10.2

Text and typography
Text is an integral part of nearly every publication. QuarkXPress lets you create and
edit text directly in your publications or import text from most popular word processing
applications. In addition to the standard text formatting and editing features,
QuarkXPress includes such features as finding and changing text and its attributes,
spell checking, custom spelling dictionaries, and a font usage utility for making
project-wide changes to text formatting.
Typography is the art of making the appearance of your text convey the tone or
meaning of the content. QuarkXPress lets you control the tone of your text by letting
you adjust every facet of typography, including typefaces, type styles, leading, and
spacing.
The icon indicates text features that are considered East Asian features and are only
available when you have the East Asian preference enabled (QuarkXPress/Edit ( >
Preferences > East Asian).
Editing text
To enter and import text into active text boxes, use the Text Content tool .
Characters are entered at the text insertion point, indicated by the blinking line. A story
is all of the text in a text box. If a series of boxes is linked, all of the text in all of the
boxes is a single story.
You can select text using multiple mouse clicks. A double-click selects the word
containing the text insertion point; a triple-click selects the line containing the text
insertion point; four clicks selects the entire paragraph containing the text insertion
point; five clicks selects the entire story.
When you double-click to select a word and cut or copy it, the application looks at
the context of the word and adds or deletes a space automatically as needed when you
paste the word in its new location. This feature is referred to as Smart Space. If you
want an accompanying punctuation mark included with the word you're selecting,
double-click between the word and its adjacent punctuation.
Importing and exporting text
To import text, do one of the following:
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