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Select the Text Content tool , place the text insertion point where you want text
to be inserted, and then choose File > Import. Check Convert Quotes option to
convert double hyphens to em dashes and convert foot or inch marks to typesetter's
apostrophes and quotation marks. Check Include Style Sheets to import style sheets
from a Microsoft Word or convert "XPress Tags" to formatted text.
Drag a text file from the file system onto a text box.
Drag text from another application onto a text box.
Press Command/Ctrl and drag a text file from the file system onto a picture box or a
no-content box.
Press Command/Ctrl and drag text from another application onto a picture box or a
no-content box.
If you drag content onto a box that already contains text or a picture, QuarkXPress
creates a new box for the dragged content. To replace the contents of the box instead,
press Command/Ctrl while dragging the content to the box. To always create a new
box for dragged-in content, press Option/Alt while dragging.
If all the imported text does not fit in the text box, the overflow symbol displays. If
Auto Page Insertion (QuarkXPress/Edit > Preferences > Print Layout > General
pane) is enabled, pages are inserted (when you import text into an automatic text box)
as necessary to contain the text.
To export text, first either place the text insertion point in a text box (if you want to
save all of the text in that box) or select the text you want to export. Then choose
File > Save Text, choose an option from the Format pop-up menu, enter a name,
choose a location, and then click Save.
To export in .docx format, choose Word Document from the Format drop-down
menu.
Import/export filters
XTensions software lets you import and export text in a variety of formats, including
those described in this section.
Word 62000 filter
The Word 62000 Filter allows documents to be imported from, or exported to, .docx
formats.
On Windows, users can still import word files in .doc format.
To avoid import problems, uncheck Allow fast saves (in the Save tab of the Options
dialog box) in Microsoft Word or use the Save As command to create a copy of the
Word file to be imported.
Importing and exporting text with Unicode options
You can specify an encoding type when importing text and exporting text. The
encoding type specifies the byte sequence used to represent each glyph in text. When
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