2020

Working with guides....................................................................................... 90
Column and margin guides .................................................................................... 90
Ruler guides ............................................................................................................ 90
Snapping to guides................................................................................................. 91
Dynamic Guides...................................................................................................... 91
Undoing and redoing actions.......................................................................... 92
Native QuarkXPress objects ...................................................... 93
Convert an existing item to a native QuarkXPress object.............................. 93
Import an object as a native QuarkXPress object .......................................... 94
Content variables ....................................................................... 96
Edit content variables ..................................................................................... 97
Create a custom content variable ................................................................... 98
Insert a content variable ............................................................................... 100
Boxes, lines, and tables............................................................ 101
Understanding items and content................................................................. 101
Understanding handles ................................................................................. 102
Understanding Bézier shapes ....................................................................... 103
Drop Shadows............................................................................................... 106
Item Find/Change ......................................................................................... 107
Integration of Custom Border Styles with Item Find/Change ...................... 108
Working with boxes ...................................................................................... 108
Creating text and picture boxes ........................................................................... 109
9-Point Reference Grid ......................................................................................... 110
Resizing boxes ...................................................................................................... 111
Auto Grow/Shrink Text Boxes ............................................................................... 112
Locking box and picture proportions.................................................................... 112
Reshaping boxes................................................................................................... 113
Adding borders to boxes...................................................................................... 113
Applying colors to boxes ...................................................................................... 114
Applying gradients to boxes................................................................................. 114
Specifying number of columns in text boxes........................................................ 114
Merging and splitting boxes................................................................................. 115
Adding text and pictures to boxes ....................................................................... 116
Changing box type ............................................................................................... 116
Creating a box from a clipping path..................................................................... 117
Copying attributes from one box to another........................................................ 117
Super Step and Repeat......................................................................................... 117
ShapeMaker .......................................................................................................... 118
Working with lines ........................................................................................ 124
Creating lines........................................................................................................ 124
Line modes for orthogonal lines ........................................................................... 125
Resizing lines......................................................................................................... 125
A GUIDE TO QUARKXPRESS 2020 | III