Use the Display pane of the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit menu) to specify how the pasteboard and other elements in the application appear on screen for all projects.

Settings in the Pasteboard area include the following:

• Use the Pasteboard Width field to specify the width of the pasteboard on either side of the page or spread in a Print layout. Pasteboard width is measured as a percentage of the layout width.
• Use the Color control to specify a color for the pasteboard.
• To display the pasteboard of the active spread in a different color, check Change Pasteboard Color to Indicate Active Spread and then choose a color with the corresponding Color control.

Settings in the Display area include the following:

• Check Opaque Text Box Editing to turn text boxes temporarily opaque while you are editing them.
• Use the Color TIFFs drop-down list to specify the color depth of screen previews created for color TIFFs when they are imported.
• Use the Gray TIFFs drop-down list to specify the resolution of screen previews created for grayscale TIFFs when they are imported.
• Windows only: Use the Display DPI Value field to adjust your monitor so that it displays the best representation of your document on screen.
• Choose a profile that corresponds to your monitor from the Monitor Profile drop-down menu, or choose Automatic. Profiles can be placed in the “Profiles” folder in the QuarkXPress application folder. (For more information about color management preferences, see “Preferences — Application — Color Manager.”)