2018

PREFERENCES
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Use the Space between CJK & R field to indicate how much space should be•
included by default between a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean character and an
adjacent Roman character.
Preferences — Layout — Tools
Use the Tools panes of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu) to
specify default characteristics for the Zoom tool and the Item tool , and to set
defaults for items created by item creation tools.
Windows
To configure Item tool options, select the Item tool and then click Modify.•
Use the Shift + nudge Increment area to control by how many pixels the Item
tool nudges an item. Use the radio buttons under Double-Clicking a Box to
determine what happens when you double-click a box: You can choose to switch
from the Item tool to the appropriate content tool or to open the Modify dialog
box.
To control the range and the increment of the view change for the Zoom tool •
, select the Zoom tool and then click Modify.
To configure dragging options for the Text Content and Picture Content tools,•
select the combined content tool and then click Modify. Click Create Boxes
to create a new box when you drag with a content tool selected. Click Select
Boxes to select boxes when you drag with a content tool selected.
To change the default attributes for items created by one or more related item-•
creation tools, select the tools and then click Modify.
If you have modified the preferences for a tool and intend to change the•
preferences back to the default settings, select the tool(s) from the list and click
Restore. If you have modified the preferences for several tools and intend to
change all of the tool preferences back to the default settings, click Restore All.
Mac OS X
You set the default tool preferences for the layout directly from the boxes. To set the
tool preferences, set up a box the way you want and then use Edit > Set Tool
Preferences From Selected to push the box’s attributes to the tool preferences. Use
the Edit > Restore Tool Preferences to Default to restore the tool preferences to the
default settings.
Preferences — Layout — Guides and Grid
Use the Guides and Grid pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit
menu) to specify various default settings for guides and design grids.
The Snap Distance field enables you to change the 6-pixel default distance at which
objects snap to page guides when Snap to Guides is chosen (View menu) (range = 1
to 216, measurement system = pixels, smallest increment = 1).
In the Guides area: