Quark to InDesignCS3 Conversion Guide - InDesign User Group

top of the vertical ruler intersect
(the upper-left corner of document
window), and drag the pointer into
the document window to change
the location of the zero point. The
zero point is used when determining
the location of objects on a page or
spread. Double-click where the dotted
lines intersect to return the zero
point to the upper-left corner of a
page or spread.
Duplicate an object
Press Option (Mac OS) or Alt (Windows)
when dragging an object to
create a duplicate of the object. Add
the Shift key to restrict movement to
increments of 45 degrees.
Edit original graphic
Press Option (Mac OS) or Alt
(Windows), and then double-click
a graphic to open the graphic in
the application that created it.
Protect a master object
If you want to prevent a master
object from being selected on a document
page, select the object on the
master page, and then deselect Allow
Master Item Overrides On Selection
in the Pages panel menu.
select a master object on a document
page
To select a master object on a document
page, press Shift+Command
(Mac OS) or Shift+Ctrl (Windows),
and then click the object. (Note that
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if Allow Master Item Overrides On
Selection is deselected for the mas-
ter object, the object cannot be
selected on a document page.)
switch ruler units
Right-click (or Control-click if you
have a one-button Mac mouse) on
the horizontal or vertical ruler, and
choose a different measurement
system, or choose Custom to specify
a custom measurement unit.
Print preview
Click the Preview icon in the Tools
panel to display a document without
nonprinting elements, such as frame
edges and guidelines. In Preview
mode, the pasteboard is gray.
Paste in place
To paste a copied object using
the same X and Y coordinates
as the original object, press
Shift+Option+Command+V
(Mac OS) or Shift+Alt+Ctrl+V
(Windows).
Create a ruler guide
Click the horizontal or vertical ruler,
and drag the pointer onto a page or
the pasteboard to create a guideline.
If you release the pointer over a page,
the guideline extends across the
page. If you release the pointer over
the pasteboard, the guideline spans
the page and pasteboard. You can
also double-click a ruler to create
a guideline where you click.
Delete a ruler guide
To delete a ruler guide, click it with
the Selection or Direct Selection tool,
and then press Delete or Backspace.
Insert a footnote
Choose Type > Insert Footnote to
add a footnote to text. When you
insert a footnote, a superscript number
is placed in the text and a corresponding
number is placed at the
bottom of the column that contains
the footnote. Enter the text for the
footnote next to the number at the
bottom of the column.
switch fill and stroke colors
Click the Swap Fill And Stroke
icon in the Tools, Swatches, or
Color panel to switch the current
fill and stroke color.
format text in multiple frames
Select multiple text frames, click the
Formatting Affects Text icon in the
Tools panel, and then change character
and paragraph formats to modify
all text in all selected frames.
Paste text without formatting
If you’ve copied text from another
program or within InDesign, choose
Edit > Paste Without Formatting
to remove formatting in the pasted
text. (Paste Without Formatting
is dimmed if you paste text from
another application when Text Only
is selected in the Clipboard Handling
pane in the Preferences dialog box.)