8.5

Preferences — Application — Placeholders
Use the Placeholders pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu) to
set text placeholder display preferences.
• Use the Color button in the Text Placeholder area to specify the color of the text
placeholders in the layout. Choose a shade percentage for the color from the Shade
drop-down menu.
• Use the Color button in the TextNode Placeholder area to specify the color of the text
node placeholders in the layout. Choose a shade percentage for the color from the Shade
drop-down menu.
Preferences — Application — SpellCheck
Use the SpellCheck pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu) to set
spell checking options.
In the Spell Check Exceptions area:
• To exclude words that include numbers from spell checking, check Ignore words with
numbers.
• To exclude e-mail addresses and URLs from spell checking, check Ignore Internet and
file addresses.
• To exclude capitalization and spacing checks for words set to German languages — German,
German (Swiss), German (Reformed), and German (Swiss Reformed) — when spell checking,
check Ignore capitalization for German languages.
• To exclude capitalization and spacing checks for words set to non-German languages when
spell checking, check Ignore capitalization for non-German languages.
In the Reformed Languages area, check Use Reformed German 2006 to use reformed
German rules when spell checking text tagged with the German character language.
Preferences — Application — Fraction/Price
Use the Fraction/Price pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu) to
format fractions and prices automatically.
• In the Numerator area, the Offset option positions the numerator in relation to the
baseline; the VScale option determines the height of the numerator as a percentage of
font size; the HScale option determines the width of the numerator as a percentage of
normal character width; and the Kern option adjusts the spacing between the characters
and the forward slash.
• In the Denominator area, the Offset option positions the denominator in relation to the
baseline; the VScale option determines the height of the denominator as a percentage of
font size; the HScale option determines the width of the denominator as a percentage of
normal character width; and the Kern option adjusts the spacing between the characters
and the forward slash.
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