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CHARACTER AND PARAGRAPH FORMATTING
from 0-8; 0= Level 1, 1= Level 2, ...), 1 is Restart Numbering After is True
(values are 0 and 1), 0 is Restart numbering After Level (0= Level, 1= Style), 3 is
Level for Restart numbering After (values range from 0-9; 0= After Any
Previous Level, 1= Level 1, 2= Level 2, ...)
Outline style: <*bo"Outline Style Name"(20,10,0,4,1,1,4)>. If the •
layout does not contain an outline style by this name, no outline style is
applied. In the parenthesized list, the first number is the Minimum Number
Distance from Text, the second number is the Start At value, and the third
number is for Restart Numbering locally (0 = false, 1 = true), 4 is Level(values
range from 0-8; 0= Level 1, 1= Level 2, ...), 1 is Restart Numbering After is True
(values are 0 and 1), 1 is Restart numbering after Style (0= Level, 1= Style), 4 is
Row index of Paragraph Style Sheet in Style pop up
If a $ replaces any or all format codes (for example, <*t$>), the current
paragraph style sheet values are used. If a style sheet is not currently applied, the
Normal style sheet is used. All numeric values in these two commands are
measured in points.
Any or all of the format codes can be replaced by a $ to use the current style
sheet’s definition, or by a 0 to specify no rule (for example, <*ra$> and <*ra0>).
This feature is an East Asian feature and is only available when you have the East
Asian preference enabled (QuarkXPress/Edit( > Preferences > East Asian). However,
you can import and export text that uses these features in XPress Tags format using
any language edition of QuarkXPress.
Other attributes
This section lists attributes that do not fit into the other categories.
Glyph: <DoO,F"zero",I0,f"ACaslonPro-Bold">0<oC>, where DoO = •
opening tag, F"zero" = Feature, I0 = index of the alternate glyph,
f"AcaslonPro-Bold" = Font, 0 = base character, and oC = close tag.
Hyperlink: <A(3,"HYPB",\#002\#000\#000\#000)[2]>Linked •
text<A(3,"HYP\"",\#nnn\#xxx)[n]>, where
<A(3,"HYPB",\#002\#000\#000\#000)[2]> is the opening tag (this never
changes), \#nnn is the type of link (\#000 = URL, \#004 = anchor, \#008 =
page), and \#xxx indicates the creation order of this hyperlink in the project
(\#001 = first created, \#002 = second created, and so forth).
Transcoding sequences: <EX>Unicode value, language, legacy code •
value<EX>. For language codes, see “Languages.”
Unencoded glyphs: <DO, gxxxx, f"Font"P> <DC>, where DO = opening tag, g •
= glyph, f = font, P = style (P, B, I, or BI), and DC = close tag
Turn on/off styling
Turn on feature “a”: <o("aaaa")> •
Turn on features “x”, “y”, and “z”: <o("xxxx", "yyyy", "zzzz")> •
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