Tip: Quick Screen Refresh

Thu, Feb 28, 2008

Here’s a keyboard command to remember when your QuarkXPress layout has not refreshed properly and you are left with artifacts on your screen:

Quick Screen Refresh

Mac: press Command-Option-. (period)

Win: press Control-Alt-. (period).

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2 Responses to “Tip: Quick Screen Refresh”

Marian Jianu Says:
29. February 2008 at 3:31 am

You can also press F7, and the sceen will refresh quckly.

Jay Nelson Says:
29. February 2008 at 11:40 am

That’s right! Pressing F7 will show/hide guides, and a side effect is that will also refresh the display. Good tip!

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