This specifcation is based on the current format used by Scribus 1.2.
It lists all Tags and Attributes, some of these are optional, depending on type of the Document. Optional Tags and Attributes are marked with a slight blue background, Scribus will insert a default value when one of these are missing.
Tags | Attributes | Meaning | ||||
SCRIBUSUTF8 | Version | Version Number for Debugging |
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DOCUMENT | ABSTSPALTEN | Distance between Columns in automatic Textframes |
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ALAYER | Active Layer | |||||
ANZPAGES | Number of Pages | |||||
AUTHOR | Author of the Doc | |||||
AUTOCHECK | Automatic Hyphenation during typing 0 = off, 1 = on |
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AUTOMATIC | Automatic Hyphenation 0 = off, 1 = on |
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AUTOSPALTEN | Number of Colums in automatic Textframes |
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BASEGRID | Width of the Baseline Grid | |||||
BASEO | Startoffset for the Baseline Grid | |||||
BOOK | Document has facing Pages when this Attribute is present |
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BORDERBOTTOM | Bottom Border of Doc | |||||
BORDERLEFT | Left Border of Doc | |||||
BORDERRIGHT | Right Border of Doc | |||||
BORDERTOP | Top Border of Doc | |||||
COMMENTS | Comments for the Doc | |||||
DCOL | Number of Colums in Textframes | |||||
DFONT | Default Font | |||||
DGAP | Default Gap between Columns in Textframes |
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DIMo | Default Rendering Intent for the Monitor 0 = Perceptual 1 = Relative Colorimetric 2 = Saturation 3 = Absolute Colorimetric |
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DIMo2 | Default Rendering Intent for Images 0 = Perceptual 1 = Relative Colorimetric 2 = Saturation 3 = Absolute Colorimetric |
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DIPr | Default Rendering Intent for the Printer 0 = Perceptual 1 = Relative Colorimetric 2 = Saturation 3 = Absolute Colorimetric |
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DOCCONTRIB | Person or organization making contributions to the document | |||||
DOCCOVER | Extent of scope of the document | |||||
DOCDATE | Date related to life-cycle of the document, YYYY-MM-DD | |||||
DOCFORMAT | Physical or digital manifestation of the document | |||||
DOCIDENT | An unambigious reference to the document, eg ISBN | |||||
DOCLANGINFO | Language of content of document | |||||
DOCRELATION | Reference to a related document | |||||
DOCRIGHTS | Information about rights held in and over the document, eg copyright | |||||
DOCSOURCE | Reference to a document from which this document is derived | |||||
DOCTYPE | Nature or genre of the content of the document | |||||
Dpbla | Use Blackpoint Compensation 0 = off, 1 = on |
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Dpgam | Mark Colors out of Gamut 0 = off, 1 = on |
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DPIn | Default ICC-Profile for solid Colors | |||||
DPIn2 | Default ICC-Profile for Images | |||||
DPMo | Default ICC-Profile for the Monitor | |||||
DPPr | Default ICC-Profile for the Printer | |||||
DPSo | Simulate the Printer on Screen 0 = off, 1 = on |
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Dpuse | Use Colormanagement 0 = off, 1 = on |
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DSIZE | Default Fontsize | |||||
FIRSTLEFT | First page is a left page when this attribute is present |
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FIRSTNUM | First Pagenumber in the Doc | |||||
GROUPC | Counter for Groups in the Doc | |||||
GUIDELOCK | Guides locked 0 = off, 1 = on |
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HCMS | Colormanagement available 0 = off, 1 = on |
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HYCOUNT | Number of Hyphens allowed following each other | |||||
KEYWORDS | Keywords for the Doc | |||||
LANGUAGE | Language of the Doc | |||||
MAJGRID | Distance of the major Gridlines | |||||
MINGRID | Distance of the minor Gridlines | |||||
MINWORDLEN | Minimum length of a Word to be hyphenated | |||||
ORIENTATION | Orientation of the Doc 0 = Portrait 1 = Landscape |
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PAGEHEIGHT | Height of the Doc | |||||
PAGEWITH | Width of the Doc | |||||
PUBLISHER | Person or organization responsible for making the document available | |||||
TITLE | Title of the Doc | |||||
UNITS | Measurement unit for the Doc 0 = Points 1 = Millimeters 2 = Inches 3 = Picas |
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VHOCH | Percentage for Superscript | |||||
VHOCHSC | Percentage for scaling of the Glyphs in Superscript | |||||
VKAPIT | Percentage for scaling of the Glyphs in Small Caps | |||||
VTIEF | Percentage for Subscript | |||||
VTIEFSC | Percentage for scaling of the Glyphs in Subscript | |||||
MultiLine | Name | Name of the Linestyle | ||||
SubLine | Color | Name of the colour of that Line | ||||
Dash | How the line is dashed 1 = Solid Line 2 = Dashed Line 3 = Dotted Line 4 = Dash Dot Line 5 = Dash Dot Dot Line |
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LineEnd | Code for the line end rendering 0 = FlatCap 16 = SquareCap 32 = RoundCap |
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LineJoin | Code for the line join rendering 0 = MiterJoin 64 = BevelJoin 128 = RoundJoin |
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Shade | Shading of the line colour in percent | |||||
Width | Linewidth in points | |||||
JAVA | NAME | Name of the Script | ||||
SCRIPT | The JavaScript itself | |||||
Bookmark | Aktion | Action for this Bookmark | ||||
Element | Number of the Scribus Object | |||||
First | Number of first Bookmark at this Level | |||||
ItemNr | Internal Number of this Bookmark | |||||
Last | Number of last Bookmark at this Level | |||||
Next | Number of next Bookmark at this Level | |||||
Parent | Number of this Bookmarks Parent | |||||
Prev | Number of previous Bookmark at this Level | |||||
Seite | Page on which this Bookmark is located | |||||
Text | Internal Text of that Bookmark | |||||
Title | String which is exported to PDF | |||||
COLOR | CMYK | Value as hexadecimal String | ||||
NAME | Name of the Colour | |||||
RGB | Value as hexadecimal String | |||||
STYLE | ALIGN | Code for the alignment of text. 0 = Align Text Left 1 = Align Text Centered 2 = Align Text Right 3 = Align Text Justified 4 = Align Text Forced Justified |
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BASE | Flag for adjusting to the Baseline Grid 0 = no adjusting, 1 = adjusting |
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DROP | Flag for DropCaps 1 = DropCaps on |
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DROPLIN | Number of Lines for the DropCaps | |||||
EFFECT | Character Style for the Text 1 = Superscript 2 = Subscript 4 = Outline Text 8 = Underline 16 = Strike Out 64 = Small Caps |
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FCOLOR | Name of the fill colour | |||||
FIRST | Indent of the first Line | |||||
FONT | Name of the Font | |||||
FONTSIZE | Fontsize | |||||
FSHADE | Shade of the fill colour in percent | |||||
INDENT | Indent for all Lines | |||||
LINESP | Linespacing | |||||
NACH | Spacing after the paragraph | |||||
NAME | Name of the style | |||||
NUMTAB | Number of Tabs | |||||
SCOLOR | Name of the stroke colour | |||||
SSHADE | Shade of the stroke colour in percent | |||||
TABS | List of defined Tabs, Tabcode and Position Tabcodes: 0 = Left 1 = Right 2 = Full Stop 3 = Comma 4 = Center |
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VOR | Spacing before the paragraph | |||||
LAYERS | Flag for printing 0 = Layer is not printed 1 = Layer is printed |
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LEVEL | Level of the Layer 0 = Background |
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NAME | Name of the layer | |||||
NUMMER | Number of the layer | |||||
SICHTBAR | Flag for visibility 0 = Layer is not visible 1 = Layer is visible |
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Articles | Flag, set to 1 when use PDF-Articles is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog |
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BBottom | Bottom Distance for the Bleed Box | |||||
Binding | Binding for the PDF-Document 0 = Left Binding 1 = Right Binding |
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BLeft | Left Distance for the Bleed Box | |||||
Bookmarks | Flag, set to 1 when include Bookmarks is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog |
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BRight | Right Distance for the Bleed Box | |||||
BTop | Top Distance for the Bleed Box | |||||
CMethod | Compression Method for Pictures 0 = Automatic, Scribus tries to use the best Method 1 = JPEG Compression 2 = Flate Compression 3 = No Compression |
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Compress | Flag, set to 1 when use Compress Text is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog |
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Encrypt | Flag, set to 1 when use Encryption is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog |
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ImageP | ICC-Profile for Images | |||||
ImagePr | Flag, set to 1 when embedded ICC-Proflies should not be used for images | |||||
InfoString | Info String for PDF-X/3 Output | |||||
Intent | Rendering Intent for solid colours 0 = Perceptual 1 = Relative Colorimetric 2 = Saturation 3 = Absolute Colorimetric |
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Intent2 | Rendering Intent for Images 0 = Perceptual 1 = Relative Colorimetric 2 = Saturation 3 = Absolute Colorimetric |
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PassOwner | Owner Password for encrypted PDF's | |||||
PassUser | User Password for encrypted PDF's | |||||
Permissions | Value used for Encryption Settings | |||||
PicRes | Resolution for downsampling Images | |||||
PresentMode | Flag, set to 1 when Presentation effects should be used | |||||
PrintP | ICC-Profile for the Printer, only used for PDF-X/3 output | |||||
Quality | Quality setting for Image Compression 0 = Maximum (95%) 1 = High (85%) 2 = Medium (75%) 3 = Low (50%) 4 = Minimum (25%) |
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RecalcPic | Flag, set to 1 when Downsample Images is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog |
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Resolution | Resolution for embedded EPS-Pictures or PDF's | |||||
RGBMode | Flag, set to 1 when Output should be in RGB | |||||
SolidP | ICC-Profile for solid colours | |||||
Thumbnails | Flag, set to 1 when Generate Thumbnails is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog |
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UseLpi | Flag, set to 1 when the informations in the LPI tags should be used for Linescreening | |||||
UseProfiles | Flag, set to 1 when ICC-Profiles should be used for solid colours | |||||
UseProfiles2 | Flag, set to 1 when ICC-Profiles should be used for images | |||||
Version | PDF-Version which should be generated 12 = PDF-X/3 13 = PDF-1.3 14 = PDF-1.4 |
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Effekte | AnzeigeLen | Time how long the page is shown in Full Screen Mode in seconds | ||||
Di | Direction of the Effect for Wipe and Glitter 0 = Left to right 1 = Top to bottom 2 = Bottom to top 3 = Right to left 4 = Top-left to bottom-right |
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Dm | Direction of the Effect for Split and Blinds 0 = horizontal 1 = vertical |
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Effekt | Type of Effect 0 = No Effect 1 = Blinds 2 = Box 3 = Dissolve 4 = Glitter 5 = Split 6 = Wipe |
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EffektLen | Time how long the effect is shown in Full Screen Mode in seconds | |||||
M | Direction of the motion for Split and Box 0 = towards inside 1 = towards outside |
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LPI | Angle | Linescreening angle | ||||
Color | Name of the Colour for which these settings are ment | |||||
Frequency | How many lines per Inch are used | |||||
SpotFunction | Code for the used Spotfunction: 0 = Simple Dot 1 = Line 2 = Round 3 = Ellipse |
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Fonts | Name | Name of the Font to be embedded into the PDF | ||||
PAGE | HorizontalGuides | List of horizontal Guidelines | ||||
LEFT | Is 1 if this page is a left Masterpage | |||||
MNAM | Name of the attached Masterpage, empty when this page is a Masterpage |
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NAM | Name of the Masterpage, empty when this page is a normal page |
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NUM | Number of the page, counting starts with 0 | |||||
NumHGuides | Number of horizontal Guidelines | |||||
NumVGuides | Number of vertical Guidelines | |||||
VerticalGuides | List of vertical Guidelines | |||||
PAGEOBJECT | ALIGN | Alignment for text when no paragraph style is set 0 = No Style, left aligned 1 = Align Text Center 2 = Align Text Right 3 = Align Text Justified 4 = Align Text Forced Justified |
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ANAA | Set to 1 if Annotations Action is a JavaScript Action | |||||
ANACTION | Action for the PDF-Field, contains either a URL or a JavaScript | |||||
ANACTYP | Type of the Action for a PDF-Field 0 = None 1 = Java Script 2 = Go To 3 = Submit Form 4 = Reset Form 5 = Import Data |
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ANBCOL | Name of the border colour of the PDF-Button | |||||
ANBLACT | JavaScript executed when the PDF-Field looses focus | |||||
ANBSTY | Borderstyle for a PDF-Button 0 = Solid 1 = Dashed 2 = Underline 3 = Beveled 4 = Inset |
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ANBWID | Borderwidth of a PDF-Button 0 = None 1 = Thin 2 = Normal 3 = Wide |
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ANCACT | JavaScript executed when the PDF-Page is changed | |||||
ANCHK | Set to 1 if the PDF-Checkbox is checked by default | |||||
ANCHKS | Style of the checkmark in a PDF-Checkbox 0 = Check 1 = Cross 2 = Diamond 3 = Circle 4 = Star 5 = Square |
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ANDACT | JavaScript executed when the mouse button is pressed | |||||
ANDOWN | Text for Button Down of a PDF-Button | |||||
ANEACT | JavaScript executed when the cursor enters the PDF-Field | |||||
ANEXTERN | Path or URL for an external PDF-Link | |||||
ANFACT | JavaScript executed before formatting the PFD-Field | |||||
ANFEED | Feedback for PDF-Button press 0 = None 1 = Invert 2 = Outlined 3 = Push animation |
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ANFLAG | Flags for Annotations, value is the bitwise or of the following constants 1 = Field is read-only 2 = Field must have a value 4 = Value is not exported 4096 = Field is a multiline Textfield 8192 = Field is a password field 262144 = Field is editable 4194304 = Don't spell check 8388608 = Do not scroll |
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ANFOACT | JavaScript executed when the field receives focus | |||||
ANFONT | Font for the PDF-Button or Annotation 0 = Courier 1 = Courier Bold 2 = Courier Italic 3 = Courier Bold Italic 4 = Helvetica 5 = Helvetica Bold 6 = Helvetica Italic 7 = Helvetica Bold Italic 8 = Times 9 = Times Bold 10 = Times Italic 11 = Times Bold Italic 12 = Zapf Dingbats 13 = Symbols |
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ANFORMAT | Format of the Value in a PDF-Field 0 = Plain text 1 = Number 2 = Percentage 3 = Date 4 = Time 5 = Custom format |
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ANHTML | Set to 1 if the PDF-Submit Action should send HTML instead of FDF | |||||
ANICON | Set to 1 if the PDF-Button uses icons | |||||
ANKACT | JavaScript for keypresses | |||||
ANMC | Maximum number of characters in a PDF-Textfield | |||||
ANNAME | Field name of the Annotation, also used for the object name | |||||
ANNOTATION | Set to 1 if the object is a Annotation or a PDF-Field | |||||
ANPLACE | How to display the Icon of a PDF-Button 0 = Caption only 1 = Icon only 2 = Caption below Icon 3 = Caption above Icon 4 = Caption right to Icon 5 = Caption left to Icon 6 = Caption overlays Icon |
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ANROLL | Text for roll over of PDF-Buttons | |||||
ANSCALE | Scaling of Icons on PDF-Buttons 0 = Always 1 = When Icon is too small 2 = When Icon is too big 3 = Never |
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ANTOOLTIP | Tooltip for the PDF-Field | |||||
ANTYPE | Type of the Annotation or PDF-Field 0 = Text annotation 1 = Link annotation 2 = PDF-Button 3 = PDF-Textfield 4 = PDF-Checkbox 5 = PDF-Combobox 6 = PDF-Listbox 7 = External Link 8 = External Weblink |
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ANVACT | JavaScript to be performed when the fields value has changed | |||||
ANVIS | The visiblity of the PDF-Field 0 = visible 1 = hidden 2 = don't print 3 = don't show, but print |
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ANXACT | JavaScript when the mouse pointer leaves the field | |||||
ANZIEL | Page number of a PDF-Link | |||||
AUTOTEXT | Set to 1 if object is an automatic textframe | |||||
BACKITEM | Number of the previous frame of linked textframe | |||||
BACKPAGE | Number of the page of the previous frame in linked textframes | |||||
BASEOF | Offset for the text from its path for text on a path | |||||
BBOXH | Height of the bounding box, used only for EPS-Images | |||||
BBOXX | Bounding box X-Value, used only for EPS-Images | |||||
BEXTRA | Distance of text from the bottom edge of the frame | |||||
BOOKMARK | Set to 1 if object is a PDF-Bookmark | |||||
BookNr | Number of the Bookmark | |||||
BottomLine | Set to 1 if the table item has a bottom line | |||||
BottomLINK | Number of the object that is below of this object in tables | |||||
CLIPEDIT | Set to 1 if the shape was edited | |||||
COLGAP | Gap between text columns | |||||
COLUMNS | Number of columns in text | |||||
COCOOR | Coordinates of the objects contour line | |||||
DASHOFF | Offset for the first dash | |||||
DASHS | List of dash values, see the PostScript manual for details | |||||
EMBEDDED | Set to 1 if embedded ICC-Profiles should be used | |||||
EPROF | Embedded ICC-Profile for images | |||||
EXTRA | Distance of text from the left edge of the frame | |||||
EXTRAV | Kerning value | |||||
FLIPPEDH | Set to an uneven number if object is flipped horizontal | |||||
FLIPPEDV | Set to an uneven number if object is flipped vertical | |||||
FRTYPE | Type of the shape of an object 0 = Rectangle 1 = Ellipse 2 = Rounded rectangle 3 = Free shape |
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GRENDX | X-Value of the end position of the gradient | |||||
GRENDY | Y-Value of the end position of the gradient | |||||
GROUPS | List of group identifiers | |||||
GRSTARTX | X-Value of the start position of the gradient | |||||
GRSTARTY | Y-Value of the start position of the gradient | |||||
GRTYP | Type of the gradient fill 0 = No gradient fill 1 = Horizontal gradient 2 = Vertical gradient 3 = Diagonal gradient 4 = Cross diagonal gradient 5 = Radial gradient 6 = Free linear gradient 7 = Free radial gradient |
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HEIGHT | Height of the object | |||||
IFONT | Name of the font for text | |||||
INVERS | Image is inversed | |||||
IRENDER | Rendering Intent for Images 0 = Perceptual 1 = Relative Colorimetric 2 = Saturation 3 = Absolute Colorimetric |
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ISIZE | Fontsize for text | |||||
isTableItem | Set to 1 if the object belongs to a table | |||||
LANGUAGE | Language of the object | |||||
LAYER | Layer number the object belongs to | |||||
LeftLine | Set to 1 if the table item has a left line | |||||
LeftLINK | Number of the object that is left to this object in tables | |||||
LINESP | Linespacing for text | |||||
LOCALSCX | Scaling of the image in the X-Direction | |||||
LOCALSCY | Scaling of the image in the Y-Direction | |||||
LOCALX | X-Position of the image in the image frame | |||||
LOCALY | Y-Position of the image in the image frame | |||||
LOCK | Set ot 1 if the object is locked | |||||
LOCKR | Set to 1 if the object is protected against resizing | |||||
NAMEDLST | Name of the custom line style | |||||
NEXTITEM | Number of the next frame for linked textframes | |||||
NEXTPAGE | Number of the page of the next frame in linked textframes | |||||
NUMCO | Number of coordinates in COCOOR | |||||
NUMDASH | Number of entries in DASH | |||||
NUMGROUP | Number of grops in GROUPS | |||||
NUMPO | Number of coordinates in POCOOR | |||||
NUMTAB | Number of tabstops listed in TABS | |||||
OwnLINK | Number of this object in tables | |||||
PCOLOR | Name of the colour for fll | |||||
PCOLOR2 | Name of the colour for stroke | |||||
PFILE | Filename of the image | |||||
PFILE2 | Filename of the pressed icon image for PDF-Buttons | |||||
PFILE3 | Filename of the rollover icon image for PDF-Buttons | |||||
PICART | Set to 1 if image should be shown | |||||
PLINEART | How the line is dashed 1 = Solid Line 2 = Dashed Line 3 = Dotted Line 4 = Dash Dot Line 5 = Dash Dot Dot Line |
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PLINEEND | Code for the line end rendering 0 = FlatCap 16 = SquareCap 32 = RoundCap |
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PLINEJOIN | Code for the line join rendering 0 = MiterJoin 64 = BevelJoin 128 = RoundJoin |
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PLTSHOW | Set to 1 if the path of a Text on a path should be shown | |||||
POCOOR | Coordinates of the object shape | |||||
PRFILE | ICC-Profile for the image | |||||
PRINTABLE | Set to 1 if the object should be printed, 0 otherwise | |||||
PTYPE | Type of object 2 = Image 4 = Text 5 = Line 6 = Polygon 7 = Polyline 8 = Text on a path |
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PWIDTH | Line width of the object | |||||
RADRECT | Corner radius for rounded Rectangles | |||||
RATIO | Set to 1 if the image scaling should respect the aspect ratio | |||||
REVERS | Text is rendered reverse, eg Arabic | |||||
REXTRA | Distance of text from the right edge of the frame | |||||
RightLine | Set to 1 if the table item has a right line | |||||
RightLINK | Number of the object that is to the right of this object in tables | |||||
ROT | Rotation of the object in degrees | |||||
SCALETYPE | How the image can be scaled 0 = Free scaling 1 = Scaling bound to image frame dimensions |
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SHADE | Shading for fill | |||||
SHADE2 | Shading for stroke | |||||
TABS | List of defined Tabs, Tabcode and Position Tabcodes: 0 = Left 1 = Right 2 = Full Stop 3 = Comma 4 = Center |
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TEXTFLOW | Set to 1 if text flows around this object | |||||
TEXTFLOW2 | Set to 1 if text flows around the bounding box of this object | |||||
TEXTFLOW3 | Set to 1 if text flows around the contour line of this object | |||||
TEXTRA | Distance of text from the top edge of the frame | |||||
TopLine | Set to 1 if the table item has a top line | |||||
TopLINK | Number of the object that is above this object in tables | |||||
TransValue | Transparency value for fill | |||||
TransValueS | Transparency value for stroke | |||||
TXTFILL | Name of the default text fill colour | |||||
TXTFILLSH | Default shading for the text fill colour | |||||
TXTSCALE | Default text scaling | |||||
TXTSTROKE | Name of the default colour for stroking text | |||||
TXTSTRSH | Default shading for stroking text | |||||
TXTSTYLE | Default character style, value is the bitwise or of these constants: 1 = Superscript 2 = Subscript 4 = Outlined 8 = Underlined 16 = Strikeout 64 = Small Caps |
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WIDTH | Width of the Object | |||||
XPOS | X-Positon of the Object | |||||
YPOS | Y-Position of the Object | |||||
CSTOP | NAME | Name of the stop colour | ||||
RAMP | Position of the colour stop, range from 0.0 till 1.0 |
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SHADE | Shading of the stop colour in Percent | |||||
TRANS | Transparency of the colour stop, range from 0.0 till 1.0 |
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ITEXT | CAB | Paragraph style for the character 0 = No Style, left aligned 1 = Align Text Center 2 = Align Text Right 3 = Align Text Justified 4 = Align Text Forced Justified higher values indicate a custom paragraph style |
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CCOLOR | Name of the fill colour | |||||
CEXTRA | Value for Kerning | |||||
CFONT | Name of the Font | |||||
CH | The character(s) itself | |||||
CSCALE | Scaling in percent | |||||
CSHADE | Shading of the fill colour | |||||
CSHADE2 | Shading of the stroke colour | |||||
CSIZE | Fontsize in points | |||||
CSTROKE | Name of the stroke colour | |||||
CSTYLE | The style of the character, value is the bitwise or of these constants: 1 = Superscript 2 = Subscript 4 = Outlined 8 = Underlined 16 = Strikeout 64 = Small Caps 128 = Word can be hyphenated here |