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If you know that a pre-8.0 project uses (for example) the Hong Kong Big5 encoding,
you can use a Hong Kong Big5 mapping table to convert its characters to Unicode
when you first open the project in QuarkXPress 8.0 or later. QuarkXPress ships with
several such mapping tables. To use one of these included mapping tables, first
navigate to the “CustomMappingTables” folder:
macOS:
[DRIVE]:Library:Application
Support:Quark:QuarkXPress[version]:CustomMappingTables
Windows:
[DRIVE]:\ProgramData\Quark\QuarkXPress[version]\CustomMappingT
ables
Within this folder are the following mapping table files:
chinsimpmac.txt: Used for legacy files that use Mac OS X Simplified Chinese
encodings.
chintradbig5.txt: Used for legacy files that use Traditional Chinese encodings.
japanesemac.txt: Used for legacy files that use Mac OS X Japanese encodings
japanesewin.txt: Used for legacy files that use Windows Japanese encodings.
koreanmac.txt: Used for legacy files that use Mac OS X Korean encodings.
koreanwin.txt: Used for legacy files that use Windows Korean encodings.
As installed, these mapping tables contain instructions for creating custom
mappings, but they do not include any actual mappings. To utilize a special
mapping, you must replace one of these files with a file that does contain mappings
for a particular type of encoding. You can find such files in the folders in the
“LegacyMappingTables” folder (inside the “CustomMappingTables” folder):
Hong Kong: Contains a “chintradbig5.txt” file that maps Hong Kong Big5
characters to Unicode.
Korean: Contains a “koreanmac.txt” file that maps Mac OS X Korean characters
to Unicode.
Taiwanese: Contains a “chintradbig5.txt” file that maps Taiwan Big5 characters
to Unicode.
For example, if you have a pre-8.0 project that uses the Hong Kong Big5 encoding,
copy the “chintradbig5.txt” folder from the
LegacyMappingTables/Hong Kong
folder to the “CustomMappingTables” folder, replacing the existing
“chintradbig5.txt” file (you may want to save a copy of the original
“chintradbig5.txt” file elsewhere). Then quit QuarkXPress, relaunch, and open the
project. When you open the project, QuarkXPress uses the Hong Kong-specific
mapping table to convert the project’s Big5 text to Unicode.
Mapping tables are used only when opening pre-8.0 projects. Once you have saved
a project in the current QuarkXPress version format, the text is in Unicode and the
mapping table is no longer required.
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