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characters, then only character formatting is applied, if you select several lines,
paragraph formatting is also applied. Style sheets are never applied using the Format
Painter.
Controlling kerning
Kerning is the adjustment of space between character pairs. Because of their shapes,
certain character pairs look better when kerned. You can use automatic kerning, and
you can also use manual kerning controls to specify additional kerning between
characters.
Kerning values are expressed as 1/200 of an em space. A positive kerning value increases
the amount of space between characters; a negative value decreases it.
Kerning manually
To apply kerning between two characters, do one of the following things:
• (Windows only) : Choose Style > Kern and enter a value in the Kern Amount field.
Click OK.
• Use the Kern Amount controls in the Measurements palette.
• Use one of the keyboard commands below.
Mac OS X
• Decrease 1/20-em: Command+Shift+{
• Increase 1/20-em: Command+Shift+}
• Decrease 1/200-em: Command+Option+Shift+{
• Increase 1/200-em: Command+Option+Shift+}
Windows
• Decrease 1/20-em: Ctrl+Shift+{
• Increase 1/20-em: Ctrl+Shift+}
• Decrease 1/200-em: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+{
• Increase 1/200-em: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+}
Kerning automatically
To automatically kern text above a specific point size, display the Character pane of
the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu), check Auto Kern Above, and
enter a value in the field.
QuarkXPress uses kerning information that is built into the font (the font's kerning
table). A kerning table contains a number of character pairs — "Ta," for example —
and an associated kerning value for each pair in the table. You can't change a font's
kerning table, but you can create a custom kerning table for any font using the Kerning
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