2018

BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018 | 105
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reating lines
To create a line, first select the Line tool from the Tools palette and move the
Crosshair pointer to any position on the page. Click and drag to draw the line.
You can constrain a line to 0, 45, or 90 degrees by pressing Shift while you draw it.
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You can also create orthogonal lines using the Orthogonal Line tool .
Any attributes you apply to one line (size, shape, appearance etc.) can be copied and
applied to any other existing line using the Item Form Painter tool on the Tool
palette. see “
Copying attributes from one line to another.”
Creating Bézier lines
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“).
To draw a Bézier line:
Select the Bézier Pen tool from the Tools palette. Move the Crosshair pointer
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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 a point and line segments.
3.
To make a curved line segment, 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.
To make a corner point, press Option/Alt before you click. If you click and•
hold, you can control the radius of the corner point by dragging a curve
handle.
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 finish the line, double-click.
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When any of the drawing tools are active, you can press Command/Ctrl to 
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.
Line modes for orthogonal lines
There are four line modes: Endpoints, Left Point, Midpoint, and Right Point.
Depending on the mode you choose in the Measurements palette (Home or
Space/Align tabs), line length and position will be described differently.
Endpoints mode: The X1 field indicates the horizontal position of the first end-•
point; the Y1 field indicates the vertical position of the first end-point. The X2