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R/O PROPERTY NAME TYPE DESCRIPTION
suppress Boolean If true , this table box is
printing suppressed at print
•
unique ID integer A unique ID good for the
life of this layout
width break Boolean If true , a width restriction
is applied to this table box
width break horizontal Width restriction applied to
measurement this table box
TEXT BOX EVENTS AND EXAMPLES
VERB APPLESCRIPT EXAMPLE
count count of every word of text box “HeadlineStory”
data size data size of text inset of text box “HeadlineStory” as integer
delete delete text box “Sidebar”
duplicate duplicate text box 10 to before text box 1
get get first baseline offset of first text box
get as get name of text box 1 as string
make make text box at beginning of spread 2
move move last text box to before first text box
set set skew of text box 1 to 25
show show text box “Sidebar”
TEXT BOX ELEMENTS AND REFERENCE FORMS
BEFORE/
BY AFTER
ELEMENT NUMERIC BY BY BY SATISFYING ANOTHER
CLASS INDEX ID NAME RANGE A TEST ELEMENT
character • • • •
line • • • •
paragraph • • • •
runaround •
path
shape path •
story • • • • •
REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR QUARKXPRESS OBJECTS
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