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Fade a Photo with a Gradient from None to White

In QuarkXPress 7 and above, it’s really easy to make the edge of a photo fade into the paper. Just put an empty box over the area you want to fade, then fill it with a gradient that goes from 100% white to None. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fplanetquark.com%2F2008%2F12%2F24%2Ffade-a-photo-with-a-gradient-from-none-to-white%2F'; addthis_title = 'Fade+a+Photo+with+a+Gradient+from+None+to+White'; addthis_pub [...]

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Double-click to Close a Polygon

In QuarkXPress 7 and earlier, when using the Bezier Text Box tool to create a complex polygon box, you can lose track of the beginning. To automatically close the polygon, just click on a different tool or double-click anywhere. In QuarkXPress 8, the Bezier Pen tool works completely differently — in fact, it works exactly like [...]

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Easy Credit Card Number Boxes

It’s easy to create a row of boxes for inputting credit card numbers on a form: Just use the ballot box glyph from the Webdings font, and then apply negative tracking to the boxes, so that their left and right edges overlap without doubling up. In QuarkXPress, use -12 in the tracking field in the Measurements [...]

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