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A Guide to XPress Tags 2022 | 26
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">
Style information: "style sheet name" or "" for Entry’s Style ●
Scope: 0,1,2,3,4,5 (Selection Start = 0, Selection Text = 1, To Style = 2, ●
Specified number of paragraphs = 3, To End Of = 4, Suppress Page Number =
5, Cross-Reference = code)
Sort As: “sort as text“ ●