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Preferences
Preferences let you control the default behavior of QuarkXPress.
Understanding preferences
The Preferences command (QuarkXPress/Edit > Preferences) displays the Preferences
dialog box. The Preferences dialog box contains several panes that enable you to specify
default settings for the various functions of the application. To view a pane, click its name
in the list on the left. There are three types of preferences:
Application preferences apply to the application and affect the way all projects are handled.
Project preferences affect all layouts in the active project. However, if you change project
preferences with no projects open, the new preferences become the default settings for all
new projects.
Layout preferences affect only the active layout. However, if you change layout preferences
with no projects open, the new preferences become the default settings for all new layouts.
Additional panes and options display in the Preferences submenu when certain XTensions
software is loaded.
Nonmatching Preferences alert
The Nonmatching Preferences alert displays when you open a project that was last saved
with kerning table information, tracking table information, or hyphenation exceptions
that are different from the settings contained in the current preferences files. You have
the option of using the settings in the project or those in the preferences files.
If you click Use XPress Preferences, the preference information that had been saved with
the project is ignored and all layouts are changed to the preference settings in your
preferences files. Text might reflow because of different automatic kerning or tracking
information or different hyphenation exceptions. Changes you make to these settings
while the project is active are stored both in the project and in the preferences files. The
advantage of the Use XPress Preferences feature is that the project will be based on the
same kerning table information, tracking table information, and hyphenation exceptions
as your other projects.
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