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This option is checked by default. You can insert an em space in text by pressing
Option+space/Ctrl+Shift+6.
• Use the Flex Space Width field to change the 50% default width of a flexible space. To
create a breaking flexible space, press Option+Shift+space/Ctrl+Shift+5; to create a
nonbreaking flexible space, press Command+Option+Shift+space/Ctrl+Alt+Shift+5. The
Flex Space Width value is expressed as a percentage of the normal en space for a given
font and font size (range = 0 to 400%, measurement system = percentage, smallest
increment = .1).
• Use the Accents for All Caps check box to specify whether to include accent marks on
accented characters with the All Caps type style applied. This option is checked by default.
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.
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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. Use the radio buttons under Double-Clicking a Box to determine what happens
when you double-click a box: You can choose to switch from the Item tool to the
appropriate content tool or to open the Modify dialog box.
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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.
• If you have modified the preferences for a tool and intend to change the preferences back
to the default settings, select the tool(s) from the list and click Restore. If you have modified
the preferences for several tools and intend to change all of the tool preferences back to
the default settings, click Restore All.
Preferences — Layout — Trapping
Beginning with version 9.0, the application no longer supports spread and choke trapping.
Spreads and chokes that you set up with the Trapping pane will not be applied at output.
However, overprints and knockouts are honored.
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.
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