2017

LINE EVENTS AND EXAMPLES
VERB APPLESCRIPT EXAMPLE
count count of every character of line 2
data size data size of track of line 1 as integer
delete delete line 1
duplicate duplicate line 1 to after line 3
get get track of line 1
get as get justification of line 1 as string
make make line at beginning with properties {contents:“Headline”}
move move line 1 to after line 3
save save line 1 as “TEXT” in file “Hard Disk:TextFile”
select select line 1
LINE ELEMENTS AND REFERENCE FORMS
BEFORE/
BY AFTER
ELEMENT NUMERIC BY BY BY SATISFYING ANOTHER
CLASS INDEX ID NAME RANGE A TEST ELEMENT
character • • • •
text • • •
word • • • •
LINE PROPERTIES, DATA TYPES, AND DESCRIPTIONS
R/O PROPERTY NAME TYPE DESCRIPTION
•
ascent font units Maximum ascent of any
character in this text
base shift base units Baseline shift of the first
character in this text
•
baseline vertical Vertical offset (from the top
measurement of the containing text box)
of the baseline of the first
character of this text
• best type type class Best descriptor type
character character Character spec
style spec applied to this text
•
character no type/ Type of character
type one byte/ (East Asian only)
two byte/
many types
REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR QUARKXPRESS OBJECTS
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