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This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Edit Menu
The Edit menu enables you to change preferences, style sheet definitions, colors, and other document variables.
Figure 3.11 Edit Menu
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Undo
Menu: Edit-> Undo
Mac: Cmd+Z or F1
Windows: Ctrl+Z
Cut
Menu: Edit-> Cut
Mac: Cmd+X or F2
Windows: Ctrl+X
Copy
Menu: Edit-> Copy
Mac: Cmd+C or F3
Windows: Ctrl+C
Cut Item with the Content Tool
Mac: Cmd+Option+X
Windows: Ctrl+Alt+X
This is identical to switching to the Item tool, cutting the item to the clipboard, and switching back to the Content tool or whatever other tool you had selected. It's most handy when you're copying or cutting a box or line that you intend to paste into a text box as an anchored object.
Copy Item with the Content Tool
Mac: Cmd+Option+C
Windows: Ctrl+Alt+C
This is identical to switching to the Item tool, copying the item, and switching back to the Content tool or whatever other tool you had selected.
Paste
Menu: Edit-> Paste
Mac: Cmd+V or F4
Windows: Ctrl+V
I wish there were a feature called "Paste in the same place on the page that it was when I cut it," but there isn't. Oh well.
Select All
Menu: Edit-> Select All
Mac: Cmd+A
Windows: Ctrl+A
When a text box is selected with the Content tool, this shortcut selects all the text in the box. When the Item tool is selected, it selects all the items on a page spread, or a single page, in the case of a single-sided document.
Find/Change
Menu: Edit-> Find/Change
Mac: Cmd+F
Windows: Ctrl+F
Close Find/Change Palette
Mac: Cmd+Option+F
Windows: Ctrl+Alt+F
Find Next
Both: Return (Enter)
Of course, pressing Return (Mac) or Enter (both) ordinarily types a character wherever your cursor is. However, when the focus is on the Find/Change palette, this keystroke engages the Find Next button. How do you know if the focus is on the palette? In XPress 4, the focus is on the palette when the Find Next button is highlighted. In XPress 5, the Find or the Change fields are highlighted. It's a subtle difference, but you'll see it quickly once you've tried it once or twice. You can always re-highlight the button by pressing Cmd+F (Mac) or Ctrl+F (Windows).
Find First
Mac: Option+Return or Option+Enter
Windows: Alt+Enter
The Option/Alt key always changes the Find Next button in the Find/Change palette to a Find First button.
Document Preferences
Menu: Edit-> Preferences-> Preferences
Mac: Cmd+Y
Windows: Ctrl+Y
Figure 3.12 Document Preferences in XPress 4 and XPress 5
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Paragraph Preferences
Mac: Cmd+Option+Y
Windows: Ctrl+Alt+Y
This is the same as opening the Document Preferences dialog box, and switching to the Paragraph tab.
Application Preferences
Menu: Edit-> Preferences-> Application (in version 4)
Mac: Cmd+Option+Shift+Y
Windows: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Y
In XPress 5, this is the same as opening the Preferences dialog box, and switching to the Display tab.
Trapping Preferences
Mac: Option+Shift+F12
Windows: Ctrl+Shift+F12
In XPress 5, this is the same as opening the Preferences dialog box, and switching to the Trapping tab.
Style Sheets Dialog Box
Menu: Edit-> Style Sheets
Mac: Shift+F11
Windows: Shift+F11
Colors Dialog Box
Menu: Edit-> Colors
Mac: Shift+F12
Windows: Shift+F12
H&Js Settings Dialog Box
Menu: Edit-> H&Js
Mac: Cmd+Option+H or Option+Shift+F11
Windows: Ctrl+Shift+F11
H&Js stands for hyphenation and justification settings. This is where you can turn hyphenation on and off, or change the way the XPress adds letter and word spacing to justify paragraphs.
Subscriber Options
Menu: Edit-> Subscriber Options
Mac: Double-click with Content tool
Subscriber Options is a feature of the Macintosh operating system, so it's not available in Windows. You can use Subscriber Options even with TIFF and EPS files. I use this frequently after editing a picture. For example, say you edit a photo in Photoshop or Illustrator. Instead of re-importing it into XPress or using the Usage dialog box to update the version in your document, you can double-click on the image with the Content tool and then click the Get Edition Now button.
When you click Open Publisher, the original program (Photoshop, or Illustrator, or whatever) should launch and then open that image. However, this sometimes stops working. It's an operating system glitch, not an XPress bug.
Figure 3.13 Subscriber Options
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