QuarkXPress 8 Tip: Escape from the Text Content Tool

Thu, Jun 12, 2008

Tip

QuarkXPress 8In QuarkXPress 8, you can “escape” from editing text, by pressing the Esc key on your keyboard.

Because the tools are now “sticky” (once you select one, it stays active so you can create additional similar items), this puts you back where you can create new text boxes.

QuarkXPress 8 Tip: Escape from the Text Content Tool

This trick also works with picture boxes.

This post was written by:

Jay Nelson - who has written 503 posts on Planet Quark.

Jay Nelson is the editorial director of PlanetQuark.com, and the editor and publisher of Design Tools Monthly. He’s also the author of the training videos Quark includes in the box with QuarkXPress 7, and the QuarkXPress 7 training at Lynda.com. In addition, Jay writes for several other publications and speaks at industry events.

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