8.5

• Cascading Menus (Web layout only): Lets you create a hierarchical list of items that displays
when the end user moves the mouse pointer over an object. This simplifies a Web design
by "hiding" menu items until the user moves the mouse pointer over a specific item.
• Item Styles: Lets you add, edit, and delete item definitions that you can apply to
QuarkXPress items with the Item Styles palette (Window menu).
Style menu
The Style menu changes depending on whether a text box, a picture box, or a line is active.
Style menu for text
The Style menu for text includes commands for specifying character attributes and
paragraph formats. This menu includes the following commands:
• Font: Lets you change the font of selected text.
• Size: Lets you change the size of selected text.
• Type Style: Lets you apply type styles such as bold, italic, and underline to selected text.
• Change Case: Lets you change case of selected text to uppercase, lower case, or title case.
• Color: Lets you change the color of selected text.
• Shade: Lets you set the tint of an applied color.
• Opacity: Lets you control the transparency of selected text.
• Horizontal/Vertical Scale: Lets you stretch selected text horizontally or vertically.
• Kern/Track: When the text insertion point is between two characters, Kern lets you control
the spacing between those characters. When text is selected, Track lets you control the
spacing between all selected characters.
• Kern or Track/Sending: When the text insertion point is between two characters, Kern
lets you control the spacing between those characters. When text is selected, Track lets
you control the spacing between all selected Roman characters. Sending lets you specify
a fixed distance between characters, irrespective of font or font size.
• Baseline Shift: Lets you move selected text up or down in relation to the baseline without
changing line spacing.
• Character: Displays the Character Attributes dialog box, which lets you control every
aspect of character formatting for selected text.
• Character Style Sheets: Lets you apply character style sheets to selected text.
• Text to Box: Lets you convert text to a Bézier picture box shaped like the selected characters.
• Rubi: Lets you control rubi characters applied to text.
• Group Characters: Lets you place horizontal text in a vertical story.
• Story Direction: Lets you specify horizontal or vertical story direction for the selected text
box.
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