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ber of all active boxes can be overwritten in one step via the dialogue. The selection of boxes
may also include grouped boxes.
Assign Box IDs when importing
When importing, boxes receive an object number with the Tag *#, and a group number with
the Tag *G. The text:
¶*#5*G1*T3*x300*X350*y100*Y150*$My second
box¶*#6*G1*T3*x350*X400*y100*Y150*$¶
creates two boxes, both of which belong to group 1.
The first box has object number 5, the second has object number 6.
Object Nº.: *#
The object number serves as a way of clearly identifying a box within a QuarkXPress docu-
ment. A database should always assign unique object numbers. When exporting QuarkXPress
boxes, it gets these numbers back so that the corresponding database records can be found and
updated.
DATAformXTension checks when importing objects that they are unique.
If a Tag *# other than zero is placed when importing XTension checks the document for boxes
with this object number. If an object with this number is found, a message appears. (See under
“Import boxes”, page: 15)
Boxes with the same object numbers cannot be imported.
Group Nº.: *G
The group number allows the grouping of several boxes . The number is important in three
ways:
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The command “Export group” exports all boxes in a document with a specific group num-
ber. (See under “Export group”, page: 20.)
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The command “Group group” puts all boxes with the same group number into a Quark-
XPress group. (See under “Group group”, page: 23.)
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If in the preferences dialogue “Group” is activated, boxes with the same group number will
be grouped during import. (See under “Preferences...”, page: 24.)
Advanced Dialogue Properties
The fields of the dialogue can be deactivated or hidden per box. This way box properties can be
individualized or concealed from the user, see {75} *g Box properties, page: 89.
Automated box numbering
In order to import “hand made” QuarkXPress documents boxes must be numbered with object
and group numbers module by module. This operation is facilitated by the automated box num-
bering of DATAformXTensions. It automatically numbers all boxes in an article’s module. To
achieve this you group all boxes of the module and mark the main text box with the Quark-
XPress content tools. If one calls the Box properties dialogue in this situation, the following
dialogue appears:
My sec-
ond box
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