2018

BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018 | 93
You can change the corner type of rectangular boxes to rounded, concave, and
beveled corners using the Item > Shape submenu or the Box Corner Style drop-
down menu in the Measurements palette. You can add and alter rounded corners
by entering values in the Box Corner Radius field in the Home tab of the
Measurements palette. Any attributes you apply to one box (borders, colors etc.)
can be copied and applied to any other existing box using the Item Form Painter
tool on the Tool palette. see “
Copying attributes from one box to another.”
Creating Bézier boxes
The Bézier Pen tool lets you draw multi-sided Bézier boxes and lines that can
have straight and curved line segments (see “
Understanding Bézier shapes“).
For another way to make uniquely shaped boxes, see “ShapeMaker.” 
To draw a Bézier box:
Select the Bézier Pen tool from the Tools palette. Move the Crosshair pointer
1.
to any position on the page and click to establish the first point.
Move the pointer to where you want the next point positioned. To constrain
2.
pointer movement to a 45-degree angle relative to the page, press Shift.
Click to create points and line segments.
3.
Clicking a point without dragging creates a straight line and corner point.•
To create a curved line segment and smooth point, click and drag wherever
you want the next point positioned. A point with two curve handles
displays. You can control the curve’s size and shape by dragging a curve
handle. Press Option/Alt while dragging a smooth point to create a curved
segment and corner point.
If desired, edit the Bézier shape while you are still drawing it.
4.
To add a point to an existing segment of the shape, click the line segment•
where you want the point to be.
To delete a point from the active shape while you are drawing it, click the•
point.
To close the box, close the path by positioning the mouse pointer over the
5.
beginning of the line and then click when the Close Box pointer displays.
When any of the drawing tools are active, you can press Command/Ctrl to
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temporarily switch to the Select Point tool. When the Select Point tool is
active, you can press Command+Option/Ctrl+Alt to temporarily switch to the
Item tool.
You can join, extend or close existing open paths. For more information see
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“Joining, extending and closing open paths“.
Resizing boxes
You can resize any box by modifying the size of its bounding box. A bounding box
is a nonprinting, rectangular shape that encloses every box. The box’s item handles