QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign CS4 Conversion Guide

To apply a stroke to any selected
object(s) or text, ensure that the
Stroke icon is selected instead. Note
that you can apply a color, tint, or
gradient to the fill or stroke of text
characters without converting the
text to outlines. (If you do choose
Type > Create Outlines, the resulting
text is no longer editable.)
If you have one or more text frames
selected with the Selection tool, you
can apply a fill or stroke to the text
within each frame by first clicking
the Formatting Affects Text icon in
the Tools panel, the Swatches panel,
or the Color panel. If you select the
Formatting Affects Container icon
instead, the fill or stroke is applied
to the selected frame rather than to
the text.
The Default Fill And Stroke icon
in the Tools panel lets you return the
Fill and Stroke icons to their default
settings. The Swap Fill And Stroke
icon reverses the colors of the
stroke and fill icons.
Selecting Images vs. Frames
In QuarkXPress, you must select the
Content tool before you can modify
either text or a graphic. InDesign
doesn’t have a single tool for modifying
both text and graphics. Instead, if
you want to modify a graphic without
affecting its frame, choose the
Position tool or the Direct Selection
tool, and then click the graphic.
The Fill and Stroke icons (circled above)
appear, partially overlapping each other,
at the bottom of the Tools panel and the
top of the Swatches panel.
For example—if you want to move an
image into another frame—select it
with the Direct Selection tool, choose
Edit > Cut, select the destination
frame, and choose Edit > Paste Into.
Similarly, you can change the color
of imported black-and-white and
grayscale graphics (but not of color
graphics) by first selecting the
graphic with the Direct Selection
or Position tool, and then clicking
a color in the Swatches panel.
Which tool you use when scaling or
resizing a graphic also determines
the result. For more information
on scaling, resizing, and cropping,
see “Working with Graphics and
Frames” on page 23.
Ruler Guides Are Objects
To create a ruler guide, click the
horizontal or vertical ruler, and drag
the pointer onto a page or the pasteboard.
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. (Hold
down the Shift key while dragging or
double-clicking to add the guide at
the nearest ruler tick mark.)
Ruler guides behave much like
objects you create with the drawing
tools. You can select a ruler guide by
clicking it with the Selection, Direct
Selection, or Position tool, and you
can select multiple guides by Shiftclicking
or by clicking and dragging
over two or more guides.
You can reposition a selected guide
by dragging it, using the arrow keys
When you select an image inside a frame
with the Direct Selection tool, you can see
its bounding box and transform it
separately from the frame.
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