QuarkXPress 5 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide > Lines

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Ch. 8. Tables and Tabs

Ch. 9. Pictures

Ch. 10. Multiple Items

Ch. 11. Pictures and Text

Ch. 12. Lines

To draw a straight horizontal or vertical line:

To draw a straight line at any angle:

To change the width of a line using the keyboard:

To restyle a line using the Measurements palette:

To shorten or lengthen a line manually:

To shorten or lengthen a line using the Measurements palette:

To move a line manually:

To change the angle of a line:

To reposition a line using the Measurements palette:

To create or edit dashes or stripes:

To compare two dashes or stripes:

To recolor a dash or stripe:

Ch. 17. Search & Replace

Appx. A. Special characters

Appx. B. Keyboard shortcuts

Chapter 12. Lines

The line creation tools produce horizontal, vertical, and diagonal straight lines and arrows to which a variety of styles, endcaps, and colors can be applied. Using the Dashes & Stripes command, which is covered in this chapter, you can create custom line styles for use with the line tools, the Frame command, or the paragraph Rules command.

Need more than one of an item?

Use the Duplicate shortcut (Cmd-D/Ctrl-D). Or if you want to control where the duplicates land, use Item > Step & Repeat.
After you draw a line with a line tool, the tool automatically deselects. To keep a line tool selected so as to draw multiple lines, Option-click/Alt-click the tool on the Tool palette. When you're finished using it, choose a different tool.

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