10.0

Mac OS X
You set the default tool preferences for the layout directly from the boxes. To set the tool
preferences, set up a box the way you want and then use Edit > Set Tool Preferences From
Selected to push the box's attributes to the tool preferences. Use the Edit > Restore Tool
Preferences to Default to restore the tool preferences to the default settings.
Preferences — Layout — Guides and Grid
Use the Guides and Grid pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu)
to specify various default settings for guides and design grids.
The Snap Distance field enables you to change the 6-pixel default distance at which objects
snap to page guides when Snap to Guides is chosen (View menu) (range = 1 to 216,
measurement system = pixels, smallest increment = 1).
In the Guides area:
• To specify default margin and guide colors, use the Margin Color and Guide Color buttons.
• Click In Front of Content or Behind Content to specify whether ruler guides and page
guides are placed in front of or behind all items on a page.
In the Page Grid area:
• To control the minimum zoom value at which the master page grid and text box grids
become visible, enter a value in the Zoom Visibility field.
• Click In Front of Content or Behind Content to specify whether the master page grid is
placed in front of or behind all items on a page. If you click In Front of Content, you can
also specify whether the master page grid is in front of or behind guides.
Preferences — Layout — Grid Cell Fill
Use the Grid Cell Fill pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu) to
control how design grid cells are filled.
When you check Show Full Cell in the Display Settings tab (see "Design grids: Display
Settings tab") for a grid style or master page grid, you can designate one of the cells in the
sequence to be filled with the color that outlines other cells in the grid. To designate the
cell number and positioning in the sequence, use the controls in the Grid Cell Fill pane
in the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit > Preferences):
• To specify which cells will be filled, check Increment Fill and enter a value in the field.
For example, to fill cells four, eight, and twelve, enter 4.
• To restart cell counting at the beginning of each line in a text box, click Start of Line. To
start cell counting from the beginning of the story and continue counting regardless of
line breaks, click Start of Story.
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