2019

BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
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can be copied and applied to any other existing box using the Item Form Painter
tool on the Tool palette. see “Copying attributes from one box to another.”
Creating Bézier boxes
The Bézier Pen tool lets you draw multi-sided Bézier boxes and lines that can
have straight and curved line segments (see “Understanding Bézier shapes“).
For another way to make uniquely shaped boxes, see “ShapeMaker.” 
To draw a Bézier box:
Select the Bézier Pen tool from the Tools palette. Move the Crosshair pointer 1.
to any position on the page and click to establish the first point.
Move the pointer to where you want the next point positioned. To constrain 2.
pointer movement to a 45-degree angle relative to the page, press Shift.
Click to create points and line segments. 3.
Clicking a point without dragging creates a straight line and corner point. •
To create a curved line segment and smooth point, click and drag wherever
you want the next point positioned. A point with two curve handles
displays. You can control the curve’s size and shape by dragging a curve
handle. Press Option/Alt while dragging a smooth point to create a curved
segment and corner point.
If desired, edit the Bézier shape while you are still drawing it. 4.
To add a point to an existing segment of the shape, click the line segment •
where you want the point to be.
To delete a point from the active shape while you are drawing it, click the •
point.
To close the box, close the path by positioning the mouse pointer over the 5.
beginning of the line and then click when the Close Box pointer displays.
When any of the drawing tools are active, you can press Command/Ctrl to 
temporarily switch to the Select Point tool. When the Select Point tool is
active, you can press Command+Option/Ctrl+Alt to temporarily switch to the
Item tool.
You can join, extend or close existing open paths. For more information see 
“Joining, extending and closing open paths“.
9-Point Reference Grid
A big benefit that QuarkXPress has always had is the ability to specify the
positioning of objects precisely by entering coordinates in the measurements palette
- allowing objects to be precisely aligned at specific locations. A feature commonly
requested by designers is the ability to define the position of page elements using
different reference points, e.g. change the reference point to the lower right corner
instead of using top left corner as default, when you do this, the coordinates
displayed in the measurements palette will adjust to be relative to this point.