Saturday, 3 March 2012

QuarkXPress™ Technical Manual Project Part 4N – Build The Document – Continued


66. Enter the following width and height coordinates in the Measurements palette. Note that we haven't determined the y-coordinate yet.
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67. Drag a new rectangle approximately in the location shown using either the Rectangular Picture Box tool or the Rectangular Text Box tool. Then click Item > Content > None.
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68. Enter the following width and height coordinates in the Measurements palette then drag the box until it snaps into the guides in the lower right-hand corner.
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Tip: The Item tool is used to move an item. The Content tool is used to move an item's contents. If the Content tool is selected press Ctrl-drag (Windows®) or Cmd-drag (Mac®) to move the item.
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69. Click Item > Modify or double-click the new box with the Item tool. In the "Frame" tab, select a solid black outline, 1 point wide.
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70. In the "Box" tab choose a black box color with a 20% tint. Click "OK" to close the dialog.
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71. Using the Rectangular Picture Box tool, drag a new picture box inside the gray box.
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72. Click File > Get Picture. Navigate to the folder containing your images and select "screenshot.eps". In the Measurements palette, enter 75% in the x and y scale values.
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73. Move the black box and the picture box into the following arrangement. Note that this can and should be done by eye. The black box is a banner for some reversed type which will be placed in front of it. It should snap to the left and right margins so it should have an x-coordinate of 36 points and a width of 540 points. You will only be moving it up or down.
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