9.3

• To configure dragging options for the Text Content and Picture Content tools, select the
combined content tool and then click Modify. Click Create Boxes to create a new box
when you drag with a content tool selected. Click Select Boxes to select boxes when you
drag with a content tool selected.
• To change the default attributes for items created by one or more related item-creation
tools, select the tools and then click Modify.
• If you have modified the preferences for a tool and intend to change the preferences back
to the default settings, select the tool(s) from the list and click Restore. If you have modified
the preferences for several tools and intend to change all of the tool preferences back to
the default settings, click Restore All.
Preferences — Layout — Trapping
Beginning with version 9.0, the application no longer supports spread and choke trapping.
Spreads and chokes that you set up with the Trapping pane will not be applied at output.
However, overprints and knockouts are honored.
Preferences — Layout — Guides and Grid
Use the Guides and Grid pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu)
to specify various default settings for guides and design grids.
The Snap Distance field enables you to change the 6-pixel default distance at which objects
snap to page guides when Snap to Guides is chosen (View menu) (range = 1 to 216,
measurement system = pixels, smallest increment = 1).
In the Guides area:
• To specify default margin and guide colors, use the Margin Color and Guide Color buttons.
• Click In Front of Content or Behind Content to specify whether ruler guides and page
guides are placed in front of or behind all items on a page.
In the Page Grid area:
• To control the minimum zoom value at which the master page grid and text box grids
become visible, enter a value in the Zoom Visibility field.
• Click In Front of Content or Behind Content to specify whether the master page grid is
placed in front of or behind all items on a page. If you click In Front of Content, you can
also specify whether the master page grid is in front of or behind guides.
Preferences — Layout — Grid Cell Fill
Use the Grid Cell Fill pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu) to
control how design grid cells are filled.
When you check Show Full Cell in the Display Settings tab (see "Design grids: Display
Settings tab") for a grid style or master page grid, you can designate one of the cells in the
sequence to be filled with the color that outlines other cells in the grid. To designate the
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