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Preferences — Layout — Tools
Use the Tools panes of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu) to
specify default characteristics for the Zoom tool and the Item tool , and to
set defaults for items created by item creation tools.
Windows only
To configure Item tool options, select the Item tool and then click Modify. ●
Use the Shift + nudge Increment area to control by how many pixels the Item
tool nudges an item.
To control the range and the increment of the view change for the Zoom tool ●
, select the Zoom tool and then click Modify.
To configure dragging options for the Text Content and Picture Content tools, ●
select the combined content tool and then click Modify. Click Create Boxes
to create a new box when you drag with a content tool selected. Click Select
Boxes to select boxes when you drag with a content tool selected. To change
the default attributes for items created by one or more related item-creation
tools, select the tools and then click Modify.
Set and Restore Tool Preferences
On both Windows and macOS, you can set the default tool preferences for the
layout directly from the boxes. To set the tool preferences, set up a box the way
you want and then use Edit > Set Tool Preferences From Selected to push the
box’s attributes to the tool preferences. Use the Edit > Restore Tool Preferences
to Default to restore the tool preferences to the default settings. You can Set
Tool Preferences for Current layout or all New Layouts. Similarly, you can Reset
Tool Preferences for Current layout or all New Layouts.
Preferences — Layout — Guides and Grid
Use the Guides and Grid pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit
menu) to specify various default settings for guides and design grids.
The Snap Distance field enables you to change the 6-pixel default distance at
which objects snap to page guides when Snap to Guides is chosen (View menu)
(range = 1 to 216, measurement system = pixels, smallest increment = 1).
In the Guides area:
To specify default margin and guide colors, use the Margin Color and Guide ●
Color buttons.
Click In Front of Content or Behind Content to specify whether ruler guides ●
and page guides are placed in front of or behind all items on a page.