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Place the text insertion point where you want text to be inserted, and then ●
choose File > Import. Check Convert Quotes option to convert double
hyphens to em dashes and convert foot or inch marks to typesetter’s
apostrophes and quotation marks. Check Include Style Sheets to import
style sheets from a Microsoft Word Check Interpret XPress Tags to import
XPress Tags file.
Drag a text file from the file system onto a text component. ●
Drag text from another application onto a text component. ●
Drag a text file from the file system onto a picture component and press ●
Command/Ctrl to make the component accept the text.
Drag text from another application onto a picture component and press ●
Command/Ctrl to make the component accept the text.
If all the imported text does not fit in the text box, the overflow symbol displays.
After importing text into a box, you can choose Fit Box to Text from the context
menu (or Item menu). If Auto Page Insertion (QuarkXPress/Edit > Preferences >
Print Layout > General pane) is enabled, pages are inserted (when you import
text into an automatic text box) as necessary to contain the text.
To export text, first either place the text insertion point in a text box (if you want
to save all of the text in that box) or select the text you want to export. Then
choose File > Save Text, choose an option from the Format pop-up menu, enter
a name, choose a location, and then click Save.
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To export in .docx format, choose Word Document from the Format drop-down
menu.
Importing and exporting text with Unicode options
You can specify an encoding type when importing text and exporting text. The
encoding type specifies the byte sequence used to represent each glyph in
text.The options work as follows:
The Import dialog box includes an Encoding drop-down menu when a plain ●
text or “XPress Tags” text file is selected. The software attempts to
determine the encoding of selected text files and apply an appropriate
encoding type. You can, however, choose a different option for text.
The Save Text dialog box provides an Encoding drop-down menu when ●
you’re exporting text in plain text or “XPress Tags” format.
The Convert Quotes option continues to convert straight quotes to ●
typesetter’s quotation marks and double hyphens to em dashes.
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