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TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY
158 | A GUIDE TO QUARKXPRESS 2020
Text and typography
Text is an integral part of nearly every publication. QuarkXPress lets you create and
edit text directly in your publications or import text from most popular word
processing applications. In addition to the standard text formatting and editing
features, QuarkXPress includes such features as finding and changing text and its
attributes, spell checking, custom spelling dictionaries, and a font usage utility for
making project-wide changes to text formatting.
Typography is the art of making the appearance of your text convey the tone or
meaning of the content. QuarkXPress lets you control the tone of your text by
letting you adjust every facet of typography, including typefaces, type styles,
leading, and spacing.
The icon indicates text features that are considered East Asian features and are
only available when you have the East Asian preference enabled
(QuarkXPress/Edit( > Preferences > East Asian).
Editing text
To enter and import text into active text boxes, use the Text Content tool .
Characters are entered at the text insertion point, indicated by the blinking line.
A story is all of the text in a text box. If a series of boxes is linked, all of the text in
all of the boxes is a single story.
When you type in a text component, the text is entered at the text insertion point,
which is indicated by the blinking line. A story is all of the text in a text box. If a
series of boxes is linked, all of the text in all of the boxes is a single story.
You can select text using multiple mouse clicks. A double-click selects the word
containing the text insertion point; a triple-click selects the line containing the text
insertion point; four clicks selects the entire paragraph containing the text insertion
point; five clicks selects the entire story.