2018

BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
108 | A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018
Make any changes you want to the line attributes and click OK. The new
attributes are added to the Item Form Painter tool, but are not applied to the
selected line
Select any other line to apply the copied attributes.
3.
The Item Format Painter works across all layouts in the same project, allowing you
to copy attributes from one item to another on the same layout, or to an item on a
different layout.
The eyedropper will retain these attributes until you select another item tool or a
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blank space on the canvas, allowing you to select as many lines as you wish and
apply these attributes over and over.
If a line has alreay been selected before you select the Item Format Painter tool ,
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then step 3 is not necessary, as soon as you perform step 2, the copied attributes will
automatically be applied to this selected line.
Manipulating items
Items can be cut and then pasted in new locations, locked so they cannot move,
duplicated once or many times, stacked to create unusual visual effects, and
manipulated in other ways.
Selecting items
To manipulate items, you must first select them. Once selected, most kinds of items
display outlines and handles for reshaping.
To select an item, first select the Item tool , the Text Content tool , or the
Picture Content tool and move the Arrow pointer over an item. Click once to
select a single item or Shift+click individual items to select more than one item at a
time. You can also select multiple items by selecting the Item tool and drawing
around an area that contains the items.