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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"
SIZE="20">This text is bold, red, italic, and 20pt.
</RICHTEXT>
</STORY>
</TEXT>
</BOX>
</SPREAD>
</LAYOUT>
</PROJECT>
A preview of a QuarkXPress project with the values in the ModifierXT tags applied on text
boxes.
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