2018

TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY
132 | A GUIDE TO QUARKXPRESS 2018
Text and typography
Text is an integral part of nearly every publication. QuarkXPress lets you create and
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dit text directly in your publications or import text from most popular word
processing applications. In addition to the standard text formatting and editing
features, QuarkXPress includes such features as finding and changing text and its
attributes, spell checking, custom spelling dictionaries, and a font usage utility for
making project-wide changes to text formatting.
Typography is the art of making the appearance of your text convey the tone or
meaning of the content. QuarkXPress lets you control the tone of your text by
letting you adjust every facet of typography, including typefaces, type styles,
leading, and spacing.
The icon indicates text features that are considered East Asian features and are
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only available when you have the East Asian preference enabled
(QuarkXPress/Edit( > Preferences > East Asian).
Editing text
To enter and import text into active text boxes, use the Text Content tool .
Characters are entered at the text insertion point, indicated by the blinking line.
A story is all of the text in a text box. If a series of boxes is linked, all of the text in
all of the boxes is a single story.
When you type in a text component, the text is entered at the text insertion point,
which is indicated by the blinking line. A story is all of the text in a text box. If a
series of boxes is linked, all of the text in all of the boxes is a single story.
You can select text using multiple mouse clicks. A double-click selects the word
containing the text insertion point; a triple-click selects the line containing the text
insertion point; four clicks selects the entire paragraph containing the text insertion
point; five clicks selects the entire story.
When you double-click to select a word and cut or copy it, the application looks at
the context of the word and adds or deletes a space automatically as needed when
you paste the word in its new location. This feature is referred to as Smart Space. If
you want an accompanying punctuation mark included with the word you’re
selecting, double-click between the word and its adjacent punctuation.