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INDEXING
A GUIDE TO XPRESS TAGS 2020 | 25
Indexing
You can import and export QuarkXPress index tags in XPress Tags format. The text
might be tagged by writers or indexers using a word processing application, and
then imported into QuarkXPress for layout purposes. Alternatively, the might be
exported from QuarkXPress with index tags for editing.
Marking text for an index
The XPress Tags for indexing let you insert index markers at the text insertion point
or specify ranges of text to be indexed.
Insert an index marker at the insertion point: <XI,Tag Info> •
Indicate the start of an indexed range of text: <XO> •
Indicate the end of an indexed range of text: <XC,Tag Info> •
Specifying index tag information
Index tags include information about an entry’s level, style, and scope.
First-level entry: "First Level entry","",Sort As,Style •
Info,Scope,Extra Info,"Cross-Reference String". For example,
<XO>20th Century<XC,"20th Century","","Twentieth
Century","Index Text 1",6,1,"Modern Age">
Second-level entry: "First Level entry","Second Level •
entry","",Sort As,Style Info,Scope,Extra Info,"Cross-Reference
String". For example, <XO>Humanities<XC,"20th
Century","Humanities","","","Index Text 2",6,1,"Arts">
Third-level entry: "First Level entry","Second Level entry","Third •
Level entry","",Sort As,Style Info,Scope,Extra Info,"Cross-
Reference String". For example, <XO>Literature<XC,"20th
Century","Humanities","Literature","","","Index Text
3",6,1,"Books">
Fourth-level entry: "First Level entry","Second Level entry","Third •
Level entry","Fourth Level entry",Sort As,Style
Info,Scope,Extra Info,"Cross-Reference String". For example,
<XO>English<XC,"20th
Century","Humanities","Literature","English","","Index Text
4",6,1,"Great Britain">