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A Guide to XPress Tags 2023 | 20
attribute overrides. For example, <x@$> applies the Normal character style
sheet, erasing any existing character attributes.
Applying a paragraph style sheet
Apply Normal paragraph style sheet: @$:paragraph text ●
Apply No Style paragraph style sheet: @:paragraph text ●
Apply defined paragraph style sheet: @stylesheetname:paragraph text ●
To apply the Normal style sheet (which had attributes defined in the
QuarkXPress project) to a paragraph, begin the paragraph with the @$: code.
To specify that a specific style sheet be applied to a paragraph, begin the
paragraph with the @stylesheetname: code.
To specify that No Style be applied to paragraphs, begin the first paragraph you
want to disassociate from any style sheet with the @: code.
When you apply a style sheet to a paragraph using XPress Tags, the style sheet
remains applied to subsequent paragraphs until another style sheet is applied
or until No Style is applied using the @: code.
You can apply attributes to characters (local formatting) within a paragraph to
which you have applied a style sheet. These attributes remain applied until you
cancel them or until you apply a different style sheet.
If you import text tagged with style sheet names that the project already
contains, QuarkXPress automatically applies the character and paragraph
attributes specified in the project’s existing style sheets. If you import text
tagged with style sheet names that do not already exist in the project,
QuarkXPress adds each style sheet name to the Style Sheets palette. If a new
style sheet is not defined in the tagged text, QuarkXPress applies the Normal
paragraph and character style sheet attributes to the new style sheet and adds
the paragraph style sheet to the Style Sheets palette.
The following characters cannot be used in style sheet names: " : = @
Applying a character style sheet
Apply Normal character style sheet: <@$> ●
Apply the paragraph’s character style sheet: <@$p> ●
Apply No Style character style sheet: <@> ●
Apply defined character style sheet: <@stylesheetname> ●