2019

Table Of Contents
A Guide to QuarkXPress 2019 | iii
Dynamic Guides...................................................................................................... 79
Undoing and redoing actions.......................................................................... 80
Native QuarkXPress objects ...................................................... 81
Convert an existing item to a native QuarkXPress object.............................. 81
Import an object as a native QuarkXPress object .......................................... 82
Content variables ....................................................................... 84
Edit content variables ..................................................................................... 85
Create a custom content variable ................................................................... 86
Insert a content variable ................................................................................. 88
Boxes, lines, and tables.............................................................. 89
Understanding items and content................................................................... 89
Understanding handles ................................................................................... 90
Understanding Bézier shapes ......................................................................... 91
Drop Shadows................................................................................................. 94
Item Find/Change ........................................................................................... 95
Working with boxes ........................................................................................ 96
Creating text and picture boxes ............................................................................. 96
9-Point Reference Grid ........................................................................................... 97
Resizing boxes ........................................................................................................ 99
Auto Grow/Shrink Text Boxes ................................................................................. 99
Locking box and picture proportions.................................................................... 100
Reshaping boxes................................................................................................... 100
Adding borders to boxes...................................................................................... 100
Applying colors to boxes ...................................................................................... 101
Applying gradients to boxes................................................................................. 101
Specifying number of columns in text boxes........................................................ 101
Merging and splitting boxes................................................................................. 102
Adding text and pictures to boxes ....................................................................... 103
Changing box type ............................................................................................... 103
Creating a box from a clipping path..................................................................... 104
Copying attributes from one box to another........................................................ 104
Super Step and Repeat......................................................................................... 104
ShapeMaker .......................................................................................................... 106
Working with lines ........................................................................................ 111
Creating lines........................................................................................................ 111
Line modes for orthogonal lines ........................................................................... 112
Resizing lines......................................................................................................... 112
Reshaping lines ..................................................................................................... 112
Controlling line appearance ................................................................................. 113
Joining lines .......................................................................................................... 113
Joining, extending and closing open paths.......................................................... 113
Copying attributes from one line to another ........................................................ 113