QuarkXPress 9.

1 Keyboard Command Guide: Windows

Menu commands (Windows) .................................................................................................... 2 Dialog box commands (Windows) .............................................................................................. 7 Palette commands (Windows) .................................................................................................... 8 Project and layout commands (Windows) ................................................................................ 10 Item commands (Windows) ...................................................................................................... 12 Text commands (Windows) ...................................................................................................... 14 Picture commands (Windows) .................................................................................................. 20

Menu commands (Windows)

File menu
New Project New Library Open Close Save Save as Revert to last Auto Save Import Save Text Append Export Layout as PDF Export Page as EPS Print Exit Output Job Ctrl+N Ctrl+Alt+N Ctrl+O Ctrl+F4 Ctrl+S Ctrl+Shift+S Alt+Revert to Saved Ctrl+E Ctrl+Alt+E Ctrl+Alt+A Ctrl+Alt+P Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S Ctrl+P Ctrl+Q Ctrl+Alt+Shift+O

Edit menu
Undo Redo Cut Copy Paste Paste without Formatting Paste In Place Select All Find/Change Close Find/Change Preferences dialog box Paragraph pane (Preferences dialog box) Trapping pane (Preferences dialog box) Tools pane (Preferences dialog box) Style Sheets dialog box Colors dialog box H&Js dialog box Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Shift+Z, or Ctrl+Y (configurable) Ctrl+X Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Ctrl+Alt+U Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V Ctrl+A Ctrl+F Ctrl+Alt+F Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Y Ctrl+Alt+Y Ctrl+Shift+F12 Double-click tool in the Tools palette Shift+F11 Shift+F12 Ctrl+Alt+J

Style menu for text

Size > Other Type Style Plain Bold Italic Underline Word Underline Strikethrough Double Strikethrough Outline Shadow All Caps Small Caps Superscript Subscript Superior Ligature (not available in Plus and East Asian editions) Character Attributes dialog box Change story direction (Plus and East Asian editions only) Rubi (Plus and East Asian editions only) Group Characters (Plus and East Asian editions only) Alignment Left Centered Right Justified Forced Leading Formats Tabs Rules Toggle Font Previews preference Ctrl+Shift+L Ctrl+Shift+C Ctrl+Shift+R Ctrl+Shift+J Ctrl+Alt+Shift+J Ctrl+Shift+E Ctrl+Shift+F Ctrl+Shift+T Ctrl+Shift+N Shift+display Font submenu Ctrl+Shift+P Ctrl+Shift+B Ctrl+Shift+I Ctrl+Shift+U Ctrl+Shift+W Ctrl+Shift+/ Ctrl+Alt+Shift+/ Ctrl+Shift+O Ctrl+Shift+Y Ctrl+Shift+K Ctrl+Shift+H Ctrl+Shift+0 (zero) Ctrl+Shift+9 Ctrl+Shift+V Ctrl+Shift+G Ctrl+Shift+D Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T Ctrl+Alt+R Ctrl+Shift+G Ctrl+Shift+\

Style menu for pictures

Halftone Center Picture Stretch Picture To Fit Box Scale Picture To Box (proportionally) 3 Ctrl+Shift+H Ctrl+Shift+M Ctrl+Shift+F Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F

Style menu for lines

Width > Other Ctrl+Shift+\

Item menu
Modify Frame Runaround Clipping Drop Shadow Edit Blio Interactivity Duplicate Step and Repeat Step and Repeat (Plus and East Asian editions only) Delete Group Ungroup Lock Position/Unlock Position Bring to Front Bring Forward Send to Back Send Backward Space/Align Shape (convert Bzier line to filled-center Bzier box) Edit Runaround Clipping Path Ctrl+T Ctrl+Shift+F10 Ctrl+M Ctrl+B Ctrl+F10 Ctrl+Alt+T Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B Ctrl+D Ctrl+Alt+R Ctrl+Alt+D Ctrl+K Ctrl+G Ctrl+U F6 F5 Ctrl+F5 Shift+F5 Ctrl+Shift+F5 Ctrl+, (comma) Alt+Item > Shape > [Bzier shape]

Page menu
Go to Page dialog box Display this pages master page Display next master page Display previous master page Display Layout (when a master page is displayed) Page Properties (when a Web layout is active) Preview Layout (as SWF) Ctrl+J Shift+F4 Ctrl+Shift+F4 Ctrl+Shift+F3 Shift+F4 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A Ctrl+Alt+B

Layout menu
Layout Properties dialog box Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P

View menu
Fit in Window Switch to Reflow view Switch to Story Editor view Switch to Trim view Fit largest spread in window Actual Size Thumbnails Display/hide Guides Display/hide Page Grids Display/hide Text Box Grids Snap to Guides Snap to Page Grids Display/hide Rulers Display/hide Invisibles Switch to Output Preview view set Switch to Authoring Biew view set Ctrl+0 (zero) Ctrl+9 Ctrl+8 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F7 Alt+Fit in Window or Ctrl+Alt+0 (zero) Ctrl+1 (one) Shift+F6 F7 Ctrl+F7 Ctrl+Alt+F7 Shift+F7 Shift+Alt+F7 Ctrl+R Ctrl+I Ctrl+Option+Shift+G Ctrl+Option+Shift+I

Utilities menu
Check Spelling > Word/Selection Check Spelling > Story Check Spelling > Layout Add (during Check Spelling session) Add all suspect words to auxiliary dictionary (during Check Spelling session) Skip button (during Check Spelling session) Replace All button (during Check Spelling session) Replace button (during Check Spelling session) Done button (during Check Spelling session) Suggested Hyphenation More > Line Check > Next Line Ctrl+S Ctrl+R Ctrl+Shift+R Ctrl+D Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H Ctrl+; Ctrl+W Ctrl+Alt+W Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W Ctrl+A Alt+Shift+click Add All button

Window menu
Display/hide Tools palette Display/hide Measurements palette Display/hide Page Layout palette Display/hide Style Sheets palette Display/hide Colors palette F8 F9 F4 F11 F12

Window menu
Display/hide Trap Information palette Display/hide Lists palette Display/hide Interactive palette Ctrl+F12 Ctrl+F11 Ctrl+Alt+F8

Help menu
Help F1

Tabs in dialog boxes

Display next tab Display previous tab Ctrl+Tab Ctrl+Shift+Tab

Dialog box commands (Windows)

Fields
Select next field Select previous field Select field with Text Insertion bar Cut Copy Paste Undo Revert fields to original values Perform math by combining operators Tab Shift+Tab Double-click Ctrl+X Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Shift+Z + (addition) (subtraction) * (multiplication) / (division)

Buttons
OK (or bordered button) Cancel Apply Yes No Set button in Tabs tab (in Paragraph Attributes dialog box) Enter Escape Alt+A Y N Alt+S

Lists (in dialog boxes)

Select consecutive items in list Select nonconsecutive items in list Shift+click Ctrl+click

Palette commands (Windows)

Tools palette
Display/hide palette Select next tool (or display Tools palette) Select previous tool (or display Tools palette) Open Tools pane of Preferences dialog box Toggle between Item and Text Content tool or Picture Content tool Content tool changes to Item tool temporarily Move flyout tool to main palette Move tool into pop-up tool list Tool selection shortcuts (not available when Text Content tool is selected) Item tool Text tools Picture tool Box tools Line tool Pen tools Table tool Zoom tool Pan tool V T R B L P G Z X Ctrl Control+select tool Control+click tool Ctrl+F11 Ctrl+Alt+Tab or Ctrl+F8 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+F8 Double-click item creation tool or Zoom tool Shift+F8

Measurements palette
Display/hide palette Select the X field of the Classic tab or the Space/Align tab (or display palette) Select the Font field of the Classic tab or the Character Attributes tab Toggle Font Preview preference Select next field Select previous field Exit/Apply Exit/Cancel Toggle forward through tabs Toggle backward through tabs Display Space/Align tab Shift+open the Font drop-down menu Tab Shift+Tab Enter Escape Ctrl+Alt+; (semicolon) Ctrl+Alt+, (comma) Ctrl+, (comma) Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M Ctrl+F11 Ctrl+Alt+M

Page Layout palette

Display palette Open Insert Pages dialog box Display Insert Pages context menu Display absolute page number Ctrl+F Alt+drag master page into layout area Right-click page Alt+click page

Style Sheets palette

Display palette Display Edit Style Sheet context menu Display Edit Style Sheet dialog box Apply No Style, then style sheet (apply to paragraph attributes only) Ctrl+F Right-click style sheet name Ctrl+click style sheet Alt+click style sheet name Alt+Shift+click paragraph style sheet

Colors palette
Display/hide palette Display Edit Colors context menu Display Colors dialog box Ctrl+F11 Right-click color name Ctrl+click color name

Trap Information palette

Display/hide palette Ctrl+F11

Lists palette
Display/hide palette Ctrl+F11

Index palette
Select Text field Click Add button Edit selected index entry Click Add Reversed button Ctrl+Alt+I Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I Double-click Alt+click Add button

Find/Change palette
Display palette Close palette Change Find Next button to Find First Ctrl+F Ctrl+Alt+F Alt

Project and layout commands (Windows)

Displaying pages
Go to Page dialog box Display this pages master page Display next master page Display previous master page Display Layout (when a master page is displayed) Ctrl+J Shift+F4 Ctrl+Shift+F4 Ctrl+Shift+F3 Shift+F4

Changing views
Access View Percentage field Any view to Actual Size Any view to Fit in Window Any view to 200% Toggle between 100% and 200% Fit largest spread in window Zoom in Zoom out Zoom in (not available when Text Content tool is selected) Zoom out (not available when Text Content tool is selected) Minimize/maximize project window Fit spread in window F3 Shift+F3 Ctrl+Alt+V Ctrl+1 (one) Ctrl+0 (zero) Ctrl+Alt+click Ctrl+Alt+click Alt+Fit in Window or Ctrl+Alt+0 (zero) Ctrl+Space+click/drag Ctrl+Alt+Space+click/drag Ctrl+ = Ctrl+ - (hyphen)

Redrawing the screen

Stop redraw Force redraw Escape Shift+Escape

Deleting ruler guides

Delete horizontal ruler guides Delete vertical ruler guides Alt+click horizontal ruler Alt+click vertical ruler

Closing projects
Close project window Close project and quit QuarkXPress Ctrl+F4 Alt+Shift+F4 or Alt+F4

Displaying context menu

Project window context menu Active object context menu Alt+ - (hyphen) Shift+F10

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Navigating among layouts

Cycle through layouts Alt+ (apostrophe)

Navigating among projects

Cycle through project windows Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+F6

Scrolling
With Pan tool To start of text To end of text Up one screen Down one screen To first page To last page To previous page To next page To previous spread To next spread Alt+drag Ctrl+Home Ctrl+End Page Up Page Down Ctrl+Page Up Ctrl+Page Down Shift+Page Up Shift+Page Down Alt+Page Up Alt+Page Down

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Item commands (Windows)

Selecting/deselecting items
Select item in back or behind Select multiple items or points Deselect all items Ctrl+Alt+Shift+click where items overlap Shift+click Escape

Creating, resizing, and rotating items

Constrain to square or circle while creating a box Constrain proportions while resizing Scale contents while resizing item Resize relative to center Resize multiple items (requires multiple selection) Constrain item rotation to 0/45/90 Constrain straight line angle to 0/45/90 Duplicate item while dragging Press Shift while creating Shift+drag handle Ctrl+drag handle Alt+drag handle Press Ctrl before dragging handle Press Shift while rotating Press Shift while creating or resizing line Press Alt while dragging item

Editing Bzier items and paths

Add Bzier point Delete Bzier point Invoke Select Point mode from Bzier Pen tool Invoke Convert Point mode from Bzier Pen tool Invoke Convert Point mode while dragging Bzier handle Retract Bzier handle Delete active Bzier point Select all points on Bzier item or path Invoke Item mode from Bzier Pen tool Constrain active point to 45 movement Constrain active curve handle to 45 movement Convert Bzier line to filled-center Bzier box Click segment with Bzier Pen tool Click point with Bzier Pen tool Ctrl Alt Alt+drag Alt+click control handle Delete (Select Point tool must be selected) Double click point with Select Point tool Ctrl +Option Shift+drag point Shift+drag curve handle Alt+ Item > Shape > [Bzier shape]

Applying drop shadows to items

Drop Shadow tab of the Modify dialog box Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D

DIsplaying the Modify dialog box

Display Modify dialog box for selected item Double-click item with Item tool

Displaying Usage dialog box

Display the Usage dialog box (Fonts pane) F2

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Displaying Usage dialog box

Display the Pictures tab of the Usage dialog box Shift+F2

Modifying line width

Increase Preset range 1 point Decrease Preset range 1 point Ctrl+Shift+, (comma) Ctrl+Shift+; (semicolon) Ctrl+Shift+. (period) Ctrl+Alt+Shift+. (period)

Moving items
With no constraints With horizontal/vertical constraints Drag (Item tool) or Ctrl+drag (Text Content tool or Picture Content tool) Shift+drag (Item tool) or Ctrl+Shift+drag (Text Content tool or Picture Content tool)

Nudging items (Item tool)

Move 1 point Move 1/10 point Move 10 points (amount configurable in Preferences) Arrow keys Alt+arrow keys Shift+arrow keys

Modifying boxes
Resize box, constraining shape Resize box, maintaining aspect ratio Resize box and scale picture/text Resize box and scale picture/text, constraining shape Resize box and scale picture/text, maintaining aspect ratio Shift+drag box handle Alt+Shift+drag box handle Ctrl+drag box handle Ctrl+Shift+drag box handle Ctrl+Alt+Shift+drag box handle

Displaying context menu (items)

Display context menu of item Shift+F10

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Text commands (Windows)

Controlling indents
Increase indent Decrease indent Ctrl+/ Ctrl+Alt+/

Adding automatic page numbers in text box

Previous box page number character Current page number character Next box page number character Ctrl+2 Ctrl+3 Ctrl+4

Updating text flows

Reflow text in current version of QuarkXPress Alt+Open in Open dialog box

Changing language
Force apply a language (override language locking) Ctrl+select a language in the Language drop-down menu

Changing font
Font field in Measurements palette Previous font Next font Force apply a font (override font locking) Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M Ctrl+Shift+F9 Ctrl+F9 Ctrl+select a font in the Font menu

Entering one font character

Symbol font character Ctrl+Alt+Q

Modifying font size

Increase Preset range 1 point Decrease Preset range 1 point Size > Other Resize interactively Proportional relative to center Proportional Nonproportional Ctrl+Alt+Shift+drag handle Ctrl+Shift+drag handle Ctrl+drag handle Ctrl+Shift+, (comma) Ctrl+Shift+; (semicolon) Ctrl+Shift+\ Ctrl+Shift+. (period) Ctrl+Alt+Shift+. (period)

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Modifying horizontal/vertical scaling

Increase 5% 1% Decrease 5% 1% Ctrl+[ Ctrl+Alt+[ Ctrl+] Ctrl+Alt+]

Modifying kerning/tracking
Increase 1/20 em 1/200 em Decrease 1/20 em 1/200 em Ctrl+Shift+[ Ctrl+Alt+Shift+[ Ctrl+Shift+] Ctrl+Alt+Shift+]

Modifying word space tracking

Increase .05 em .005 em Decrease .05 em .005 em Control+Shift+! Control+Alt+Shift+! Control+Shift+@ Control+Alt+Shift+@

Modifying baseline shift

Up 1 point Down 1 point

Modifying leading (auto to absolute)

Increase 1 point 1/10 point Decrease 1 point 1/10 point Ctrl+Shift+; (semicolon) Ctrl+Alt+Shift+; (semicolon) Ctrl+Shift+ (apostrophe) Ctrl+Alt+Shift+ (apostrophe)

Copying paragraph attributes

Copy formats to selected paragraphs in text chain Alt+Shift+click

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Dragging and dropping text

Drag-copy text (Input Settings preference on) Shift+drag

Searching for text

Wild card (Find only) (\?) Tab New paragraph (\p) New line (\n) New column (\c) New box (\b) Previous box page number character (\2) Current page number character (\3) Next box page number character (\4) Punctuation space Flex space (\f) Backslash (\\) Indent here Discretionary new line Discretionary hyphen Em space En space 3-per-em space 4-per-em space 6-per-em space Figure space Hair space Thin space Zero-width space Word joiner Glyph without Unicode value Straight single quotation mark when Smart Quotes is on Straight double quotation mark when Smart Quotes is on Curly quotation mark Ctrl+/ \t Enter Shift+Enter Keypad Enter Shift+Keypad Enter Ctrl+2 Ctrl+3 Ctrl+4 Ctrl+. (period) Ctrl+Shift+F Ctrl+\ \i \d \h \m \e \5 \$ \^ \8 \{ \[ \z \j \~ ' " Paste into field

Clicking buttons in Check Spelling dialog box

Look up Skip Add Alt+L Alt+S Alt+A

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Clicking buttons in Check Spelling dialog box

Add all suspect words to auxiliary dictionary Alt+Shift+click Close button

Special characters
Indent here Discretionary new line New paragraph New line Conditional style marker New column New box Right-indent tab Insert hanging indent character Open single quote (curly quote) character Close single quote (curly quote) character Open quote (curly quote) character Close quote (curly quote) character Inch mark Trademark symbol symbol symbol Bullet symbol Copyright symbol Registered symbol symbol Ctrl+\ Ctrl+Enter Enter Shift+Enter Ctrl+Alt+Shift+\ Keypad Enter Shift+Keypad Enter Shift+Tab Ctrl+\ Alt+[ Alt+] Alt+Shift+[ Alt+Shift+] Ctrl+Alt+ (apostrophe) Alt+Shift+2 Alt+Shift+6 Alt+Shift+7 Alt+Shift+8 Alt+Shift+C Alt+Shift+R Alt+Shift+T

Hyphens and dashes

Breaking standard hyphen Nonbreaking standard hyphen Discretionary (soft) hyphen Do not hyphenate word Nonbreaking en dash Breaking em dash Nonbreaking em dash Hyphen Ctrl+= Ctrl+ - (hyphen) Ctrl+ - (hyphen) immediately before word Ctrl+Alt+Shift+ - (hyphen) Ctrl+Shift+= Ctrl+Alt+Shift+=

Spaces
Breaking standard space Nonbreaking standard space Space Ctrl+5

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Spaces
Breaking en space Nonbreaking en space Breaking flexible space Nonbreaking flexible space Breaking punctuation space Nonbreaking punctuation space Breaking em space Nonbreaking em space Breaking thin space Nonbreaking thin space Ctrl+Shift+6 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+6 Ctrl+Shift+5 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+5 Shift+Space Ctrl+Shift+Space Ctrl+Shift+7 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+7 Ctrl+Shift+8 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+8

Moving the text insertion point

Previous character Next character Previous line Next line Previous word Next word Previous paragraph Next paragraph Start of line End of line Start of story End of story Backspace Delete or Shift+Backspace Ctrl+Backspace Ctrl+Delete or Ctrl+Shift+Backspace Ctrl+ Ctrl+ Ctrl+Alt+ or Home Ctrl+Alt+ or End Ctrl+Alt+ or Ctrl+Home Ctrl+Alt+ or Ctrl+End

Selecting characters
Previous character Next character Previous line Next line Previous word Next word Previous paragraph Next paragraph Start of line End of line Start of story End of story Backspace Delete or Shift+Backspace Shift+ Shift+ Ctrl+Backspace Ctrl+Delete or Ctrl+Shift+Backspace Ctrl+Shift+ Ctrl+Shift+ Ctrl+Alt+Shift+ or Shift+Home Ctrl+Alt+Shift+ or Shift+End Ctrl+Alt+Shift+ or Ctrl+Shift+Home Ctrl+Alt+Shift+ or Ctrl+Shift+End 18

Clicking the mouse to select text

Position text insertion point Select word Select word and its period, comma, etc. Select line Select paragraph Select story One click Two clicks in the word Two clicks between word and punctuation Three clicks Four clicks Five clicks

Deleting characters
Previous character Next character Previous word Next word Selected characters Backspace Delete or Shift+Backspace Ctrl+Backspace Ctrl+Delete or Ctrl+Shift+Backspace Delete or Backspace

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Picture commands (Windows)

Importing pictures
Import EPS without adding spot colors Reimport all pictures in project Ctrl+Open in Import dialog box Ctrl+Open in Open dialog box

Scaling pictures
Increase 5% Decrease 5% Ctrl+Alt+Shift+. (period) Ctrl+Alt+Shift+, (comma)

Resizing boxes and pictures

Resize maintaining aspect ratio Resize box and scale picture Resize relative to center Rotate picture content relative to center Shift+drag handle Ctrl+drag box handle Alt+drag handle Alt+drag rotation handle

Centering and fitting pictures

Center Fit to box Ctrl+Shift+M Ctrl+Shift+F

Nudging pictures (Content tool)

Left 1 point Left 1/10 point Right 1 point Right 1/10 point Up 1 point Up 1/10 point Down 1 point Down 1/10 point Alt+ Alt+ Alt+ Alt+

Modifying pictures
Picture Halftone Specifications dialog box Change Update button to Update All in the Pictures pane of the Usage dialog box Apply Negative/Invert picture style Ctrl+Shift+ - (hyphen) Ctrl+Shift+H Alt+click Update button

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