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You can use picture content handles to resize or rotate a picture without
changing the size or angle of its picture box.
Resize pointers: ●
Rotation pointers: ●
Rotated picture in an unrotated box
If you want to move a picture box or see what its crop looks like without the
transparent overlay, press the Command/Ctrl key. This temporarily dismisses
the overlay and allows you to interact with the box as if the Item tool were
selected.
If you click and drag with the Picture Content tool when the mouse pointer is 
positioned over a spot where a picture box handle and picture content handle
overlap, only the picture is resized or rotated. If you want to move the item
handle, select the Item tool.
Understanding Bézier shapes
Before reshaping Bézier boxes and lines, make sure you understand the
following definitions.
Point: A point connects line segments and defines where line segments start
and end. Points connecting curved line segments have curve handles that
control the shape of the curves. QuarkXPress offers three types of points:
Corner, smooth, and symmetrical.
Corner point: A corner point connects two straight lines, a straight line and a
curved line, or two noncontinuous curved lines. With curved lines, the corner
point’s curve handles can be manipulated independently, usually to form a sharp
transition between the two segments: