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Grouping items
You can combine multiple items on a page or spread into a single group. Grouping
items is useful when you want to select or move several items simultaneously. You
can move, cut, copy, duplicate, and perform a number of other functions on a group.
For example, you can group all the items that compose a publication masthead; once
grouped, you can modify or move the entire group as you would a single box, line, or
text path.
After you create a group, you can still edit, resize, and reposition individual items while
maintaining the group relationship. You can also place a copy of a group into an open
QuarkXPress library for use in other documents.
Items can be grouped when two or more items (lines, boxes, text paths, or other groups)
are active. To select multiple items with the Item tool , either Shift+click each item
or draw a marquee around the items you want to group. Choose Item > Group
(Command+G/Ctrl+G) to place multiple selected items into a single group.
You can group groups, and multiple-select a group (or groups) along with individual
boxes, lines, and text paths to create a larger group.
With the Item tool selected, you can move, cut, copy, paste, duplicate, rotate, and
color a group. With the Text Content tool or Picture Content tool selected, you
can manipulate individual items as you would any ungrouped item.
To move an item within a group, press Command/Ctrl and select the item with the
Item tool , the Text Content tool , or the Picture Content tool .
(Windows only) If an active group contains the same kind of items (for example, all
picture boxes), the Modify dialog box will include a tab (or tabs) that refer specifically
to those items. If an active group contains a variety of items, the Modify dialog box
may display only a Group tab.
(MAC OS X only) The active fields in the Measurement palette tabs will affect the active
group.
Choose Item > Ungroup (Command+U/Ctrl+U) to ungroup a single group, or Item
> Ungroup All to ungroup every group in a group that contains other groups.
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
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