10.2

Preferences — Layout — Paragraph
Use the Paragraph pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu) to
control various paragraph-level settings.
Use the Auto Leading feature to automatically set line spacing. You can apply this
setting to a paragraph by entering "auto" or "0" in the Leading field of the Paragraph
Attributes dialog box (Style > Leading). Unlike paragraphs with absolute leading
(identical line spacing above every line), paragraphs with auto leading may include
lines with different leading when fonts and font sizes are mixed in the same paragraph.
Auto leading starts with a base amount of leading, which QuarkXPress calculates by
examining the ascent and descent values built into the fonts used in an auto-leaded
line and the line above it; however, the user-specified text size (Style > Size) plays the
largest part in determining this base amount. Finally, a value specified by the user in
the Auto Leading field is added to the base amount to arrive at the total amount of
leading.
To specify percentage-based auto leading, enter a value from 0% to 100% in 1%
increments. This value determines the amount of leading between two lines of text
as follows: The largest font size in the line above is multiplied by the percentage value.
This outcome is added to the base amount of auto leading between the two lines.
Although the design of certain fonts complicates the process, here is a simplified
example: 10-point text styled consistently in a "standard" font with Auto Leading set
to 20% has 12 points of leading (10 pts + [20% of 10] = 12 pts). To specify incremental
auto leading, enter a value preceded by a plus sign (+) or a minus sign (–) from –63
points to +63 points using any measurement system. Entering "+5" will add 5 points
of leading to the base amount of auto leading; entering "+5 mm" will add 5 millimeters.
Use the Maintain Leading check box to control the placement of a line of text that
falls immediately below an obstruction in a column or box. If Maintain Leading is
checked, the line's baseline is placed according to its applied leading value. If Maintain
Leading is unchecked, the ascent of the line will abut the bottom of the obstruction
or any applied runaround value (Item > Runaround).
In the Lock to Grid Based On area:
• Click Ascent and Descent to lock text to grid based on the ascenders and descenders
of characters.
• Click Font Size (Em Box) to lock text to grid based on the size of the em boxes of the
characters.
For each language in the Hyphenation list, use the Method drop-down menu in the
Hyphenation area to specify the method QuarkXPress uses to automatically hyphenate
paragraphs when no corresponding entry is found in your Hyphenation Exceptions
dictionary. The setting you choose affects only paragraphs for which Auto
Hyphenation (Edit > H&Js) is enabled:
• Choose Standard to hyphenate using the algorithm built into versions of
QuarkXPress prior to 3.1. Documents created in versions of QuarkXPress prior to
3.1 default to Standard when they are opened in version 3.1 or later.
• Choose Enhanced to hyphenate using the algorithm built into QuarkXPress
version 3.1 and later.
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