................184

Working with style sheets.............................................................................184

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Creating and editing paragraph style sheets........................................................184

Creating and editing character style sheets..........................................................187

Applying style sheets............................................................................................188

Appending style sheets ........................................................................................189

Working with conditional styles....................................................................189

reating a conditional style ..................................................................................191

Applying a conditional style .................................................................................193

Removing conditional styles .................................................................................194

Using conditional style markers ............................................................................194

Editing a conditional style.....................................................................................196

Bullets and numbering ..................................................................................196

Working with bullet styles.....................................................................................196

Working with numbering styles.............................................................................198

Working with outline styles...................................................................................199

Bullets, numbering, outlines, and style sheets......................................................201

Positioning text in text boxes.......................................................................202

Using baseline grid ...............................................................................................202

Aligning text vertically ..........................................................................................202

Specifying text inset..............................................................................................203

Specifying story direction .....................................................................................203

Controlling font usage ..................................................................................203

Converting text to boxes..............................................................................204

Using text runaround....................................................................................204

Running text around all sides of an item...............................................................204

Running text around lines and text paths .............................................................205

Running text around text boxes............................................................................205

Running text around pictures................................................................................205

Fine-tuning a runaround path ...............................................................................206

Editing a runaround path......................................................................................207

Working with text paths ...............................................................................207

Creating drop caps........................................................................................208

Creating rules above and below paragraphs ................................................208

Using anchored boxes...................................................................................208

Anchoring boxes and lines in text.........................................................................208

Cutting, copying, pasting, and deleting anchored boxes and lines.....................209

External anchors....................................................................................................209

Working with OpenType Styles.....................................................................209

Applying OpenType styles....................................................................................211

Using ligatures ......................................................................................................213

Working with OpenType stylistic sets ...................................................................214

Working with Color Fonts.............................................................................215

Working with the Glyphs palette..................................................................216

Displaying invisible characters......................................................................218

Inserting special characters...........................................................................218

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Inserting spaces ....................................................................................................218

Inserting other special characters .........................................................................219

Specifying character language ......................................................................219

Using font fallback ........................................................................................219

Working with font mapping rules .................................................................219

orking with design grids............................................................................220

Understanding design grids..................................................................................220

Design grid basics.................................................................................................223

Working with grid styles........................................................................................234

Using design grids ................................................................................................236

Working with rubi text..................................................................................238

Rubi alignment options.........................................................................................240

Mono rubi .............................................................................................................242

Rubi base alignment options ................................................................................243

Rubi overhang options..........................................................................................244

Working with hanging characters .................................................................246

Creating hanging character classes ......................................................................248

Creating hanging character sets ...........................................................................249

Applying hanging character sets ..........................................................................249

Working with Mojigumi sets and classes ......................................................249

Creating and editing Mojigumi character classes.................................................250

Creating and editing Mojigumi sets .....................................................................250

Applying Mojigumi sets ........................................................................................254

Character mapping for legacy projects.........................................................254

Mapping for projects that use UDA/VDA characters............................................254

Mapping for projects that use custom characters.................................................256

Type Tricks.....................................................................................................256

Make Fraction .......................................................................................................256

Make Price ............................................................................................................257

Word Space Tracking ............................................................................................257

Line Check ............................................................................................................258

Custom Underline .................................................................................................259

Hyperlinks .....................................................................................................259

Creating a destination...........................................................................................260

Creating an anchor ...............................................................................................261

Creating a hyperlink using an existing destination ...............................................261

Creating a hyperlink from scratch .........................................................................262

Showing links in the Hyperlinks palette ................................................................262

Formatting hyperlinks ...........................................................................................262

Editing and deleting destinations.........................................................................263

Editing and deleting anchors................................................................................263

Editing and deleting hyperlinks ............................................................................263

Navigating using the Hyperlinks palette...............................................................263

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Pictures ....................................................................................264

Working with pictures...................................................................................264

Importing a picture ...............................................................................................264

Moving pictures ....................................................................................................265

esizing pictures ...................................................................................................265

Cropping pictures .................................................................................................266

Rotating and skewing pictures..............................................................................266

Coloring and shading pictures..............................................................................266

Flipping pictures ...................................................................................................266

Listing, verifying status of, and updating pictures ................................................267

Specifying background colors for pictures............................................................267

Maintaining picture attributes...............................................................................267

Editing the raster image .......................................................................................267

Working with clipping paths .........................................................................273

Creating clipping paths.........................................................................................273

Using embedded clipping paths ..........................................................................274

Manipulating clipping paths .................................................................................274

Creating special effects with clipping paths .........................................................275

Working with alpha masks ............................................................................275

Working with PSD pictures ...........................................................................276

Preparing PSD ﬁles ...............................................................................................276

Working with PSD layers.......................................................................................276

Working with PSD channels ..................................................................................277

Working with PSD paths .......................................................................................278

Printing PSD pictures ............................................................................................279

Cross references.......................................................................280

Inserting a cross reference............................................................................280

Synchronizing cross references .....................................................................282

Color, opacity, and drop shadows ............................................283

Working with colors......................................................................................283

The Colors palette ................................................................................................283

The Colors dialog box ..........................................................................................284

Creating a color ....................................................................................................284

Creating gradients ................................................................................................285

Editing a color.......................................................................................................287

Duplicating a color................................................................................................288

Deleting a color ....................................................................................................288

Adding colors using the color picker tool.............................................................288

Importing colors from another article or project...................................................291

Changing all instances of one color to another color...........................................291

Applying color and shade to text .........................................................................291

Applying color and shade to lines ........................................................................292

Applying transparency blend modes....................................................................292

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Working with opacity....................................................................................296

Specifying opacity.................................................................................................296

Specifying opacity for groups ...............................................................................297

Creating blends with transparency .......................................................................297

Color management........................................................................................297

ource setups and output setups .........................................................................297

The color management experience for users .......................................................298

Working with source setups and output setups from a color expert....................299

Working in a legacy color management environment..........................................300

Prooﬁng color on screen (soft prooﬁng) ...............................................................300

Color management for experts.............................................................................301

Creating a source setup........................................................................................301

Creating an output setup......................................................................................302

Managing proﬁles .................................................................................................303

Working with drop shadows .........................................................................304

Applying drop shadows........................................................................................304

Customizing drop shadows...................................................................................304

Incorporating drop shadows with items................................................................305

Custom Bleeds .........................................................................306

Using Custom Bleeds ....................................................................................306

Using Clip at Bleed Edge ..............................................................................307

Item Styles ...............................................................................308

Using the Item Styles palette .......................................................................308

Creating Item Styles .....................................................................................309

Checking Item Style usage............................................................................310

DejaVu (Windows only) ............................................................311

Document construction ............................................................312

Using automatic page numbering .................................................................312

Creating an automatic text box ....................................................................312

Working with master pages..........................................................................313

Creating a master page ........................................................................................313

Applying master pages.........................................................................................317

Updating master pages ........................................................................................317

Master pages and layout families .........................................................................318

Working with layers......................................................................................318

Understanding layers ............................................................................................319

Creating layers ......................................................................................................319

Selecting layers .....................................................................................................319

Showing and hiding layers....................................................................................320

Determining which layer an item is on..................................................................321

Deleting layers ......................................................................................................321

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Changing layer options.........................................................................................321

Moving items to a different layer..........................................................................322

Copying and pasting items between layers..........................................................322

Changing the stacking order of layers..................................................................323

Layers and text runaround ....................................................................................323

uplicating layers .................................................................................................324

Merging layers ......................................................................................................324

Locking items on layers.........................................................................................325

Using master pages with layers.............................................................................325

Suppressing printout of layers ..............................................................................325

Using PDF layers ...................................................................................................326

Working with lists .........................................................................................326

Preparing for lists ..................................................................................................326

Creating a list........................................................................................................327

Importing lists from another document ................................................................328

Navigating with lists..............................................................................................328

Building lists..........................................................................................................328

Updating lists ........................................................................................................329

Working with indexes ...................................................................................329

Specifying the index marker color ........................................................................329

Creating index entries...........................................................................................329

Creating cross-references .....................................................................................331

Editing an index entry...........................................................................................332

Deleting an index entry ........................................................................................333

Specifying the punctuation used in an index........................................................333

Building an index ..................................................................................................334

Editing ﬁnal indexes..............................................................................................335

Working with books......................................................................................336

Creating books......................................................................................................336

Working with chapters ..........................................................................................337

Controlling page numbers....................................................................................339

Synchronizing chapters .........................................................................................340

Printing chapters...................................................................................................341

Generate a PDF from a Book................................................................................341

Creating indexes and tables of contents for books ..............................................342

Working with libraries...................................................................................343

Creating libraries...................................................................................................344

Adding library entries ...........................................................................................344

Retrieving library entries .......................................................................................344

Manipulating library entries ..................................................................................344

Working with labels...............................................................................................345

Saving libraries......................................................................................................345

Guides Palette ..............................................................................................346

Using the Guides palette ......................................................................................346

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Guides palette menu ............................................................................................347

Creating guides with the Guides palette..............................................................348

Creating grids with the Guides palette.................................................................349

Creating rows and columns ..................................................................................350

Creating bleed and safety guides.........................................................................351

cale functionality .........................................................................................353

Cloner functionality.......................................................................................354

ImageGrid functionality ................................................................................356

Linkster functionality ....................................................................................358

Output......................................................................................360

Printing layouts.............................................................................................360

Updating picture paths .........................................................................................360

Setting Print dialog box controls ..........................................................................360

Print dialog box.....................................................................................................362

Printing color separations .....................................................................................367

Printing color composites .....................................................................................368

Exporting layouts..........................................................................................369

Exporting a layout in EPS format ..........................................................................369

Exporting a layout in PDF format..........................................................................370

Creating a PostScript ﬁle.......................................................................................372

Exporting a layout as an image ............................................................................372

Using Collect for Output...............................................................................373

Working with output styles...........................................................................374

App Studio output styles ......................................................................................375

HTML5 Publication output styles ..........................................................................377

Working with trapping..................................................................................378

Understanding ﬂattening and production issues ..........................................379

PDF ...............................................................................................................379

Importing a PDF ﬁle into a picture box.................................................................379

Collaboration and single-sourcing ............................................382

Working with shared content........................................................................382

Sharing and synchronizing content.......................................................................383

Understanding synchronization options................................................................385

Placing a synchronized item..................................................................................386

Placing synchronized content ...............................................................................386

Importing content into the shared content library................................................386

Working with Composition Zones.................................................................386

Understanding Composition Zones ......................................................................386

Creating a Composition Zones item.....................................................................389

Placing a Composition Zones item................................................................391

Managing multiple pages in a placed Composition Zones item ..........................392

Editing the attributes of a Composition Zones item.............................................392

Converting a Composition Zones item to a picture..............................................393

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Unsynchronizing a Composition Zones item.........................................................393

Editing a composition layout: Content .........................................................393

Editing the contents of a composition layout...............................................393

Unsynchronizing a composition layout..........................................................394

Deleting a composition layout ......................................................................394

Notes........................................................................................395

reating notes ..............................................................................................395

Working with notes.......................................................................................396

Opening and closing notes...................................................................................396

Showing and hiding notes ....................................................................................396

Deleting notes ......................................................................................................396

Converting between notes and text .....................................................................396

Viewing notes by author, date, name, or color .....................................................396

Moving and resizing notes....................................................................................397

Printing notes........................................................................................................397

Notes in PDFs .......................................................................................................397

Redline .....................................................................................398

Tracking changes...........................................................................................398

Viewing tracked changes ..............................................................................399

Accepting and rejecting changes ..................................................................399

Job Jackets ..............................................................................401

Understanding Job Jackets...........................................................................401

What are Job Jackets?..........................................................................................402

The structure of Job Jackets.................................................................................402

Sample Job Jackets workﬂow...............................................................................406

Working with Job Jackets.............................................................................407

Basic mode and Advanced mode.........................................................................407

Creating Job Jackets ﬁles .....................................................................................408

Working with Job Tickets .............................................................................412

Creating a Job Ticket template ............................................................................412

Adding a layout deﬁnition to a Job Ticket: Advanced mode...............................416

Applying a Job Ticket template to a project ........................................................417

Applying a layout deﬁnition to a project ..............................................................420

Exporting and importing Job Tickets ...................................................................420

The default Job Jackets ﬁle ..........................................................................421

Editing the default Job Ticket template: File menu .............................................421

Editing the default Job Ticket template: Utilities menu .......................................421

Editing the default Job Jackets ﬁle.......................................................................422

Working with Resources: Advanced mode ...................................................422

Accessing Resources: Advanced mode ................................................................422

Conﬁguring Resources: Advanced mode .............................................................423

Specifying the location of Resources: Advanced mode .......................................424

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Working with Layout Speciﬁcations..............................................................425

Creating a Layout Speciﬁcation: Advanced mode................................................425

Applying a Layout Speciﬁcation to a layout .........................................................426

Working with Rules and Rule Sets ................................................................427

Creating Rules: Advanced mode ..........................................................................428

dding Rules to a Rule Set: Advanced mode.......................................................430

Applying a Rule Set to a layout ............................................................................431

Evaluating a layout .......................................................................................432

Job Jackets locking.......................................................................................434

Printing with JDF output ..............................................................................435

Working with multiple languages.............................................437

Applying a character language .....................................................................437

Changing the program language ..................................................................438

XTensions software ..................................................................439

Working with XTensions modules .................................................................439

Installing XTensions modules................................................................................439

Enabling and disabling XTensions modules..........................................................440

Working with XTensions sets ................................................................................440

(Windows only)......................................................................................................440

Script XTensions software.............................................................................440

Box Tools submenu...............................................................................................441

Grid submenu .......................................................................................................441

Images submenu...................................................................................................442

Picture Box submenu ............................................................................................442

Saving submenu....................................................................................................442

Special submenu...................................................................................................442

Stories submenu ...................................................................................................443

Tables submenu ....................................................................................................443

Typography submenu ...........................................................................................443

Preferences ..............................................................................444

Understanding preferences .........................................................................444

Nonmatching Preferences alert ............................................................................444

Changes to QuarkXPress preferences ..................................................................445

What’s in the preferences ﬁles ..............................................................................445

Application preferences................................................................................447

Preferences — Application — Display..................................................................447

Preferences — Application — Color Theme.........................................................448

Preferences — Application — Key Shortcuts........................................................448

Preferences — Application — Input Settings........................................................449

Preferences — Application — Font Fallback ........................................................450

Preferences — Application — Undo.....................................................................451

Preferences — Application — Open and Save.....................................................451

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Preferences — Application — XTensions Manager...............................................452

Preferences — Application — Sharing..................................................................452

Preferences — Application — Fonts.....................................................................452

Preferences — Application — Text Highlighting ..................................................453

Preferences — Application — East Asian .............................................................453

references — Application — Dynamic Guides Color..........................................453

Preferences — Application — File List..................................................................453

Preferences — Application — Default Path..........................................................454

Preferences — Application — Index.....................................................................454

Preferences — Application — Job Jackets...........................................................454

Preferences — Application — Notes ....................................................................455

Preferences — Application — PDF.......................................................................455

Preferences — Application — Redline..................................................................455

Preferences — Application — Spell-Check...........................................................456

Preferences — Application — Tables....................................................................456

Preferences — Application — Fraction/Price........................................................457

Project preferences.......................................................................................457

Preferences — Project — General ........................................................................457

Layout preferences .......................................................................................458

Preferences — Layout — General.........................................................................458

Preferences — Layout — Measurements..............................................................459

Preferences — Layout — Paragraph.....................................................................460

Preferences — Layout — Character......................................................................461

Preferences — Layout — Tools .............................................................................463

Preferences — Layout — Guides and Grid...........................................................463

Preferences — Layout — Grid Cell Fill..................................................................464

Preferences — Layout — Color Manager .............................................................464

Preferences — Layout — Layers ...........................................................................465

Contacting Quark.....................................................................466

In the Americas .............................................................................................466

Outside the Americas ...................................................................................466

Legal notices ............................................................................467

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About this guide

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

nstead, 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:

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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:

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.

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.”

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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

nterface 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®, Adobe® Illustrator®, and Adobe Photoshop®.

QuarkXPress supports copy paste of content from external applications, and allows

the user to convert the imported vector picture data to Native Objects. You can

output content as PostScript® or in PDF format for Adobe Acrobat® Reader®.

QuarkXPress supports export of digital output in ePub, Kindle format, and HTML5

Publications. The ePub ﬁle is compatible with all prominent ePub Readers and

Google Chrome. The Kindle ﬁle is compatible with Kindle devices. You can also

export ﬁles that can be viewed using Internet Explorer®, Safari®, Google Chrome®,

and Firefox®. 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 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

ommands 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

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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.

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

Use the Text Linking tool to link text boxes. To maintain the text in their•

respective boxes, hold down the Alt/Option key when using this tool.

Use the Text Unlinking tool to unlink text boxes. To maintain the text in•

heir respective boxes, hold down the Alt/Option key when using this tool. To

move the box out of the text chain, with its text, hold down the Shift+Option

keys when using this tool.

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

oxes.

Use the Rectangle Box tool to create a rectangular box. To draw a square 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 Oval Box tool to create an oval box. To create a circular box, press•

and hold Shift while drawing.

Use the Star tool to create a star shape.•

Use the Polygon tool to create a polygon shape•

Use the Rounded Rectangle tool to create a rounded corner rectanglular•

shape.

Use the Diamond tool to create a diamond shape.•

Use the Triangle tool to create a triangle shape.•

Use the Wave tool to create a wave shape.•

Use the Spiral tool to create a spiral shape.•

Use the Cloud tool to create a cloud shape.•

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 Orthogonal Line tool to create orthogonal lines.•

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

egment. Select this tool and click a rectangular box or straight line to convert

the item to a Bézier box or line.

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

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.

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.

Use the Item Format Painter tool to copy all attributes applied to one item•

and apply them to any other item.

Use the Tables tool to create a table.•

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

Use the Pan tool to reposition the active layout.•

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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

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“Creating Bézier lines.”

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

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drag.

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

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line or path.

For more information about Composition Zones, see “

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item.”

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

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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.

Creating a Composition Zones

Tool key commands

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

following key commands:

Tool Windows Mac OS X

Item tool V V

Text Content tool T T

Text Linking tool T N

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Tool Windows Mac OS X

Text Unlinking tool T N

Picture Content tool R R

Rectangle Box tool B B

Oval Box tool B B

Starburst tool B B

ShapeMaker tool M M

Composition Zones tool L B

Line tool P L

Orthogonal Line tool P L

Bézier Pen tool P P

Add Point tool P P

Remove Point tool P P

Convert Point tool P P

Scissors tool P P

Select Point tool P P

Freehand Drawing tool P P

Item Format Painter tool I I

Table tool G G

Zoom tool Z Z

Pan tool X X

Scissors tool

Use the Scissors tool to cut the outline of a box and turn it into a line, or to cut a

line or text path into two.

The Scissors tool displays in the QuarkXPress Tools palette. To use the Scissors tool:

Select the Scissors tool .

When a picture box is cut, it is converted to a Bézier line. As a result, the•

contents of the box are not retained after the cut is made.

When a text box is cut, it is converted to a text path.•

Select the Select Point tool and click and drag the point to adjust it.

Starburst tool

Use the Starburst tool to quickly and easily create star-shaped boxes.

Create a star-shaped picture box using the Starburst tool in two ways.

1 Select the Starburst tool , and then click and drag.

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When a text path is cut, it is converted into two linked text paths.•

2 To deﬁne speciﬁc attributes as you create the star burst box, select the Starburst

ool, and then position the crosshair pointer where you want the star-shaped box

and click once. When the Starburst dialog box displays, enter values for the

following ﬁelds, and then click OK:

Star Width•

Star Height•

Number of Spikes•

Spike Depth: Enter the desired distance from the tip of the spike to the base of•

the spike as a percentage.

andom Spikes: Enter a value between 0 and 100, where 0 is no randomness•

applied and 100 is full randomness applied.

ShapeMaker tools

Use the following tools to quickly and easily create different shapes:

Star tool•

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Polygon tool•

Rounded Rectangle tool•

Diamond tool•

Triangle tool•

Wave tool•

Spiral tool•

Cloud tool•

Press the m key to toggle through the different shape tools.

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You can also access the ShapeMaker tools by selecting Utilities > ShapeMaker. See

“

ShapeMaker.”

Using the Star tool

To create a star shape in two ways:

1 Select the Star tool , position the crosshair pointer where you want the star

and then click and drag.

2 Select the Star tool , position the crosshair pointer where you want the star

and click once. The Create Star dialog box displays:

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Enter values for the following ﬁelds:

Width•

Height•

Select Create From Center to specify that the center of the shape should be•

where you placed the crosshair point.

You can apply the default attributes or click the arrrow next to the shape preview to

select a predeﬁned shape.

Click Create.

Default star settings

To edit the default star settings that will automatically be applied when using this

tool, double-click the Star tool. The Edit Star Settings dialog displays:

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Specify the default settings that will be applied when using this tool:

Check Secondary to add additional secondary sides/points. This allows you to•

add a different angle/shape in between the sides of a Star shape

Sides: Specify the number of sides (points) the star will have .•

Inner Radius: Specify the inner radius of each point in the star.•

Edges: Specify the shape the edges of the star will be (Flat, Concave, Convex,•

Outer Swirl, Inner Swirl, Opposite Swirl, or Tandem Swirl). If you choose an

option other than Flat, you can indicate the curvature of the edges with the

Curvature controls. If you choose one of the Swirl options, you can indicate the

direction of the swirl with the Orientation controls.

Randomize Points: Lets you control the degree of randomness in the shape,•

from 0 (none) to 100 (maximum).

New Random: Applies some randomness to the shape.•

Item: Speciﬁes the type of box the shape should be placed into. The choices are•

Text Box, Picture Box, None Box, Text Path, and Rule Path.

Width, Height, Columns, and Gutters: Speciﬁes the box attributes.•

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To revert to the default shape, click the Reset button .

Once you have deﬁned the default attributes, you can click the Add Preset button

to save this customized shape to use later.

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To delete a predeﬁned shape, hold down the Alt/Option key while selecting it from

the list.

Using the Polygon tool

To create a polygon shape in two ways.:

Select the Polygon tool , position the crosshair pointer where you want

the polygon and then click and drag.

Select the Polygon tool , position the crosshair pointer where you want the

polygon and click once. The Create Polygon dialog box displays:

Enter values for the following ﬁelds:

Width•

Height•

Select Create From Center to specify that the center of the shape should be•

where you placed the crosshair point.

You can apply the default attributes or click the arrrow next to the shape preview to

select a predeﬁned shape.

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Click Create.

Default polygon settings

To edit the default polygon settings that will automatically be applied when using

this tool, double-click the Polygon tool. The Edit Polygon Settings dialog displays:

Specify the default settings that will be applied when using this tool:

Sides: Lets you specify how many sides the polygon has•

Edges: Lets you control whether the edges of the box are ﬂat or curved. If you•

choose an option other than Flat, you can indicate the curvature of the sides

with the Curvature controls. If you choose one of the Swirl options, you can

indicate the direction of the swirl with the Orientation controls.

Randomize Points: Lets you control the degree of randomness in the shape,•

from 0 (none) to 100 (maximum).

New Random: Applies some randomness to the shape.•

Item: Speciﬁes the type of box the shape should be placed into. The choices are•

Text Box, Picture Box, None Box, Text Path, and Rule Path.

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Width, Height, Columns, and Gutters: Speciﬁes the box attributes.•

o revert to the default shape, click the Reset button .

nce you have deﬁned the default attributes, you can click the Add Preset button

to save this customized shape to use later.

To delete a predeﬁned shape, hold down the Alt/Option key while selecting it from

the list.

Using the Rounded Rectangle tool

To create a rounded rectangle shape in two ways:

1 Select the Rounded Rectangle tool , position the crosshair pointer where

you want the star and then click and drag.

2 Select the Rounded Rectangle tool , position the crosshair pointer where

you want the rectangle and click once. The Create Rounded Rectangle dialog box

displays:

Enter values for the following ﬁelds:

Width•

Height•

Select Create From Center to specify that the center of the shape should be•

where you placed the crosshair point.

You can apply the default attributes or click the arrrow next to the shape preview to

select a predeﬁned shape.

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Click Create.

Default rounded rectangle settings

To edit the default rounded rectangle settings that will automatically be applied

when using this tool, double-click the Rounded Rectangle tool. The Edit Rounded

Rectangle Settings dialog displays:

Specify the default settings that will be applied when using this tool:

Check Same for all to conﬁgure all four corners of the shape with a single set of•

controls. To separately conﬁgure each corner of the box uncheck Same for all.

Use the drop-down menus to specify a corner type (Normal, Rounded, Beveled,•

Concave, Pointed, or Inset) and a diameter (for options that involve a

diameter).

Curvature: Controls how curved the corners are if you select an option that•

includes curvature.

Balance: For some options, lets you control whether the corners lean toward the•

sides of the box or toward the top.

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Radial: For some options, lets you control whether the corners of the box are•

aligned with the center of the box or not.

Item: Speciﬁes the type of box the shape should be placed into. The choices are•

Text Box, Picture Box, None Box, Text Path, and Rule Path.

Width, Height, Columns, and Gutters: Speciﬁes the box attributes.•

To revert to the default shape, click the Reset button .

Once you have deﬁned the default attributes, you can click the Add Preset button

to save this customized shape to use later.

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To delete a predeﬁned shape, hold down the Alt/Option key while selecting it from

the list.

Using the Diamond tool

To create a diamond shape in two ways:

1 Select the Diamond tool , position the crosshair pointer where you want the

diamond and then click and drag.

2 Select the Diamond tool , position the crosshair pointer where you want the

diamond and click once. The Create Diamond dialog box displays:

Enter values for the following ﬁelds:

Width•

Height•

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Select Create From Center to specify that the center of the shape should be•

where you placed the crosshair point.

You can apply the default attributes or click the arrrow next to the shape preview to

select a predeﬁned shape.

Default diamond settings

To edit the default diamond settings that will automatically be applied when using

this tool, double-click the Diamond tool. The Edit Diamond Settings dialog

displays:

Specify the default settings that will be applied when using this tool:

Edges: Specify the shape the edges of the diamond will be (Flat, Concave,•

Convex, Outer Swirl, Inner Swirl, Opposite Swirl, or Tandem Swirl). If you

choose an option other than Flat, you can indicate the curvature of the eges

with the Curvature controls. If you choose one of the Swirl options, you can

indicate the direction of the swirl with the Orientation controls.

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Tools

Scissors tool

Starburst tool

ShapeMaker tools