8.5

Each mapping table contains a list of encoding-specific code points and their corresponding
Unicode codepoints.
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:
• Mac OS:
[DRIVE]:Users:[USER]:Library:Preferences:Quark:QuarkXPress:CustomMappingTables
•
Windows: [DRIVE]:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application
Data\Quark\QuarkXPress\CustomMappingTables
Within this folder are the following mapping table files:
• chinsimpmac.txt: Used for legacy files that use Mac OS Simplified Chinese encodings.
• chintradbig5.txt: Used for legacy files that use Traditional Chinese encodings.
• japanesemac.txt: Used for legacy files that use Mac OS Japanese encodings
• japanesewin.txt: Used for legacy files that use Windows Japanese encodings.
• koreanmac.txt: Used for legacy files that use Mac OS 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 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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