Macintosh Fkeys & QuarkXPress

Tue, Sep 11, 2007

Some applications use function keys to perform commands. For example, QuarkXPress uses F10 to show/hide the Page Layout (or Document Layout) palette, F11 to show/hide the Style Sheets palette, and F12 to show/hide the Colors palette.

In Mac OS X 10.4, those Fkeys are commandeered by the operating system to control Exposé and Dashboard.

To give those Fkeys back to QuarkXPress, choose Apple menu> System Preferences> Dashboard & Exposé.

In the Keyboard Shortcuts area, assign a modifier key to those features. Adding the Control key may be a good option for you: Control-F9, Control-F10, etc.

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Jay Nelson - who has written 864 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 QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress 7 training titles at Lynda.com, as well as the training videos Quark includes in the box with QuarkXPress 7 . In addition, Jay has a monthly Fonts column in Macworld, writes for several other publications and speaks at industry events.

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One Response to “Macintosh Fkeys & QuarkXPress”

Kenny Sleigh Says:
28. August 2009 at 4:58 am

How do i change my F1 key on my keyboard so when i press it it undoes any text that i have deleted back to normal instead of having to press Apple Z.

I have Quark Express 7.

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