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The order of the <BOXREF> elements in a <GROUP> indicates the order in which the
boxes were selected prior to grouping. The z-order of boxes in the layout is determined
by the order of the <BOX> elements in the XML, from rearmost to frontmost.
XML representations of groups created by versions of QuarkXPress Server prior to 8.1
are ignored during construct and modify calls, as they were in earlier versions of
QuarkXPress Server.
Modifying text attributes
You can use the modify parameter to change the attributes of text in a QuarkXPress
project. All modifications are done on a text box basis. To modify text properties, use
the following parameters in the Modifier DTD:
"BOX (Modifier schema)"
"ID (Modifier schema)"
"TEXT (Modifier schema)"
"STORY (Modifier schema)"
"PARAGRAPH (Modifier schema)"
"FORMAT (Modifier schema)"
"DROPCAP (Modifier schema)"
"TABSPEC (Modifier schema)"
"TAB (Modifier schema)"
"RULE (Modifier schema)"
"RICHTEXT (Modifier schema)"
The following XML shows how some of these parameters work.
<PROJECT>
<LAYOUT>
<ID UID="Layout 1"/>
<SPREAD>
<ID UID="1"/>
<BOX BOXTYPE="CT_TEXT">
<ID NAME="ABOUT"/>
<TEXT>
<STORY CLEAROLDTEXT="true" FITTEXTTOBOX="true"
CONVERTQUOTES="true">
<RICHTEXT FONT="Castellar" PLAIN="true"/>
</STORY>
</TEXT>
</BOX>
<BOX BOXTYPE="CT_TEXT">
<ID NAME="HISTORY"/>
<TEXT>
<STORY>
<PARAGRAPH>
<FORMAT ALIGNMENT="RIGHT"/>
<RICHTEXT SIZE="12">This text is 12pt and right
justified.</RICHTEXT>
</PARAGRAPH>
</STORY>
</TEXT>
</BOX>
<BOX BOXTYPE="CT_TEXT">
<ID NAME="PRODUCTS"/>
<TEXT>
<STORY>
<RICHTEXT BOLD="true">This is bold text.</RICHTEXT>
<RICHTEXT BOLD="true" COLOR="Red" ITALIC="true"
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