2018

A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018 | iii
Undoing and redoing actions..........................................................................76
Native QuarkXPress objects ......................................................77
Convert an existing item to a native QuarkXPress object..............................77
Import an object as a native QuarkXPress object ..........................................78
Content variables .......................................................................80
Edit content variables .....................................................................................81
Create a custom content variable ...................................................................82
Insert a content variable .................................................................................84
Boxes, lines, and tables..............................................................85
Understanding items and content...................................................................85
Understanding handles ...................................................................................86
Understanding Bézier shapes .........................................................................87
Drop Shadows.................................................................................................90
Item Find/Change ...........................................................................................91
Working with boxes ........................................................................................92
Creating text and picture boxes .............................................................................92
Resizing boxes ........................................................................................................93
Locking box and picture proportions......................................................................94
Reshaping boxes.....................................................................................................94
Adding borders to boxes.......................................................................................95
Applying colors to boxes ........................................................................................95
Applying gradients to boxes...................................................................................96
Specifying number of columns in text boxes..........................................................96
Merging and splitting boxes...................................................................................96
Adding text and pictures to boxes .........................................................................97
Changing box type .................................................................................................97
Creating a box from a clipping path.......................................................................98
Copying attributes from one box to another..........................................................98
Super Step and Repeat...........................................................................................98
ShapeMaker ............................................................................................................99
Working with lines ........................................................................................104
Creating lines........................................................................................................105
Line modes for orthogonal lines ...........................................................................105
Resizing lines.........................................................................................................106
Reshaping lines .....................................................................................................106
Controlling line appearance .................................................................................106
Joining lines ..........................................................................................................107
Joining, extending and closing open paths..........................................................107
Copying attributes from one line to another ........................................................107
Manipulating items .......................................................................................108
Selecting items......................................................................................................108
Moving items ........................................................................................................109