2018

PREFERENCES
460 | A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018
Use the Measurement Units drop-down menu to set the default measurement•
unit for new layouts.
For East Asian configuration, there are 2 units: Q and Points. Conversion is
based on 1 mm = 4 Q
Preferences — Layout — Paragraph
Use the Paragraph pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu)
t
o control various paragraph-level settings.
U
se the Auto Leading feature to automatically set line spacing. You can apply this
setting to a paragraph by entering “auto” or “0” in the Leading field(Defined in the
Home/Paragraph tabs of the Measurements palette). Unlike paragraphs with
absolute leading (identical line spacing above every line), paragraphs with auto
leading may include lines with different leading when fonts and font sizes are
mixed in the same paragraph.
Auto leading starts with a base amount of leading, which QuarkXPress calculates by
examining the ascent and descent values built into the fonts used in an auto-leaded
line and the line above it; however, the user-specified text size plays the largest part
in determining this base amount. Finally, a value specified by the user in the Auto
Leading field is added to the base amount to arrive at the total amount of leading.
To specify percentage-based auto leading, enter a value from 0% to 100% in 1%
increments. This value determines the amount of leading between two lines of text
as follows: The largest font size in the line above is multiplied by the percentage
value. This outcome is added to the base amount of auto leading between the two
lines. Although the design of certain fonts complicates the process, here is a
simplified example: 10-point text styled consistently in a “standard” font with Auto
Leading set to 20% has 12 points of leading (10 pts + [20% of 10] = 12 pts). To
specify incremental auto leading, enter a value preceded by a plus sign (+) or a
minus sign (–) from –63 points to +63 points using any measurement system.
Entering “+5” will add 5 points of leading to the base amount of auto leading;
entering “+5 mm” will add 5 millimeters.
Use the Maintain Leading check box to control the placement of a line of text that
falls immediately below an obstruction in a column or box. If Maintain Leading is
checked, the line’s baseline is placed according to its applied leading value. If
Maintain Leading is unchecked, the ascent of the line will abut the bottom of the
obstruction or any applied runaround value .
In the Lock to Grid Based On area:
Click Ascent and Descent to lock text to grid based on the ascenders and•
descenders of characters.
Click Font Size (Em Box) to lock text to grid based on the size of the em boxes•
of the characters.
For each language in the Hyphenation list, use the Method drop-down menu in
the Hyphenation area to specify the method QuarkXPress uses to automatically
hyphenate paragraphs when no corresponding entry is found in your Hyphenation
Exceptions dictionary. The setting you choose affects only paragraphs for which
Auto Hyphenation (Edit > H&Js) is enabled: