We also specified a value for the Space Before option. Know the correct point size of your anchored graphic, and assign a specific leading value to the paragraph to preserve your design intentions. This can result in too much white space between anchored boxes and the subsequent line of text.
In most cases (certainly if you use the default values) auto leading is set to 120% of point size. If you rely on Quark’s auto leading feature, you will find that the program determines the amount of leading based on both the size of the graphic and your auto leading preferences. When you are working with anchored boxes, pay special attention to leading. This visually associates the anchored box with the listing that follows. We set both the point size and leading to 24 points, which provides enough room on the line for the height of the anchored box while minimizing the amount of space below the graphic. To ensure that that this layout looks - and behaves - as we intended, we assigned the following text formats to the anchored picture box. But because we’ve anchored the picture elements in running text, adding or deleting information is not a problem.įigure 1: When you highlight an anchored box using the Content tool, you can control the position of the element using Quark’s text formatting tools. A graphic treatment of a single letter identifies each section and adds visual interest to the page.ĭirectory listings are notorious for last-minute changes, because participants in an event (or members of group) drop in and out without notice. As you can see in Figure 1, the information is arranged alphabetically. And while using anchored picture boxes won’t totally automate your design process, it can take the pain out of the inevitable revisions.įor this first example, we created a simple directory listing with a straight linear format. The tips that follow show you how you can use Quark’s text formats to create different layouts. Its position is in large measure determined by Quark’s powerful character- and paragraph-level formats. However, the anchored box now also behaves like a text character. You can scale the picture, rotate the object, and reshape the box.
But at the last minute, your client makes substantial copy changes that cause text to reflow. You’ve carefully positioned the boxes that contain text and pictures on each page.
It’s a common scenario: You’ve spent hours - or days - finalizing the layout of a complex multi-page document in QuarkXpress.