2018

BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
112 | A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018
To rotate a straight line, choose either Left Point, Midpoint, or Right Point from
the Mode drop-down menu (Measurements palette) to display the Angle field.
Skewing items
To skew active items within bounding boxes, enter a value in the Box Skew field on
the Home tab of the Measurement palette.
Positive values slant items to the right; negative values slant them to the left.
Use keyboard increments to automatically increase/decrease the value in this field.
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Locking and unlocking items
Locking lets you protect items and content from accidental changes. You can do the
following:
To prevent an item’s size and position from being changed (and to prevent the•
item from being deleted), check Item > Lock > Position.
To prevent an item’s contents from being edited, check Item > Lock > Story or•
Item > Lock > Picture.
To unlock selected items, uncheck the appropriate option in the Item > Lock
submenu.
Anchoring items and groups in text
You can anchor an item or group so that it flows as a character within text. To
anchor an item or group within text, use the Item tool to select the item or
group you want to anchor and choose Edit > Copy (Command+C/Ctrl+C) or Edit >
Cut (Command+X/Ctrl+X). Then, with the Text Content tool selected, place the
text insertion point at the point in text where you want to anchor the item or group
and choose Edit > Paste (Command+V/Ctrl+V).
QuarkXPress also provides support for nested anchors (i.e an anchored item can
contain a further anchored item to the nth level).
Working with callouts
The Callouts feature lets you create floating boxes that always display on the same
page or spread as the content they pertain to. For example:
You can create figures with pictures and text that follow their references from•
page to page.
You can create pull quotes that can automatically move to a different page with•
their source text.
You can create “floating” icons that sit in the space to the left of a paragraph to•
indicate that the paragraph is a tip, a note, a warning, and so forth.
For more information, see the topics below.