9.3

If you want to move a picture box or see what its crop looks like without the transparent
overlay, press the Command/Ctrl key. This temporarily dismissed the overlay and allows
you to interact with the box as if the Item tool were selected.
If you click and drag with the Picture Content tool when the mouse pointer is positioned
over a spot where a picture box handle and picture content handle overlap, only the picture
is resized or rotated. If you want to move the item handle, select the Item tool.
Understanding Bézier shapes
Before reshaping Bézier boxes and lines, make sure you understand the following definitions.
Point: A point connects line segments and defines where line segments start and end.
Points connecting curved line segments have curve handles that control the shape of the
curves. QuarkXPress offers three types of points: Corner, smooth, and symmetrical.
Corner point: A corner point connects two straight lines, a straight line and a curved line,
or two noncontinuous curved lines. With curved lines, the corner point's curve handles
can be manipulated independently, usually to form a sharp transition between the two
segments:
Examples of corner points
Smooth point: A smooth point connects two curved lines to form a continuous curve. The
curve handles always rest on a straight line through the point, but they can be distanced
independently:
A smooth point
Symmetrical point: A symmetrical point connects two curved lines to form a continuous
curve. The result is similar to a smooth point, but the curve handles are always equidistant
from the point:
A symmetrical point
Curve handles: Curve handles extend from either side of a point and control a curve's shape:
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