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• XPress Tags codes are case-sensitive.
• XPress Tags codes for character and paragraph attributes must begin and end with
angle brackets (< >). For example, the XPress Tags code for boldface text is <B>.
• To combine character attribute codes, begin with a left angle bracket, then enter
the codes you want to specify, and complete the code with a right angle bracket.
For example, the code for bold italic text is <BI>.
• XPress Tags codes for character attributes must be placed immediately preceding
the characters to which you want to apply the attributes. When you apply a
character attribute using an XPress Tags code, the attribute remains in effect until
you cancel it or until you enter codes that change the style sheet. You can cancel
an attribute by re-specifying its code following the last character to which you
want it applied (or for type styles, you can enter the code for plain text, <P>).
• For XPress Tags code commands that let you specify more than one value (such
as paragraph attributes), you can enter a $ in place of an actual value. When
QuarkXPress encounters a $ code, the program substitutes the value specified in
the currently applied style sheet. (If no style sheet is currently applied, the value
of the Normal style sheet is used.) For example, you might want a paragraph to
contain all of the formats specified in the applied style sheet, but you want to
apply 18 points of leading instead of the value specified in the style sheet. The
code for this would be: <*p($,$,$,18,$,$,$)>.
• Names you specify as XPress Tags codes must be preceded and terminated by an
inch mark " character. For example, if you want to specify the font Palatino, use
the <f"Palatino"> code.
• When specifying a font using XPress Tags codes, you can enter a partial font name
within the code (for example, you can enter helv to specify the font Helvetica).
When QuarkXPress applies a font to imported text according to the XPress Tags
code you specify, the application will apply the first font in the Font submenu
that matches the partial font name.
• Some features (such as rubi text, group characters, and emphasis marks) are
available only in particular language editions of QuarkXPress. However, you can
open a project that uses such features in any edition of QuarkXPress, and you can
import and export text that uses these features in XPress Tags format using any
language edition of QuarkXPress.
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