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Contents
Tags with multiple parameters and sub-list parameters................. 15
Omitted parameters............................................................................. 15
Example 3.2.........................................................................................15
Tips for Constructing and Debugging Tags............................................ 17
Example 3.3.........................................................................................17
Setting Character Attributes.................................................. 18
Beginning with Xtags.....................................................................5
What is Xtags?.................................................................................................5
About This Manual........................................................................................5
Before Installing Xtags. . ...............................................................................5
What you should know about your computer....................................5
What you should know about QuarkXPress/InDesign.....................5
Platform-specific issues..........................................................................6
Please download the latest version........................................................6
Understanding Xtags version numbers................................................6
Installing Xtags................................................................................................7
For QuarkXPress.....................................................................................7
For InDesign............................................................................................7
Installing InFlow.............................................................................................7
Un-installing Xtags.........................................................................................7
For QuarkXPress.....................................................................................7
For InDesign............................................................................................7
Personalizing Your Copy of Xtags...............................................................7
Using Xtags Interactively............................................................9
Conventions Used in the Documentation..................................................9
Example 2.1...........................................................................................9
Xtags Preferences............................................................................................9
Importing Text With Xtags........................................................................ 11
Saving Text with Xtags................................................................................ 11
Copying and Pasting Xtags Text............................................................... 12
Learning Xtags Basics................................................................. 13
General Information................................................................................... 13
Example 3.1.........................................................................................13
Control characters................................................................................ 13
Word spaces within tags...................................................................... 13
Splitting long tag sequences................................................................ 14
Using default settings........................................................................... 14
Tag Parameters—The Heart of Xtags....................................................... 14
Tags with single parameters................................................................ 14
Tags with multiple parameters........................................................... 15
Reset Attributes Tags.................................................................................. 18
Character Face Tags.................................................................................... 18
Example 4.1.........................................................................................18
Character Size and Font Tags.................................................................... 19
Example 4.2.........................................................................................19
Character Color, Shade, and Opacity Tags.............................................. 19
Example 4.3.........................................................................................20
Character Scaling, Kerning, and Tracking Tags...................................... 20
Example 4.4.........................................................................................20
Character Baseline Shift Tags.................................................................... 21
Example 4.5.........................................................................................21
Character Language Tag............................................................................. 21
Character Ligatures Tag.............................................................................. 22
Special Character Tags................................................................................ 22
Character Set Encoding Tag and XPress Tags Version Tag.................. 22
Setting Paragraph Attributes................................................. 24
Paragraph Alignment Tags........................................................................ 24
Example 5.1.........................................................................................24
Paragraph Basic Settings Tag..................................................................... 24
Example 5.2.........................................................................................25
Paragraph Tab Settings Tag....................................................................... 25
Example 5.3.........................................................................................26
Paragraph Hyphenation and Justification Tag........................................ 26
Paragraph Rules Tags.................................................................................. 26
Example 5.4.........................................................................................27
Paragraph Drop Caps Tag.......................................................................... 27
Example 5.5.........................................................................................27
Paragraph “Keep Together” and “Keep With Next” Tags..................... 28
Example 5.6.........................................................................................29
Defining and Applying Style Sheets....................................... 30
Defining Paragraph Style Sheet Tags........................................................ 30
Defining Character Style Sheet Tags......................................................... 30
Applying Style Sheet Tags.......................................................................... 30
Example 6.1.........................................................................................31