2018

THE USER INTERFACE
6 | A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018
Scissors tool
Use the Scissors tool to cut the outline of a box and turn it into a line, or to cut a
line or text path into two.
The Scissors tool displays in the QuarkXPress Tools palette. To use the Scissors tool:
Select the Scissors tool .
1.
When a picture box is cut, it is converted to a Bézier line. As a result, the•
contents of the box are not retained after the cut is made.
When a text box is cut, it is converted to a text path.•
When a text path is cut, it is converted into two linked text paths.•
Select the Select Point tool and click and drag the point to adjust it.
2.
Starburst tool
Use the Starburst tool to quickly and easily create star-shaped boxes.
Create a star-shaped picture box using the Starburst tool in two ways.
1 Select the Starburst tool , and then click and drag.
Tool Windows Mac OS X
Text Unlinking tool T N
Picture Content tool R R
Rectangle Box tool B B
Oval Box tool B B
Starburst tool B B
ShapeMaker tool M M
Composition Zones tool L B
Line tool P L
Orthogonal Line tool P L
Bézier Pen tool P P
Add Point tool P P
Remove Point tool P P
Convert Point tool P P
Scissors tool P P
Select Point tool P P
Freehand Drawing tool P P
Item Format Painter tool I I
Table tool G G
Zoom tool Z Z
Pan tool X X