I. DATAformXTension
3) Exporting QuarkXPress objects as text.
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Draw a new text box, write “Test” in the box and give the box any properties:
- Mark the box and choose the option “Export selection” from the DATAform menu.
DATAformXTension then creates a text file with the name DATAform.AKT in the Quark-
XPress DATAform folder (or it opens the create file dialogue when this option is activated
in the “Preferences...”.)
- Draw another text box, put the cursor in the box and choose the QuarkXPress command
"Get text..." Make sure, the import dialogue options “Convert Quotes” and “Include Style
Sheets” are off:
- Import the file "DATAform.AKT".
A DATAformTags description of the QuarkXPress document and the text box appears, such
as:
DfXT+2.0¶*T107*e["FEUER:em/DF:DF Kit:DATAformXTensionE";841.89;595.276;
28.346;28.346;28.346;28.346;0;1;22.677;0]*$¶*#0*G0*T3*@1*x0*
y0*X83*Y52*W0*S0*C2*c12.024*i0*I0*j0*J0*f0*H1*h1*D0*d0*B"Black"*b0.5*F1*
1"Helvetica"*20*312*41*5"Black"*61*70*80*90*L129*l4*M["Black";"White"]*m[1;1]*
R0*r1*w0*s0*A0*a0*|0*»0*«0*§0*N0*-0*g"222222"*$Test¶
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Copy the complete text and choose the option "Import boxes". The text with DATAform-
Tags will create the same box again.
By using this method - and with the help of this manual - it is easy to find out into which
DATAform parameters the properties of QuarkXPress boxes are translated.
The exported text with DATAformTags can also include XPressTags, if this option is activated
in the “Preferences...”.
By this, the three basic functions DATAform have been illustrated:
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Importing text with DATAformTags in order to create new boxes and pages.
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Importing text with DATAformTags in order to update existing QuarkXPress objects.
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Exporting QuarkXPress objects as database readable ASCII text, in order to update the
database.
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