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context menu (or Item menu). The Fit Box to Text feature works on any shape or size
of text box.
This feature is not available on locked boxes or when the proportion of the box is
locked.
The Fit Box to Text feature can be used for boxes which have overflow or underflow.
The Fit Box to Text feature can be used for all kinds of text boxes, including linked
boxes, multicolumn boxes, rotated boxes. It will work on text that has various attributes
applied to as well as text containing footnotes and endnotes.
Importing and exporting text
To import text, do one of the following:
•
Select the Text Content tool , place the text insertion point where you want
text to be inserted, and then choose File > Import. Check Convert Quotes option
to convert double hyphens to em dashes and convert foot or inch marks to
typesetter's apostrophes and quotation marks. Check Include Style Sheets to
import style sheets from a Microsoft Word or convert "XPress Tags" to formatted
text.
• Drag a text file from the file system onto a text box.
• Drag text from another application onto a text box.
• Press Command/Ctrl and drag a text file from the file system onto a picture box
or a no-content box.
• Press Command/Ctrl and drag text from another application onto a picture box
or a no-content box.
If you drag content onto a box that already contains text or a picture, QuarkXPress
creates a new box for the dragged content. To replace the contents of the box instead,
press Command/Ctrl while dragging the content to the box. To always create a new
box for dragged-in content, press Option/Alt while dragging.
If all the imported text does not fit in the text box, the overflow symbol displays. After
importing text into a box, you can choose Fit Box to Text from the context menu (or
Item menu). If Auto Page Insertion (QuarkXPress/Edit > Preferences > Print Layout >
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