8.5

Print layouts only: Use the Auto Page Insertion options to determine whether pages are
inserted automatically to contain text overflow from an automatic text box or a chain of
text boxes (on a page associated with a master page that contains an automatic text box).
The drop-down menu also enables you to determine where any pages will be inserted.
Web layouts only: Use the Image Export Directory field to specify the name of the folder
in which all image files are placed when a Web layout is exported. The folder is created at
the same level as the exported layout (or in the site root folder, if one is specified). If you
leave this field blank, the image files are placed in the same folder as the exported layout
(or in the site root folder, if one is specified). By default, a folder named "image" is created
at the same level as the exported layout and exported images are placed in that "image"
folder.
Web layouts only: Use the Site Root Directory field to specify the name and location of
the folder to be used as the root folder for the exported version of the active Web layout.
Click the Select/Browse button to the right of the field to locate the site root folder with
a dialog box.
Preferences — Layout — Measurements
Use the Measurements pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu) to
specify default measuring units for layout rulers and the Measurements palette:
• Use the Horizontal and Vertical drop-down menus to specify the measurement system
for the rulers displayed along the top and left of the layout window. Horizontal corresponds
to the top ruler; Vertical corresponds to the left ruler.
• Several other aspects of the user interface are affected by these two drop-down menus,
including the default X and Y coordinates in the Measurements palette. QuarkXPress
automatically converts font size, frame width, leading, and line width to points, regardless
of the measurement system you choose.
• Use the Points/Inch field to override the default value of 72 points per inch. QuarkXPress
uses the value here as the basis for all point and pica measurements, as well as for all point-
and pica-to-inch conversions. The desktop publishing standard for points per inch is 72.
However, the traditional typographic standard used on most metal typographic rulers is
usually approximately 72.27 or 72.307 points per inch (range = 60 to 80 pt, measurement
system = points, smallest increment = .001).
• Use the Ciceros/cm field to specify a ciceros-to-centimeter conversion value different from
the standard 2.1967 (range = 2 to 3 c, measurement system = ciceros, smallest
increment = .001).
• Print layouts only: Use the Item Coordinates buttons to specify whether the increments
of the horizontal ruler repeat from zero for each Page or are continuous across a Spread.
This setting determines the coordinates of items displayed in fields. The default option is
Page.
• Use the Measurement Units drop-down menu to set the default measurement unit for
new layouts.
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