2019

DOCUMENT CONSTRUCTION
390 | A Guide to QuarkXPress 2019
ImageGrid dialog box
To manually specify the size of the boxes that make up the grid, enter values in the
Box Size fields and then click Fixed size. (Box size values are ignored if you click
Autosize to.) Indicate the gap you want between images in the Gap field.
To specify how many rows and columns should be included in the grid and allow
the application to size the boxes to fit automatically, click Autosize to and enter
values in the rows and columns fields.
To automatically size boxes depending on their proportions, with the values in the
Box size area as the maximum size, click Autofill pages using fixed size for limit.
Check Add picture info to add a caption text box under each picture box,
indicating the picture file’s name, resolution, dimensions in pixels, file format, and
color space. To limit this caption to the name of the picture file, check Name only.
To control the size of the caption text, check Info text size (if you don’t check this
box, the application uses font size specified in the Normal character style sheet).
To apply an automatic drop shadow to the picture boxes, check Apply Drop
Shadow and enter a drop shadow offset in the Offset field.
The Box Shape controls let you specify the shape of the picture boxes. To use the
default picture box attributes specified in the tool preferences (QuarkXPress/Edit >
Preferences > Tools tab), check Use Tool Preferences. If you do not check this box,
the picture boxes will have a white background.
In the Picture Sizing area, choose one of the following options:
Import at: Lets you specify the scale at which pictures are imported. To also •
change the size of the box to fit the picture, check Fit box to picture. Note that
this may override some of the settings in the New Box Sizing and Distribution
area.