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MODIFIER PARAMETERS FOR TEXT

Use the parameters described in this section to modify text in a

QuarkXPress project.

PARAMETER DESCRIPTION

ALIGNMENT Use this parameter to align text within a text box or

column. For example,

<ALIGNMENT>center</ALIGNMENT>

centers the text in the speciﬁed text box. Other valid values

for this parameter are right, left, justiﬁed, and forced.

BOLD Use this parameter to make text bold. For example,

<BOLD/> makes all text in the speciﬁed text box bold.

CHARSTYLE Use this parameter to apply a character style sheet to text.

For example,

<CHARSTYLE>Code</CHARSTYLE> applies the

“Code” character style sheet to all text in the speciﬁed

text box.

CLEAROLDTEXT Use this parameter to delete all text in the speciﬁed text

box. For example,

deletes all text from the speciﬁed text box.

COLOR Use this parameter to change the color of text. For exam-

ple,

<COLOR>Red</COLOR> applies the color named “Red”

to the text in the speciﬁed text box.

FITTEXTTOBOX Use this parameter to increase or decrease the size of

text to ﬁt a text box. For example,

<FITTEXTTOBOX>yes

</FITTEXTTOBOX>

resizes the text in the speciﬁed text

box as necessary to make the text ﬁt in the box.

FONT Use this parameter to change the font of text. For example,

<FONT>Times New Roman</FONT> applies the font named

“Times New Roman” to the text in the speciﬁed text box.

ITALIC Use this parameter to make text italic. For example,

<ITALIC/> makes all text in the speciﬁed text box italic.

PARASTYLE Use this parameter to apply a paragraph style sheet to text.

For example,

<PARASTYLE>Intro</PARASTYLE> applies the

“Intro” paragraph style sheet to all text in the speciﬁ

text box.

PLAIN Use this parameter to remove all formatting from text.

For example,

<PLAIN/> makes all text in the speciﬁed

text box plain.

SIZE Use this parameter to change the point size of text. For

example, the tag

<SIZE>25</SIZE> changes the size of

the text in the speciﬁed text box to 25pt.

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