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BOXES, LINES, AND TABLES
To move an item within a group, press Command/Ctrl and select the item with the
Item tool , the Text Content tool , or the Picture Content tool .
The active fields in the Measurement palette tabs will affect the active group.
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Choose Item > Ungroup (Command+U/Ctrl+U) to ungroup a single group, or Item
> Ungroup All to ungroup every group in a group that contains other groups.
Resizing grouped items
To resize every item in a group simultaneously, click and drag the group’s item
handles. If you press Command+Shift/Ctrl+Shift while resizing a group, all frame
widths, line weights, pictures, and text are resized proportionally. If you press
Command/Ctrl while resizing a group, frame widths, pictures, and text are still
resized, but not proportionally.
Duplicating items
QuarkXPress lets you make single or multiple copies of boxes, lines, and text paths.
Create a single copy of a selected item using the Duplicate command (Item menu).
You can also press Option/Alt while dragging an item or group to create a duplicate.
The Super Step and Repeat feature is useful for laying out design elements that
contain a number of evenly spaced copies of an item. Create multiple copies of an
item and specify the distance between them using the Super Step and Repeat
command (Item menu).
For another way to make uniquely shaped boxes, see “
ShapeMaker XTensions 
software.”
Spacing and aligning items
You can control the position of multiple selected items relative to one another using
the Item > Space/Align submenu or the Space/Align tab of the Measurements
palette.
You can choose from among eight spacing and six alignment options in the
Measurements palette, and you can specify alignment relative to selected items, the
page, or (for Print layouts with facing pages) the spread. The Item > Space/Align
submenu includes the “Item relative” and “Page relative” modes described below.
The Measurements palette also includes a third mode called “Spread relative.”
The space/align modes are as follows:
Item relative mode positions items relative to the uppermost active item, which •
does not move. The uppermost item is determined by the location of the item’s
top edges. If two or more items have the same top edges, then items are spaced
from the leftmost item.
Page relative mode positions items relative to the page edges (left, right, top, or •
bottom).
Spread relative mode is available for active Print layouts that include facing •
pages. Assume that you have opened a layout with a spread and then selected an
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