Datasheet

Frame
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Stroke
QuarkXPress is limited to putting frames around boxes
and changing line width. With InDesign, you can add a
stroke to any InDesign object, including a path, frame, or
selected text, with the Control or the Stroke panel. en
apply a color, a tint, or a gradient to the stroke using the
Swatches, Color, Gradient, Control, or Tools panel.
Runaround
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Text Wrap
Both programs let you spec-
ify how text ows around
an obstructing object. In
QuarkXPress, you use the
Runaround dialog box; in
InDesign, you use the Text
Wrap panel. For more infor-
mation, see “Text wrap” on
page 16.
Linking
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reading
In QuarkXPress, you use the Linking and Unlinking
tools to control text ow through multiple text boxes. In
InDesign, each text frame has an in port and an out port
that let you ow text through multiple frames, a process
called “threading” (see “Text threading” on page 13).
Table tool
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Insert Table
To make a table object in QuarkXPress, you must use the
Table tool. In InDesign, tables are always anchored inside
text frames. Aer clicking an insertion point in a text
frame with the Type tool, you can make a table by choos-
ing Table > Insert Table. For more information on creat-
ing tables, see “Working with tables” on page 28.
H&Js
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Hyphenation and Justication
QuarkXPress handles text spacing and hyphenation by
dening styles in the H&Js dialog box. In InDesign, you
can change these settings on individual paragraphs using
the Hyphenation and Justication dialog boxes, found in
the Paragraph panel menu. You can also edit hyphenation
and justication values when dening each paragraph
style in your document.
Color
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Swatch
In InDesign, named colors are
called swatches. A swatch can
be a solid color, a tint of a solid
color, a mixed ink swatch (see
the next page), or a gradient.
Choose Window > Color >
Swatches to open the Swatches
panel, where you can create,
apply, delete, and load swatches.
InDesign also has a Color panel
(Window > Color > Color) that
lets you mix and apply unnamed colors and,
optionally, add them to the Swatches panel.
White (color)
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Paper (swatch)
In InDesign, the Paper swatch simulates the color of the
paper on which you’re printing and is analogous to the
color White in QuarkXPress.
Blend
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Gradient
Unlike QuarkXPress, which limits you to two-color
blends, InDesign lets you include as many colors as you
want in a gradient, and you can also adjust the midpoint
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