2018

BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018 | 109
If you double-click an empty picture box with the Picture Content tool selected,
the Import dialog box displays. If the picture box contains a picture, the Picture
C
ontent tool is selected and the Edit Original dialog box displays .
To deselect an active item, click outside it. When the Item tool is selected, you
can press Tab to deselect any active items.
Moving items
You can move items by:
Entering values in the X and Y fields on the Home tab in the Measurements•
p
alette.
Use keyboard increments to automatically increase/decrease the value in this
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field. See “Palettes“ for more information.
Manually moving items using the Item tool . If you hold down the mouse•
before moving a box or text path, you can see the contents as you move the
item. You can also “nudge” items by selecting the Item tool and pressing an
arrow key on your keyboard.
The box’s item handles demarcate the bounding box. The best way to view the
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bounding box clearly is to use the Item tool to select item handles on a Bézier box.
Cutting, copying, and pasting items
When the Item tool is selected, the Cut, Copy, and Paste commands (Edit
menu) are available for active boxes, lines, and text paths. Choose Edit > Paste
(Command+V/Ctrl+V) to place a copy of the items contained on the Clipboard in
the center of the project window.
When the Item tool is selected, you can remove items with the Delete
command. Deleted items are not copied to the Clipboard.
Controlling the stacking order of items
When two or more items overlap, each is either positioned in front of or behind the
other item. The term “stacking order” refers to the front-to-back relationship of the
various items on a page. Each item you create occupies its own level in the stacking
order. Every new item you create becomes the front item.
The Item menu includes commands that let you control item stacking order.
Choose Item > Send to Back to move an item to the back of the page or layer.•
Choose Item > Bring to Front to move an item to the front of the page or layer.•
To move an item one level backward in the page or layer choose Item > Send•
Backward.
To move an item one level forward in the page or layer choose Item > Bring•
Forward.
In a document with layers, the layers themselves are in a particular stacking order;
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within each layer, each item has its own relationship to the stacking order. When