Selecting Items
Selecting Items
There are three kinds of items in QuarkXPress: boxes, lines, and text paths.
Items can be combined into groups, and they can be multiple-selected. To manipulate items in QuarkXPress, they must be selected. Once selected, active items display solid outlines and handles for reshaping.
Selecting items
Select either the Item tool e or the Content tool E and move the
Arrow pointer x over an item. Click once to select a single item, SHIFT click individual items to select more than one item at a time, or marquee an area to encompass any items you want selected.
Deselecting items
To deselect an active item, click outside it. When the Item tool e is selected, you can press the
TAB key to deselect any active items.
S Tips
Selecting items with the Item tool e versus the Content tool
E
In general, select items with the Item tool e to manipulate item edges, and select items with the Content tool
E to manipulate item contents. You can
SHIFT
-click or marquee an area to select multiple items using the Content tool
E or the Item tool e. For the most part, you will want to have the Item tool e selected when you are manipulating items.
Using Select All
When the Item tool e is selected and you choose Edit
& Select All
(
CTRL
+
A
), all the items on the current page or spread (and the pasteboard area next to the current page or spread) are selected.
Use the Item tool e or the Content tool E to select an individual item, such as a box (left), or to marquee-select multiple items (right). Active items display solid outlines and handles for reshaping.
A Guide to QuarkXPress 9.3
