2018

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BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
94 | A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018
demarcate the bounding box. The best way to view the bounding box clearly is to
use the Item tool to select item handles on a Bézier box.
You can resize active boxes using any of the following methods:
Select the Item tool or a Content tool and move the mouse pointer over
a selected box’s item handle to display the Resizing pointer. Click and drag the
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andle to a new location to reduce or enlarge the box. Press Shift to maintain
the box’s aspect ratio. Press Option/Alt to resize the box from the center. Press
Command/Ctrl to resize the box contents along with the box.
Enter values in the W and H fields of the Home or Space/Align tabs of the
Measurements palette to change the width and height, and then press
Return/Enter.
Use keyboard increments to automatically increase/decrease the value in this
field. See “Palettes“ for more information.
You can lock a box’s proportions, so that you don’t have to press Shift to maintain
the aspect ratio. For more information, see “Locking box proportions.”
Locking box and picture proportions
To lock the selected box’s proportions, display the Home tab of the Measurements
palette and click the proportion lock control next to the W and H fields. If this
control is locked, QuarkXPress maintains the item’s aspect ratio during resizing
operations.
The proportion lock controls in the unlocked (top) and locked (bottom) states
To lock the proportions of the picture in the selected box, display the Home tab of
the Measurements palette and click the proportion lock control next to the X%
and Y% fields. If this control is locked, QuarkXPress maintains the picture’s aspect
ratio during resizing operations.
To use the proportion-locking feature with the Item Find/Change feature, display
the Box or Picture tab of the Item Find/Change palette (Edit menu), then check or
uncheck Proportions in the Find What or Change To area.
To use the proportion-locking feature with item styles, display the Box or Picture
tab of the Edit Item Style dialog box (Edit > Item Styles) and check Proportions.
Reshaping boxes
You can change the shape of a box in three ways: