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Drop cap**: <*d(character count,line count)>
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Keep with Next Paragraph**: <*kn1> or <*kn0>1 = keep with next; 0 = don't keep
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Keep Together**: <*ktA> or <*kt(#,#)> A = All; #,# = Start line number, End line number
To return to the setting used in the Normal style sheet, enter <*kt($)>
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Hanging character set: <*s"hanging character set name">. If the layout does not
contain a hanging character set by this name, no hanging character set is applied. However,
if you subsequently add a hanging character set with this name, that hanging character
set is applied to the text.
*If a $ replaces any or all format codes (for example, <*t$>), the current paragraph style
sheet values are used. If a style sheet is not currently applied, the Normal style sheet is
used. All numeric values in these two commands are measured in points.
**Any or all of the format codes can be replaced by a $ to use the current style sheet's
definition, or by a 0 to specify no rule (for example, <*ra$> and <*ra0>).
†This feature is available only in particular language editions of QuarkXPress. However,
you can import and export text that uses this features in XPress Tags format using any
language edition of QuarkXPress.
OTHER ATTRIBUTES
This section lists attributes that do not fit into the other categories.
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Glyph: <DoO,F"zero",I0,f"ACaslonPro-Bold">0<oC>, where DoO = opening tag,
F"zero" = Feature, I0 = index of the alternate glyph, f"AcaslonPro-Bold" = Font, 0 =
base character, and oC = close tag.
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Hyperlink: <A(3,"HYPB",\#002\#000\#000\#000)[2]>Linked
text<A(3,"HYP\"",\#nnn\#xxx)[n]>, where
<A(3,"HYPB",\#002\#000\#000\#000)[2]> is the opening tag (this never changes),
\#nnn is the type of link (\#000 = URL, \#004 = anchor, \#008 = page), and \#xxx
indicates the creation order of this hyperlink in the project (\#001 = first created, \#002
= second created, and so forth).
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Transcoding sequences: <EX>Unicode value, language, legacy code value<EX>.
For language codes, see "Languages."
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Unencoded glyphs: <DO, gxxxx, f"Font"P> <DC>, where DO = opening tag, g = glyph,
f = font, P = style (P, B, I, or BI), and DC = close tag
TURN ON/OFF STYLING
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Turn on feature "a": <o("aaaa")>
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Turn on features "x", "y", and "z": <o("xxxx", "yyyy", "zzzz")>
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Turn on features "a" and "b", then turn on feature "c" and turn off feature "b": <o("aaaa",
"bbbb")>some<o("cccc", "bbbb")> text
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Turn on features "a" and "y": <o("xxxx", "aaaa", "xxxx", "yyyy")>
REVERT STYLING TO STYLE SHEETS
• Revert features "x" and "y" to the character attributes in the currently applied paragraph
style sheet: <o($ "xxxx", "yyyy")>
• Revert features "x" and "a" to the character attributes in the currently applied character
style sheet: <o($$ "xxxx", "aaaa")>
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CHARACTER AND PARAGRAPH FORMATTING