2020

BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
You can resize active boxes using any of the following methods:
Select the Item tool or a Content tool and move the mouse pointer over •
a selected box’s item handle to display the Resizing pointer. Click and drag the
handle to a new location to reduce or enlarge the box. Press Shift to maintain
the box’s aspect ratio. Press Option/Alt to resize the box from the center. Press
Command/Ctrl to resize the box contents along with the box.
Enter values in the W and H fields of the Home or Space/Align tabs of the •
Measurements palette to change the width and height, and then press
Return/Enter.
Use keyboard increments to automatically increase/decrease the value in this
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field. See “Palettes“ for more information.
You can lock a box’s proportions, so that you don’t have to press Shift to maintain
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the aspect ratio. For more information, see “Locking box proportions.”
Auto Grow/Shrink Text Boxes
QuarkXPress lets the box grow or shrink automatically during text input, text
import/ text copy paste/ drag and drop text. This feature adds huge benefit for the
designer since they now do not have to keep dealing with the text over matter or
keep readjusting box to fit to the text length. User can set text box width, height or
both to auto. A text box can auto-grow up to the page margin (width wise and
height wise). Auto (grow/shrink) property is only applicable for rectangular text
boxes and will be turned off in case of non-rectangular boxes, boxes having text
angle or text skew.
Auto grow values defined in measurement palette
How it works
You can now set Width/Height of box to Auto or Fixed through measurements •
palette.
Locking box and picture proportions
To lock the selected box’s proportions, display the Home tab of the Measurements
palette and click the proportion lock control next to the W and H fields. If this
control is locked, QuarkXPress maintains the item’s aspect ratio during resizing
operations.
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