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UNDERSTANDING XPRESS TAGS
A GUIDE TO XPRESS TAGS 2019 | 1
Understanding XPress Tags
With XPress Tags Filter XTensions software, you can use plain text files to import
and export text into QuarkXPress layouts with paragraph and character attributes
already applied. Because the plain text file format doesn’t actually support
attributes, the formatting is indicated with codes that are translated by the XPress
Tags filter. As the new character and paragraph formatting options are added to
QuarkXPress, new XPress Tags codes are added to support the new attributes.
Importing tagged text
To import a plain text file that contains embedded XPress Tags codes:
Choose File > Import. 1.
Select the target XPress tags file. 2.
The application attempts to detect the encoding of the XPress Tags file. To 3.
specify a different encoding, choose an option from the Encoding drop-down
menu.
To convert XPress Tags codes into actual character attributes and paragraph 4.
formats, check Interpret XPress Tags in the Import Text dialog box. If you do
not check Interpret XPress Tags in the Import Text dialog box before
importing tagged text, QuarkXPress does not convert XPress Tags codes. Instead,
the program imports the codes as text characters.
Generating tagged text in another application
To include XPress Tags information in a text file that you created in another
application, precede the text with the codes you want. Begin the text file with a
version code and encoding indication (for example: <v15.00><e9>). For more
information about encoding codes, see “Encoding“.
Save the text you generate in the plain text file format using the appropriate
encoding.
General information on XPress tags
When entering XPress Tags codes, keep the following in mind:
XPress Tags codes are case-sensitive. •