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PREFERENCES
Click Delete Changes if you want modified master items on your layout pages •
to be deleted when a new master page is applied.
Use the Framing area to specify whether frames are placed inside or outside text
and picture boxes.
When you click Inside, the distance between the text and the frame is •
determined by the box’s Text Inset values (Defined in the Text Box tab of the
Measurements palette) When you place a frame inside a picture box, the frame
overlaps the picture.
When you click Outside, the frame is placed outside the box, increasing the •
box’s width and height. The frame cannot extend beyond a constraining box or
the pasteboard.
Check Allow Justification of CJK characters to enable justification settings for East
Asian text categories of EA Punct, Han, Kana/ Hangul/ ZhuYin specified in H&J.
Use the Auto Page Insertion options to determine whether pages are inserted
automatically to contain text overflow from an automatic text box or a chain of text
boxes (on a page associated with a master page that contains an automatic text
box). The drop-down menu also enables you to determine where any pages will be
inserted.
Digital layouts only: Check OpenType support for Digital to enable OpenType
features for Digital layouts.
Preferences — Layout — Measurements
Use the Measurements pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit
menu) to specify default measuring units for layout rulers and the Measurements
palette:
Use the Horizontal and Vertical drop-down menus to specify the measurement •
system for the rulers displayed along the top and left of the layout window.
Horizontal corresponds to the top ruler; Vertical corresponds to the left ruler.
Several other aspects of the user interface are affected by these two drop-down •
menus, including the default X and Y coordinates in the Measurements palette.
QuarkXPress automatically converts font size, frame width, leading, and line
width to points, regardless of the measurement system you choose.
Use the Points/Inch field to override the default value of 72 points per inch. •
QuarkXPress uses the value here as the basis for all point and pica
measurements, as well as for all point- and pica-to-inch conversions. The
desktop publishing standard for points per inch is 72. However, the traditional
typographic standard used on most metal typographic rulers is usually
approximately 72.27 or 72.307 points per inch (range = 60 to 80 pt,
measurement system = points, smallest increment = .001).
Use the Ciceros/cm field to specify a ciceros-to-centimeter conversion value •
different from the standard 2.1967 (range = 2 to 3 c, measurement system =
ciceros, smallest increment = .001).
Use the Item Coordinates buttons to specify whether the increments of the •
horizontal ruler repeat from zero for each Page or are continuous across a
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