Center Text Vertically in QuarkXPress
Centering text vertically in a text box/frame is a common task, yet it’s not obvious how to do it in QuarkXPress. Here’s how:
By buttons:
Just click a button at the left end of the Text tab in the Measurements palette.
By keyboard shortcut:
Press Command-M (Windows: Ctrl-M) to open the Modify dialog. Under the Text tab, choose Centered from the Vertical Alignment pop-up menu.
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Thanks for the useful tip, Jay.
Do you know if there is any logical reason why the vertical alignment functions should become disabled as soon as you give the text box rounded corners?
Clearly there are “work arounds” the problem (some more elegant than others) but surely the reference point for a vertical center text command should be the top and bottom of the box and not its corners?
My concern about this flaw is potential issues with “in-line” objects when processing a layout further in App Studio. Do you have any experience of problems occurring there?
Regards,
Bruce Porteous
Quark 9.5 Test Drive
Hi Bruce, to calculate horizontal position for non-rectangular shapes, especially Bezier shapes is just more difficult, that#s why historically we do not have that function, hough for rounded corners it should be easy to do.
I have put it onto the wishlist.
In the mean time, just work with two boxes, a rectangular text box and a non-content box above it.
Matthias: THANKS for clearing that up for us! Now we know we’re not crazy. ;-)