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To control the range and the increment of the view change for the Zoom tool ,
select the Zoom tool and then click Modify.
• To configure dragging options for the Text Content and Picture Content tools, select
the combined content tool and then click Modify. Click Create Boxes to create a
new box when you drag with a content tool selected. Click Select Boxes to select boxes
when you drag with a content tool selected.
• To change the default attributes for items created by one or more related item-creation
tools, select the tools and then click Modify.
• If you have modified the preferences for a tool and intend to change the preferences
back to the default settings, select the tool(s) from the list and click Restore. If you
have modified the preferences for several tools and intend to change all of the tool
preferences back to the default settings, click Restore All.
Mac OS X
You set the default tool preferences for the layout directly from the boxes. To set the
tool preferences, set up a box the way you want and then use Edit > Set Tool
Preferences From Selected to push the box's attributes to the tool preferences. Use
the Edit > Restore Tool Preferences to Default to restore the tool preferences to the
default settings.
Preferences — Layout — Guides and Grid
Use the Guides and Grid pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit
menu) to specify various default settings for guides and design grids.
The Snap Distance field enables you to change the 6-pixel default distance at which
objects snap to page guides when Snap to Guides is chosen (View menu) (range = 1
to 216, measurement system = pixels, smallest increment = 1).
In the Guides area:
• To specify default margin and guide colors, use the Margin Color and Guide Color
buttons.
• Click In Front of Content or Behind Content to specify whether ruler guides and
page guides are placed in front of or behind all items on a page.
In the Page Grid area:
• To control the minimum zoom value at which the master page grid and text box grids
become visible, enter a value in the Zoom Visibility field.
• Click In Front of Content or Behind Content to specify whether the master page
grid is placed in front of or behind all items on a page. If you click In Front of Content,
you can also specify whether the master page grid is in front of or behind guides.
Preferences — Layout — Grid Cell Fill
Use the Grid Cell Fill pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu)
to control how design grid cells are filled.
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