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Order of objects
Order of QuarkXPress objects for DATAformXTension
The various functions act differently:
Export group/all
The order with which the boxes are exported by DATAformXTension is from the back to the
front. The object farthest back is exported first, the foremost one last.
The order applies per page. Objects on more than one page are exported per page in ascending
order.
The order is independent from whether the objects are grouped or not.
Both commands always use the order “from the back to the front”.
Export selection
The export order is usually the reverse of the order in which objects are clicked on; the last
object clicked is exported first. However this is valid only if in the selection no objects are
grouped and all objects are clicked individually with the shift key pressed. If the objects or
some of the objects are selected by the selection tool, the export order is not clearly defined or
is hard to predict.
This method is hardly suitable for the export of object layers.
Automatic assignment of box ID.
The assignment is performed from the back to the front as long as the group contains no further
groups. The farthest additional box is assigned the number X101, then X102 up to the foremost
box. The position of the main box has no influence on this.
If the group contains further groups, the order is not clearly defined or hard to predict.
This function keeps the order “from the back to the front” if no subgroups are present.
Adjust box height
If DATAformXTension adjusts the box heights of text boxes at the end of an import procedure,
the text boxes will be processed in the order from the front to the back. This is necessary in
order to take into account runaround properties of overlapping boxes.
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