2021

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TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY
To apply text runaround to a picture component in front of a text box, select the
picture component, choose Style > Picture, click the Runaround tab, and then
choose an option from the Type drop-down menu:
Choose None to run text behind the active picture component.
Choose Item to run text around the picture component’s boundaries. If the
picture component is rectangular, enter values in the Top, Left, Bottom, and
Right fields to outset or inset the runaround area. If the picture component is
not rectangular, a single Outset field is provided.
Choose Auto Image to create a Bézier clipping and runaround path based on the
picture’s non-white areas.
Choose Embedded Path to run text around a path embedded in an image by an
image-editing application.
Choose Alpha Channel to run text around an alpha channel embedded in an
image by an image-editing application.
Choose Non-White Areas to create a runaround path based on the picture’s
subject. Depending on the value in the Threshold field, the runaround path will
outline a dark figure within a larger white or near-white background (or vice
versa).
Choose Same As Clipping to set the text runaround path to the clipping path
selected in the Clipping tab.
Choose Picture Bounds to run text around the rectangular “canvas area” of the
imported picture file. This includes any white background areas saved with your
original picture file. Enter values in the Top, Left, Bottom, and Right fields to
determine the outset or inset of the text from the picture’s boundaries.
To apply text runaround to a picture box in front of a text box, select the picture
box, use the Runaround tab of the Measurements palette.
Runaround for Multiple Items (Boxes)
A step forward to increase the productivity of QuarkXPress customers and easy
access to common and useful features. Applying Runaround to any item (Box) is
one such feature. In general, a QuarkXPress document has lots of items in it and it
was time-consuming to apply Runaround to multiple items individually.
QuarkXPress now allows you to apply Runaround to multiple items (or say grouped
items) with a single click from the Runaround tab of measurement palette.
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