10.2

Resizing grouped items
To resize every item in a group simultaneously, click and drag the group's item handles.
If you press Command+Shift/Ctrl+Shift while resizing a group, all frame widths, line
weights, pictures, and text are resized proportionally. If you press Command/Ctrl while
resizing a group, frame widths, pictures, and text are still resized, but not proportionally.
Duplicating items
QuarkXPress lets you make single or multiple copies of boxes, lines, and text paths.
Create a single copy of a selected item using the Duplicate command (Item menu).
You can also press Option/Alt while dragging an item or group to create a duplicate.
The Super Step and Repeat feature is useful for laying out design elements that contain
a number of evenly spaced copies of an item. Create multiple copies of an item and
specify the distance between them using the Super Step and Repeat command (Item
menu).
For another way to make uniquely shaped boxes, see " ShapeMaker XTensions software."
Spacing and aligning items
You can control the position of multiple selected items relative to one another using
the Item > Space/Align submenu or the Space/Align tab of the Measurements palette.
You can choose from among eight spacing and six alignment options in the
Measurements palette, and you can specify alignment relative to selected items, the
page, or (for Print layouts with facing pages) the spread. The Item > Space/Align
submenu includes the "Item relative" and "Page relative" modes described below. The
Measurements palette also includes a third mode called "Spread relative."
The space/align modes are as follows:
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Item relative mode positions items relative to the uppermost active item, which does
not move. The uppermost item is determined by the location of the item's top edges.
If two or more items have the same top edges, then items are spaced from the leftmost
item.
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Page relative mode positions items relative to the page edges (left, right, top, or
bottom).
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Spread relative mode is available for active Print layouts that include facing pages.
Assume that you have opened a layout with a spread and then selected an item on a
left page and another item on the right page. If you then click the Spread relative
mode icon in the Measurements palette and choose Space horizontal centers ,
the selected items position themselves on the far-left and far-right sides of the spread.
Rotating items
To rotate active items, do one of the following:
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Select the Item tool and move the mouse over a corner handle. When the Rotation
pointer displays, click to establish a rotation point; then drag in a circular motion to
rotate the item. The Arrowhead pointer and the item's position will display as you
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