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2torial #0672:
Learn2 Get
Around in Quark Xpress (Continued)
Create and fill a picture box
When you want to import a graphic that has been
created in another program, you'll need to create a
box for it to reside in. There are four picture box
tools, the first three create boxes (or ovals) of
various useful shapes. The fourth tool will create
allow you to create a polygon of any desired shape
that becomes a picture box when completed.
- Picture boxes are generally created in the
same fashion as text boxes, that is by clicking
and dragging. The exception is when the polygon
tool is used, in that case a shape is "drawn" by
clicking and dragging to the next point of the
polygon. Click again, and a side of the polygon
is formed. Finish the polygon by clicking on the
point that you started from.
- When the picture box is active, the move
tool is activated. You may move the picture box
by clicking on it, then dragging it to the
desired location.
- To import a graphic into the picture box,
first select the text bar tool that you used to
insert text into your text box. This is a bit
confusing, until you think of that tool as a
means of providing content within either type of
box.
Next, click on the picture box to activate it,
and look under your "file" menu to select "get
picture". A dialog box will appear, allowing you to
navigate to your desired graphic. If the graphic is
of a type not supported by your version of Quark,
you won't be able to select it.
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