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any shape or size of text box.
This feature is not available on locked boxes or when the proportion of the 
box is locked.
The Fit Box to Text feature can be used for boxes which have overflow or
underflow.
The Fit Box to Text feature can be used for all kinds of text boxes, including
linked boxes, multicolumn boxes, rotated boxes. It will work on text that has
various attributes applied to it.
Importing and exporting text
To import text, do one of the following:
Select the Text Content tool , place the text insertion point where you want ●
text to be inserted, and then choose File > Import. Check Convert Quotes
option to convert double hyphens to em dashes and convert foot or inch
marks to typesetter’s apostrophes and quotation marks. Check Include Style
Sheets to import style sheets from a Microsoft Word. Check Interpret XPress
Tags to import XPress Tags file.
Drag a text file from the file system onto a text box. ●
Drag text from another application onto a text box. ●
Press Command/Ctrl and drag a text file from the file system onto a picture ●
box or a no-content box.
Press Command/Ctrl and drag text from another application onto a picture ●
box or a no-content box.
If you drag content onto a box that already contains text or a picture,
QuarkXPress creates a new box for the dragged content. To replace the
contents of the box instead, press Command/Ctrl while dragging the content to
the box. To always create a new box for dragged-in content, press Option/Alt
while dragging.