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which is indicated by a period or comma. Characters before and after the radix can
be only letters or numbers.
To convert characters to a price, select the characters you want to format and choose
Style > Type Style > Make Price.
When you apply Make Price, QuarkXPress automatically applies the superior type
style to the characters that follow the radix.
The appearance of converted fractions and prices is determined by the values and
selections entered in the Fraction/Price tab of the Preferences dialog box ( Edit >
Preferences > Application > Fraction/Price).
Word Space Tracking
The Word Space Tracking feature enables you to apply tracking to word spaces only.
(Tracking values are normally applied between both characters and words.) This feature
can only be accessed through keyboard commands.
Mac OS X
CommandTracking value
Command+Control+Shift+]Increase space by 05 em
Command+Control+Option+Shift+]Increase space by .005 em
Command+Control+Shift+[Decrease space by .05 em
Command+Control+Option+Shift+[Decrease space by .005 em
Windows
CommandTracking value
Control+Shift+@Increase space by .05 em
Control+Alt+Shift+@Increase space by .005 em
Control+Shift+!Decrease space by .05 em
Control+Alt+Shift+!Decrease space by .005 em
Word Space Tracking is applied by applying manual kerning after each selected space.
To remove Word Space Tracking, select the text and then choose Utilities > Remove
Manual Kerning (on Windows) or Style > Remove Manual Kerning (on Mac OS X)
Line Check
Use the Line Check feature to find widows, orphans, loosely justified lines, lines that
end with a hyphen, and text box overflow. Line Check (Utilities > Line Check) moves
through a document, highlighting questionable lines.
To specify what Line Check should look for, display the Search Criteria dialog box
(Utilities > Line Check > Search Criteria) and check the categories of undesirable
typography you want to search for:
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