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Preferences Application Display
Use the Display pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu) to specify
how the pasteboard and other elements in the application appear on screen for all projects.
Settings in the Pasteboard area include the following:
Use the Pasteboard Width field to specify the width of the pasteboard on either side of
the page or spread in a Print layout. Pasteboard width is measured as a percentage of the
layout width.
Use the Color control to specify a color for the pasteboard.
To display the pasteboard of the active spread in a different color, check Change Pasteboard
Color to Indicate Active Spread and then choose a color with the corresponding Color
control.
To display the pasteboard in a different color when you are in Trim View mode (View >
Trim View), check Trim View Pasteboard Color and then choose a color with the
corresponding Color control.
Settings in the Display area include the following:
Check Opaque Text Box Editing to turn text boxes temporarily opaque while you are
editing them.
(Windows only) Use the Color TIFFs drop-down list to specify the color depth of screen
previews created for color TIFFs when they are imported.
(Windows only)Use the Gray TIFFs drop-down list to specify the resolution of screen
previews created for grayscale TIFFs when they are imported.
(Windows only) Use the Display DPI Value field to adjust your monitor so that it displays
the best representation of your document on screen.
Choose a profile that corresponds to your monitor from the Monitor Profile drop-down
menu, or choose Automatic. Profiles can be placed in the "Profiles" folder in the
QuarkXPress application folder. (For more information about color management
preferences, see "Preferences Layout Color Manager.")
Preferences Application Color Theme
Mac OS X only.
Use the Color Theme pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu) to
specify a color theme for QuarkXPress.
Use the Color Theme drop-down menu to choose from the existing color themes or click
on the icon to duplicate an existing color theme.
Use the Color control to specify a color for each of the categories.
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