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Specifying character language
You can specify the language to be used for hyphenation and spell checking by applying
a character language to text. This lets you mix words from different languages in the
same paragraph without triggering poor hyphenation or more Suspect Words in Spell
Check (Utilities menu). In addition to applying a specific language to characters, you
can apply None so that a word is not considered for hyphenation or spell checking.
To apply a language to selected characters, use the Language drop-down menu in the
Character Attributes dialog box (Style > Character) (Windows only), or the
Character/Character Attributes tab of the Measurements palette.
Using font fallback
When Font Fallback is on, if the application encounters a character that is not available
in the current font, it searches through the active fonts on your system to find a font
that does include that character. For example, if Helvetica is applied at the text insertion
point and you import or paste text containing a Kanji character, the application might
apply the Hiragino font to that character. If the application cannot find an active font
that contains the character, the character still displays as a box or symbol.
Font Fallback is implemented as an application preference, meaning that the feature
is either on or off for your copy of the program. The feature is on by default, but if
you need to turn it off, uncheck Font Fallback in the Font Fallback pane of the
Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit > Preferences).
For more information about the Font Fallback feature, see "Preferences — Application
— Font Fallback."
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
working with international text or HTML text, you can choose the appropriate encoding
to convert all the characters in the file to Unicode. The options work as follows:
• The Import dialog box includes an Encoding drop-down menu when a plain text or
"XPress Tags" text file is selected. The software attempts to determine the encoding of
selected text files and apply an appropriate encoding type. You can, however, choose
a different option for text.
• The Save Text dialog box provides an Encoding drop-down menu when you're
exporting text in plain text or "XPress Tags" format.
• The Convert Quotes option continues to convert straight quotes to typesetter's
quotation marks and double hyphens to em dashes.
Working with font mapping rules
When you open a project, the application checks to make sure all the fonts applied
to text are active on your system. If not, the Missing Fonts alert displays, which gives
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