10.1

When any of the drawing tools are active, you can press Command/Ctrl to temporarily
switch to the Select Point tool. When the Select Point tool is active, you can press
Command+Option/Ctrl+Alt to temporarily switch to the Item tool.
You can join, extend or close existing open paths. For more information see "Joining,
extending and closing open paths".
Resizing boxes
You can resize any box by modifying the size of its bounding box. A bounding box is a
nonprinting, rectangular shape that encloses every box. The box's item handles demarcate
the bounding box. The best way to view the bounding box clearly is to use the Item tool
to select item handles on a Bézier box.
You can resize active boxes using any of the following methods:
•
Select the Item tool or a Content tool and move the mouse pointer over a selected
box's item handle to display the Resizing pointer. Click and drag the handle to a new
location to reduce or enlarge the box. Press Shift to maintain the box's aspect ratio. Press
Option/Alt to resize the box from the center. Press Command/Ctrl to resize the box contents
along with the box.
• Enter values in the W and H fields of the Home/Classic or Space/Align tabs of the
Measurements palette to change the width and height, and then press Return/Enter.
• (Windows only) Choose Item > Modify (Command+M/Ctrl+M), and then click the Box
tab. Enter values in the Width and Height fields to precisely change the size of a box, and
then click OK.
You can lock a box's proportions, so that you don't have to press Shift to maintain the
aspect ratio. For more information, see "Locking box and picture proportions."
Locking box and picture proportions
To lock the selected box's proportions, display the Home/Classic tab of the Measurements
palette and click the proportion lock control next to the W and H fields. If this control is
locked, QuarkXPress maintains the item's aspect ratio during resizing operations. On
Windows, you can also lock box proportions in the Box tab of the Modify dialog box.
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