When editing text in QuarkXPress 7 or 8, sometimes the paragraph-formatting ruler annoyingly displays at the top of the text box. This happens when the Paragraph or Tabs tab is active in the Measurements palette.

QuarkXPress 7

QuarkXPress 8

To keep the ruler from appearing, just click on any tab in the Measurements palette OTHER than the Paragraph or Tabs tab.

Jay Nelson

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 writes regularly for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines and speaks at industry events.