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†This feature can be applied only in a language edition of QuarkXPress that supports East
Asian features.
PARAGRAPH ATTRIBUTES
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Left-align paragraph : <*L>
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Center-align paragraph : <*C>
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Right-align paragraph : <*R>
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Justify paragraph : <*J>
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Force justify paragraph : <*F>
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Set tab stops* : <*t(##.#,#,"1 or 2 characters")>. Values in parentheses represent
Position (in points), Alignment, and Fill Characters. For no fill characters, enter a 1
followed by two spaces. For 1 fill character, enter a 1 followed by the repeat character
(enter the character twice). For 2 fill characters, enter a 2 followed by the alternating
characters. Alignment options are 0 for Left, 1 for Center, 2 for Right, 4 for Decimal, 5
for Comma, and any printing character (in quotation marks) for Align On. Note: Reverting
text to the Normal style sheet does not revert the alignment to the alignment specified
in the Normal style sheet. Instead, you must specify the new alignment in addition to
reapplying the Normal style sheet. All of the tabs for a paragraph are included, separated
by commas, within the parentheses.
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Set paragraph attributes*: <*p(##.#,##.#,##.#,##.#,##.#,##.#,G or g(P, S))>.
Values in parentheses represent Left Indent, First Line Indent, Right Indent, Leading,
Space Before, Space After, and Lock to Grid. For example, <*p(16,36,16,14,9,18,g)>
would format text that has a 16 point Left Indent, 36 point First Line Indent, 16 point
Right Indent, 14 point Leading, 9 point Space Before, 18 point Space After, and does
not lock to the baseline grid. You can specify the first line of a paragraph as a percentage
of an em space by using a decimal percentage value in the First Line Indent position (for
example, use 0.6 for 60%). In the Lock to Grid position, G = lock to baseline grid; g = do
not lock to baseline grid, and the two values in parentheses indicate whether to lock to
the page grid (P) or box grid (B) and how to align the characters (T — top/right, C = center,
S = baseline, B = bottom/left).
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Hyphenation and justification specification: <*h"specification name">
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Paragraph rule above**: <*ra(##,#,"color name",#,##,##,## or ##%)>. Values in
parentheses represent Width, Style, "color name", Shade, From Left, From Right, and
Offset. Enter rule widths and indents in points. You can enter "T" in front of the left indent
value to base rule length on the first line of text. Rules Style options are 0 for Solid, 1 for
Dotted, 2 for Dotted 2, 3 for Dash Dot, 4 for All Dots, 5 for Double, 6 for Thin-Thick,
7 for Thick-Thin, 8 for Thin-Thick-Thin, 9 for Thick-Thin-Thick, and 10 for Triple.
Shade is a percentage. You can specify a rule's offset value in points or as a percentage
(#%). For example, <*ra(4,5,"Blue",100,T12,12,50%)> would format a Rule Above
4 points wide in the Double style, 100% Blue, indented 12 points From Left and From
Right (based on the first line of text), and Offset 50%.
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Paragraph rule below**: <*ra(##,#,"color name",#,##,##,## or ##%)>. Values in
parentheses represent Width, Style, "color name", Shade, From Left, From Right, and
Offset. Enter rule widths and indents in points. You can enter "T" in front of the left indent
value to base rule length on the first line of text. Rules Style options are 0 for Solid, 1 for
Dotted, 2 for Dotted 2, 3 for Dash Dot, 4 for All Dots, 5 for Double, 6 for Thin-Thick,
7 for Thick-Thin, 8 for Thin-Thick-Thin, 9 for Thick-Thin-Thick, and 10 for Triple.
Shade is a percentage. You can specify a rule's offset value in points or as a percentage
(#%). For example, <*rb(2,0,C,50,6,18,30%)> would format a Rule Below 2 points
wide in the Solid style, 50% Cyan, indented 6 points From Left and 18 points From Right,
and Offset 30%.
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