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The number of the entire module is now 25. This was also the number of the newly created
record in the database. When importing the module into the database the module will be
saved in this record Nº 25.
(The group number, in this case “1” was suggested, cannot be changed in Auto mode and
will be adjusted automatically.)
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Click on “Auto” and all boxes in the module will be numbered.
The illustration shows on the left an article module that contains four boxes and on the right
the box IDs that were assigned to the individual boxes: 25001 for the main text box, 25101,
25102, 25103 etc. for all additional boxes.
3. Preparing further modules
Step 2 will then be performed on all other modules that you wish to transfer to the database. If
the first module was assigned the Number “25”, the system then automatically suggests the
number “26” for the next module:
You click on “Auto” and all the modules boxes will be numbered.
Including XPressTags?
In the DATAform preferences dialogue in QuarkXPress you can specify whether the box texts
should be exported with XPressTags or not. The option “Including XPressTags” exports all the
font and style properties of the box texts and places them as XPressTags in the text. The use of
this option has two possible drawbacks:
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The Tags may possibly hinder the readability of the texts.
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These styles are not easily modified by the database.
An export with XPressTags is however necessary if three conditions appear together:
a. The box text contains changing font styles.
b. This formatting cannot be generated as automatic formatting by the database.
c. All format properties of the text should be saved in the database.
If boxes are exported “Including XPressTags”, all style and font changes within the texts are
retained.
4. Exporting the boxes and import into the database
Finally you export the prepared boxes from the QuarkXPress document and import them into
DATAform with the command “Import elements...” with “Boxes” and “Content” set to ON.
Boxes that have not been numbered, i.e. their group number is zero, are skipped by the
DATAform database; hence you can assign numbers to certain parts of the documents boxes
and still use the command “Export all”.
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