Quark to InDesignCS3 Conversion Guide - InDesign User Group

frames (such as Fill Frame Proportionally) and include fit
options in an object style. If a frame is not selected when
you place a graphic, either click on an existing frame to
place the file, or click and drag the loaded icon to create
a frame and place its contents with the same action.
Content tool | Position, Direct selection, and type tools
In QuarkXPress, you use the Content tool when you
want to move a picture within a picture box, modify
text within a text box, or change the size of any box. In
InDesign, the Position tool (paired with the Direct Selection
tool in the Tools panel) is similar to the QuarkXPress
Content tool for pictures and lets you move a graphic
within its frame and resize the frame. You can also use
the Direct Selection tool to move a graphic within its
frame, as well as to reshape the frame by dragging any of
its anchor points. To enter or format text in InDesign, use
the Type tool. Also, click and
drag the Type tool to create a
new text frame.
frame | stroke
With InDesign, you can add a stroke to any InDesign
object (you add a frame in QuarkXPress) and specify
the color, weight, and style of the stroke. To stroke
an object in InDesign, use the Stroke panel to assign a
weight, apply built-in or custom stroke styles, and specify
whether the stroke is placed inside, outside, or centered
on the object’s edge. (You can place a QuarkXPress frame
only inside or outside the edge.) Then apply a color, a
tint, or a gradient using the Swatches, Color, or Gradient
panel or the controls in the Tools panel.
style sheets | styles
In QuarkXPress, you use character and paragraph style
sheets to apply a combination of typographic attributes
to characters and paragraphs. In InDesign, the equivalent
terms are character styles and paragraph styles.
InDesign also includes additional style-related features,
including nested styles, object styles, table styles, and
cell styles.
A nested style is a paragraph-level formatting option that
allows you to apply character attributes to ranges of text
within a paragraph. For more information, see page 55.
Object styles let you quickly modify objects by applying
attributes, such as fill color and tint, stroke width and
color, corner effects, drop shadows, feathered edges, text
frame options, and text wrap settings. For more information,
see page 58.
Table and cell styles allow you to rapidly format an entire
table or a specific table region, such as a header or body
row. For more information, see page 58.
Runaround | text wrap
Both QuarkXPress and InDesign let you specify how
text will flow relative to an obstructing object. Text wrap
improvements in InDesign CS3 let you flow text around
objects to your custom specifications and wrap text to the
left side, right side, or largest side of an object. To specify
text wrap options in InDesign, choose Window > Text
Wrap. In QuarkXPress, only objects in front of a text box
affect the flow of text in the box. InDesign provides two
options for wrapping text around objects: 1) You can
wrap text only around objects that are in front of text
frames or; 2. You can wrap text around objects that are
in front of or beneath text frames.
Linking | threading
In QuarkXPress, you use the Linking tool to manually
flow text through multiple text boxes. You break links
between text boxes with the Unlinking tool. In InDesign,
the in port and out port on a text frame let you thread
text through multiple frames. For more information,
see pages 28-29.
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