Background:
The Item Find/Change XTension can be used to change object colors. You can also create an Item Style that has a styling attribute for color (only) and apply that Item Style to the objects to which you want to apply a color change. If you want to change the color of text, you can do so in the Find/Change dialog. For version 7, we were required to download and install the XPert Tools XTensions from the Quark web site. However these features are built into QuarkXPress 8 and 9.
Below are the steps for each QuarkXPress utility to globally change colors applied to objects and text.
To use the Item Find/Change utility:
- Go to Edit > Item Find/Change.
- Under Find What ; check Color and select the color that you want to search for first.
- Under Change To ; check Color and select the color that you want to apply to the all the objects in the layout.
- At the bottom of Item Find/Change dialog, select the types of objects to which you want to apply the new spot color.
- Click on the Find Next button and then click on the Change All button.
- Repeat the steps above for each color applied to objects in the layout.
To use the Item Styles utility:
- Go to Edit > Item Styles and create an Item Style that applies the desired color to your layout objects.
- Open the Item Styles palette from Window > Item Styles.
- Select the objects on each page to which you want to apply the spot color and apply the Item Style to them.
- Repeat for every page in the layout.
To apply changes to Text in your layout:
- Go to Edit > Find/Change.
- Uncheck Ignore Attributes.
- Under Find What select the Color checkbox and select the color that you want to search for first.
- Under Change To select the Color checkbox and select the color that you want to apply to the all the text in the layout.
- Click on the Find Next button and then click on the Change All button.