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TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY
Drag a text file from the file system onto a text component. •
Drag text from another application onto a text component. •
Drag a text file from the file system onto a picture component and press •
Command/Ctrl to make the component accept the text.
Drag text from another application onto a picture component and press •
Command/Ctrl to make the component accept the text.
If all the imported text does not fit in the text box, the overflow symbol displays.
After importing text into a box, you can choose Fit Box to Text from the context
menu (or Item menu). 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
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menu.
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.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.
Spring Loading of Text
The Spring Loading of text works in the same way as it does for Spring Loading
pictures and cursor. To learn how this works, refer section Picture>Working with
pictures>
Spring Loading on Cursor.
Word Filter
The Word Filter allows Word documents to be imported from, or exported to, .docx
formats.
The deprecated format .doc is not supported.
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To import a Word document:
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