2017

• Standard Additions Scripting Addition
• AppleScript Extension
QuarkXPress 2017 is released as an “App Bundle” for Mac OS. In order to make this
possible, all the supporting folders, including the default Scripts, have been moved
inside the self-contained app bundle. QuarkXPress 2017 will load third party Scripts
from the following two locations:
•
~/Library/Application Support/Quark/QuarkXPress
2017/Scripts
•
/Library/Application Support/Quark/QuarkXPress
2017/Scripts
These scripts will be shown with a separator in the Scripts Menu
Box Tools submenu
This topic describes the AppleScript scripts available through the Box Tools submenu
of the Scripts menu when Script XTensions software is installed.
• Use Add Crop Marks to place crop marks around the selected box.
• Use Easy Banner to create a "banner" (text box) in the top-left corner of a selected
box; you specify the text in the banner.
• Use Make Caption Box to create a caption box (text box) below the selected box.
• Use Shrink or Grow at Center to resize a box from the box's center, rather than
from its origin (the 0,0 coordinates).
Grid submenu
This topic describes the AppleScript scripts available through the Grid submenu of
the Scripts menu when Script XTensions software is installed.
Use By Dividing a Box to create a grid of boxes based on the dimensions of the selected
box.
Images submenu
This topic describes the AppleScript scripts available through the Images submenu of
the Scripts menu when Script XTensions software is installed.
• Use Contents to PICT File to save the PICT preview of the selected picture to a
file.
• Use Copy to Folder to save a copy of the picture in the selected picture box to a
specified folder.
• Use Fldr to Select PBoxes to import picture files from a specified folder into
selected picture boxes. Pictures are imported in alphabetical order.
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