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Import an object as a native QuarkXPress object...........................................91
Content variables.......................................................................93
Edit content variables.....................................................................................94
Create a custom content variable...................................................................95
Insert a content variable.................................................................................97
Boxes, lines, and tables..............................................................98
Understanding items and content...................................................................98
Understanding handles....................................................................................99
Understanding Bézier shapes........................................................................100
Drop Shadows...............................................................................................103
Item Find/Change..........................................................................................104
Working with boxes......................................................................................105
Creating text and picture boxes............................................................................105
Resizing boxes.......................................................................................................107
Locking box and picture proportions....................................................................107
Reshaping boxes...................................................................................................108
Adding frames to boxes........................................................................................108
Applying colors to boxes......................................................................................109
Applying gradients to boxes.................................................................................109
Specifying number of columns in text boxes........................................................109
Merging and splitting boxes.................................................................................110
Adding text and pictures to boxes........................................................................111
Changing box type................................................................................................111
Creating a box from a clipping path.....................................................................111
Copying attributes from one box to another........................................................111
Super Step and Repeat.........................................................................................113
ShapeMaker..........................................................................................................114
Working with lines.........................................................................................119
Creating lines........................................................................................................119
Line modes for orthogonal lines...........................................................................120
Resizing lines.........................................................................................................120
Reshaping lines.....................................................................................................121
Controlling line appearance..................................................................................121
Joining lines..........................................................................................................121
Joining, extending and closing open paths..........................................................122
Copying attributes from one line to another.........................................................122
Manipulating items........................................................................................123
Selecting items......................................................................................................123
Moving items.........................................................................................................123
Cutting, copying, and pasting items.....................................................................124
Controlling the stacking order of items.................................................................124
Grouping items.....................................................................................................125
Duplicating items..................................................................................................125
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