Adobe InDesign Tagged Text - Manual (Page 7)

3 USING INDESIGN TAGGED TEXT
Adobe InDesign CS5 Tagged Text
Last updated 4/21/2010
Specifying numeric values in tags
Note the following tips for specifying numeric values or text within a tag:
• In the Tag Name column for the following tables, each tag includes the value type. String includes a list of
characters, such as the name of a color. (When the information is a text string, the case of the characters doesn’t
matter, unless you’re typing a specific color or style name.) Integer includes only whole numbers for values, such as
the number of drop-cap characters. Real can include any number, such as “23.578.” Boolean includes on/off toggle
values: “0” for off and “1” for on. Enum includes only specific string values, such as “Small Caps.” Definition
includes valid names of defined styles and lists.
• Numeric measurements are expressed as points.
• If you create a tagged text file in a word-processing application or text editor, any characters, tabs, and spaces you
type outside the angle brackets (<
>) appear in the document when the file is placed. To begin a new paragraph with
no paragraph style assigned, type on a new line.
• To return an attribute to its default state, type the attribute name followed by a colon (:). For example, to return to
the default leading value, type .
InDesign tags
Start file and definition tags
When you export text as tagged text, the text file includes a start tag that describes the encoding format (such as
) and a color table tag () that defines the colors, tints, and gradients in your document. If
you use paragraph and character styles, variables, table and cell styles, or defined lists in exported text, definition tags
for those items appear.
Note: If you create a tagged text file from scratch, you must include a tag that describes the encoding format (such as
) at the beginning of the text file. You must type the following text at the top of a text file you want InCopy
to treat as tagged:
for files created in Windows or for files created in Mac OS. If you use
an encoding format other than ASCII, insert the name of that format in place of ASCII (for example,
MAC>).