2021

Project-level and layout-level resources.................................................................. 88
Adaptive scaling ..................................................................................................... 88
Large Pasteboard size..................................................................................... 90
Working with Guides ...................................................................................... 91
Column and margin guides .................................................................................... 92
Ruler guides ............................................................................................................ 92
Snapping to guides................................................................................................. 93
Dynamic Guides .............................................................................................. 93
Undoing and redoing actions.......................................................................... 94
Native QuarkXPress objects ...................................................... 95
Convert an existing item to a native QuarkXPress object.............................. 95
Import an object as a native QuarkXPress object .......................................... 96
Content variables ....................................................................... 98
Edit content variables ..................................................................................... 99
Create a custom content variable ................................................................. 100
Insert a content variable ............................................................................... 102
Boxes, lines, and tables............................................................ 103
Understanding items and content................................................................. 103
Understanding handles ................................................................................. 104
Understanding Bézier shapes ....................................................................... 105
Drop Shadows............................................................................................... 108
Item Find/Change ......................................................................................... 109
Integration of Custom Border Styles with Item Find/Change ...................... 110
Working with boxes ...................................................................................... 110
Creating text and picture boxes ........................................................................... 111
9-Point Reference Grid ......................................................................................... 112
Resizing boxes ...................................................................................................... 113
Auto Grow/Shrink Text Boxes ............................................................................... 114
Locking box and picture proportions.................................................................... 114
Reshaping boxes................................................................................................... 115
Adding borders to boxes...................................................................................... 115
Applying colors to boxes ...................................................................................... 116
Applying gradients to boxes................................................................................. 116
Specifying number of columns in text boxes........................................................ 116
Merging and splitting boxes................................................................................. 117
Adding text and pictures to boxes ....................................................................... 118
Changing box type ............................................................................................... 118
Creating a box from a clipping path..................................................................... 119
Copying attributes from one box to another........................................................ 119
Super Step and Repeat......................................................................................... 119
ShapeMaker .......................................................................................................... 120
Working with lines ........................................................................................ 126
A GUIDE TO QUARKXPRESS 2021 | III