8.5

Preferences — Application — Display
Use the Display pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu) to specify
how the pasteboard and other elements in the application appear on screen for all projects.
Settings in the Pasteboard area include the following:
• Use the Pasteboard Width field to specify the width of the pasteboard on either side of
the page or spread in a Print layout. Pasteboard width is measured as a percentage of the
layout width.
• Use the Color control to specify a color for the pasteboard.
• To display the pasteboard of the active spread in a different color, check Change Pasteboard
Color to Indicate Active Spread and then choose a color with the corresponding Color
control.
Settings in the Display area include the following:
• Check Opaque Text Box Editing to turn text boxes temporarily opaque while you are
editing them.
• Use the Color TIFFs drop-down list to specify the color depth of screen previews created
for color TIFFs when they are imported.
• Use the Gray TIFFs drop-down list to specify the resolution of screen previews created for
grayscale TIFFs when they are imported.
• Windows only: Use the Display DPI Value field to adjust your monitor so that it displays
the best representation of your document on screen.
• Choose a profile that corresponds to your monitor from the Monitor Profile drop-down
menu, or choose Automatic. Profiles can be placed in the "Profiles" folder in the
QuarkXPress application folder. (For more information about color management
preferences, see "Preferences — Layout — Color Manager.")
Preferences — Application — Input Settings
Use the Input Settings pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu) to
customize scrolling and other "on-the-fly" actions.
• Use the Scrolling area to specify how quickly you can scroll through layouts and how
layouts update on screen. Check Live Scroll to update the layout view as you drag the
scroll boxes in layout window scroll bars. To turn Live Scroll on and off while you are
scrolling, press Option/Alt as you drag a scroll box.
• Use the Format drop-down menu and the Smart Quotes check box to choose a style for
converting and entering quotation marks. To specify the default characters to be used with
the Smart Quotes feature and with the Convert Quotes option in the Import dialog box
(File > Import), choose an option from the Quotes drop-down menu. Check Smart Quotes
to force the application to automatically replace foot and inch marks (' and ") with the
chosen quotation marks as you type.
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