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Preferences Layout Paragraph
Use the Paragraph pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu) to
control various paragraph-level settings.
Use the Auto Leading feature to automatically set line spacing. You can apply this setting
to a paragraph by entering "auto" or "0" in the Leading field of the Paragraph Attributes
dialog box (Style > Leading). Unlike paragraphs with absolute leading (identical line
spacing above every line), paragraphs with auto leading may include lines with different
leading when fonts and font sizes are mixed in the same paragraph.
Auto leading starts with a base amount of leading, which QuarkXPress calculates by
examining the ascent and descent values built into the fonts used in an auto-leaded line
and the line above it; however, the user-specified text size (Style > Size) plays the largest
part in determining this base amount. Finally, a value specified by the user in the Auto
Leading field is added to the base amount to arrive at the total amount of leading.
To specify percentage-based auto leading, enter a value from 0% to 100% in 1% increments.
This value determines the amount of leading between two lines of text as follows: The
largest font size in the line above is multiplied by the percentage value. This outcome is
added to the base amount of auto leading between the two lines. Although the design of
certain fonts complicates the process, here is a simplified example: 10-point text styled
consistently in a "standard" font with Auto Leading set to 20% has 12 points of leading
(10 pts + [20% of 10] = 12 pts). To specify incremental auto leading, enter a value preceded
by a plus sign (+) or a minus sign () from 63 points to +63 points using any measurement
system. Entering "+5" will add 5 points of leading to the base amount of auto leading;
entering "+5 mm" will add 5 millimeters.
Use the Maintain Leading check box to control the placement of a line of text that falls
immediately below an obstruction in a column or box. If Maintain Leading is checked,
the line's baseline is placed according to its applied leading value. If Maintain Leading is
unchecked, the ascent of the line will abut the bottom of the obstruction or any applied
runaround value (Item > Runaround).
In the Lock to Grid Based On area:
Click Ascent and Descent to lock text to grid based on the ascenders and descenders of
characters.
Click Font Size (Em Box) to lock text to grid based on the size of the em boxes of the
characters.
For each language in the Hyphenation list, use the Method drop-down menu in the
Hyphenation area to specify the method QuarkXPress uses to automatically hyphenate
paragraphs when no corresponding entry is found in your Hyphenation Exceptions
dictionary. The setting you choose affects only paragraphs for which Auto Hyphenation
(Edit > H&Js) is enabled:
Choose Standard to hyphenate using the algorithm built into versions of QuarkXPress
prior to 3.1. Documents created in versions of QuarkXPress prior to 3.1 default to
Standard when they are opened in version 3.1 or later.
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