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You can use tags in Adobe® InDesign® or Adobe InCopy® to import and export formatting attributes with text-only
files. These tags, or codes, indicate style and list definitions as well as the character- and paragraph-level attributes you
want to apply to text.

Tagged text
When you import a tagged text file, InDesign or InCopy reads the tag codes and applies the attributes automatically.
When you export formatted text, you can generate the tag codes so that you can later edit the tags and import the
information with formatting intact.

Formatted InDesign document (left) and exported tagged text file (right), with tags shown in red

Only InDesign and InCopy can read InDesign tags. InDesign cannot read tagged text files formatted in Adobe
PageMaker® and QuarkXPress®.

Import and export tags
All tags begin with the less-than character (<) and end with the greater-than character (>). Type the tag immediately
before the text you want to format. For paragraph-level attributes, type the tag at the start of the paragraph. For
character-level attributes, type the tag at the start of the text you want to change. Most type attributes you specify
remain in effect until you use codes to cancel them or until you apply other attributes. For example, to apply
underlining to one word in a paragraph, you type before the word and after the word.
To learn about using tag codes, export text with tags from a formatted document. Then view the exported text in a
word-processing application or text editor to see how the attributes are transformed into tag codes. You can then edit
and add tags before you import the tagged text file.

Export InDesign text as tagged text
1 Using the Type tool, click an insertion point in the story you want to export, or select the range of text you want to

export.
2 Choose File > Export.
3 For Save As Type (Microsoft® Windows®) or Format (Apple® Mac OS®), select Adobe InDesign Tagged Text.

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4 Specify a name and location for the file, and click Save. (If you’re saving the file using Mac OS, add a .txt extension

to the end of the filename if you want to open the file in Windows.)
5 In the Adobe InDesign Tagged Text Export Options dialog box, specify the following options:

• Select Verbose to show the tags in long form, such as or Abbreviated to show the tags in
short form, such as .

• Select the encoding format, such as ASCII (the most common format for representing English characters as
numbers), ANSI (a collection of many international characters and special punctuation marks that can be inserted
using the Alt/Option key), Unicode (a standard that supports most language characters, including non-European
languages), Shift-JIS (MS-Kanji for Japanese characters), GB 18030 (the official character set of the People’s
Republic of China), Big 5 (encoding for Traditional Chinese characters), and KSC5601 (encoding for Korean
characters).
6 Click OK.

The story text is exported as a text file. You can use a word-processing application or a text editor to open and edit the
tagged text file.

Import tagged text
1 Open the document into which you will place the tagged text, and choose File > Place.
2 Locate and select the text-only tagged file.
3 If desired, select Show Import Options.
4 Click Open.
5 If you selected Show Import Options in the Place dialog box, select any of the following:
Use Typographer’s Quotes Ensures that imported text includes left and right quotation marks (“ ”) and apostrophes

(’) instead of straight quotation marks (" ") and apostrophes (').
Remove Text Formatting Removes formatting such as typeface, type color, and type style from the imported text.
Resolve Text Style Conflicts Using Lets you specify which character or paragraph style is applied when there is a
conflict between the style in the tagged text file and the style in your document. Select Publication Definition to use
the definition that already exists for that style name in the document. Select Tagged File Definition to use the style as
defined in the tagged text. This option creates another instance of the style with “copy” appended to its name in the
Character Style or Paragraph Style panel.
Show List Of Problem Tags Before Place Displays a list of unrecognized tags. If a list appears, you can choose to cancel

or continue the import. If you continue, the file may not look as expected.
6 Click OK.

The text appears at the insertion point or replaces selected text. If there is no text selection or insertion point, a loaded
text icon appears. You can click inside an existing frame to place the text inside it, or you can click or drag to create a
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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, ).

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Attribute

Format

Examples and notes

Start file tag

Specify the encoding format (ASCII, ANSI, UNICODE, SJIS,
CGB18030, BIG5, or KSC5601) followed by the platform
(MAC or WIN).

Color table

...>

>
A COLOR swatch requires 4 values for CMYK and 3 values
for RGB and LAB.
The color table is a list of all colors, tints, and gradients
GRADIENT syntax: .
StopPosition2;StopColor2; Midpoint2>
TINT syntax:
MIXED Ink Syntax:

Paragraph style
definition

...>
A paragraph style definition includes the character- and
paragraph-level attributes listed later in this document,
as well as and

>
The paragraph style definition includes a list of all styles
defined in the Paragraph Styles panel and used in the
text. See “Tags for formatting characters and paragraphs”
on page 5.

Paragraph style
applied

Character style
definition

...>

A character style definition includes the characterattributes listed later in this document, as well as
.

The character style definition includes a list of all styles
defined in the Character Styles panel and used in the text.
See “Tags for formatting characters and paragraphs” on
page 5.

Character style
applied

Table style definition

......>

The tag starts a new paragraph with no
paragraph style. You can use the abbreviation .

The tag ends the character style definition.

A table style definition includes the table attributes listed
later in this document followed by the cell styles used in For information on hyperlink tags, see “Table tags” on
the table style. The attributes can page 15.
also be included.
Table style applied

The tag appears before the
tag.

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Attribute

Format

Examples and notes

Cell style definition

...>

A cell style definition includes the cell attributes listed
later in this document, as well as .
Cell style applied

The tag appears after the tag,
and the tag appears after the
tag.

Define list

The two attributes you can include are
and
(0=off; 1=on)
Variable definition

...>
A variable style definition includes the type of variable
and variable attributes listed later in this document.

>
TextVarType attributes include CreateDate, ModDate,
OutputDate, PageCount, FileName, CustomText,
ChapterNum, ParaStyle, and CharStyle

Variable inserted

Conditional text
definition

Conditional text
applied

Cross-reference
format definition

>
>
>
>>

A cross-reference format definition includes the format
name, the name of the character style that’s applied to
the cross-reference source, the number of building
blocks used, and building block tags.

Valid values for include
Highlight and Underline. Valid values for
include Wavy, Solid,
and Dashed. For , 1 is displayed and
0 is hidden.

For information on hyperlink tags, see “Hyperlink, crossreference, and index tags” on page 20.
Cross-reference
format

XRefFormat:format name

Tags for formatting characters and paragraphs
The following tables describe character- and paragraph-level tags.

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Character-level tags
Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Alternate glyph

cAlternateGlyph:Integer

caltg

Alternate glyphs for OpenType or Asian fonts such as Tekton
Pro MM appear in the Glyphs panel. In this example, 3
represents the third alternate glyph in the pop-up panel.

Auto pair kerning

cAutoPairKern:String

capk

This tag can include Optical or Metrics (default).

Baseline shift

cBaselineShift:Real

cbs

This value can be between -5000 and 5000 points.

Case

cCase:Enum

ccase

Valid values include Small Caps, All Caps, Caps To Small
Caps, or Normal (default). Caps To Small Caps is an
OpenType font attribute.

Character alignment

cHang:Enum

Valid values include EmTop, EmCenter (default), EmBottom,
Baseline, ICFTop, and ICFBottom.

Character skew

cSkew:Real

csk

The value represents the percentage of character skew from
85 to -85 degrees.

Color: color tint

cColorTint:Real

cct

Specify a tint percentage.

Color: character fill

Color: character stroke

cColor:String or Color
Definition

cStrokeColor:String or Color
Definition

csc

or
This tag can include tints, gradients, and unnamed colors.
The default color is Black.
or
This tag can include tints, gradients, and unnamed colors.
The default color is None.

Color: fill gradient angle

cGradientAngle:Real

cga

Angle of linear gradient fill from -180 to 180 degrees.

Color: fill gradient center

cGradientCenter:Real,Real

cgc

This tag indicates the x and y values of the center point of a
radial gradient or the starting point of a linear gradient.

Color: fill gradient length

cGradientLength:Real

cgl

This tag indicates the length of a linear gradient ramp or
radius of a radial gradient.

Color: stroke gradient angle

cStrokeGradientAngle:Real

csga

Angle of linear gradient fill from -180 to 180 degrees.

Color: stroke gradient center

cStrokeGradientCenter:Real,R csgs
eal

This tag indicates the x and y values of the center point of a
radial gradient or the starting point of a linear gradient.

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Color: stroke gradient length

cStrokeGradientLength:Real

csgl

This tag indicates the length of a linear gradient ramp or
radius of a radial gradient.

Color: stroke tint

cStrokeTint:Real

cst

Specify a tint percentage.

Color: stroke weight
(thickness)

cStrokeWeight:Real

Color: stroke alignment

cStrokeAlign:Enum

csw

Specify a value between 0 and 800.

cssa

0=Outside, 1=Centered (default)

Miter Limit

cMiterLimit:Real

csml

Specify a value between 0 and 500.

Outline Join

cOutlineJoin:Enum

csoj

0=Miter Join, 1=Round Join, 2=Bevel Join

Conditional text

cConditionalText:String

ccondtxt

For information on conditional text definitions, see “Start file
and definition tags” on page 3.

Font: family

cFont:String

Specify only the family name. To complete the font
information, also use and .

Font: point size

cSize:Real

Specify a point size between 0.1 and 1296.

Font: typeface

cTypeface:String

The values for this tag depend on which font is used. For
example, Times New Roman uses Regular while Helvetica
uses Plain.

ILG shift

cILGShift:Real

cilgs

Specify a value between -8640 and 8640.

Kerning

cKerning:Real

Language

cLanguage:String

clang

To use a valid string, type the name of the language as it
appears in the Character panel.

Leading

cLeading:Real

This tag lets you specify a leading value between 0 and 5000.
To use default auto leading, leave value empty
().

Leading model

cLeadingModel:Center Down cleadmod

CenterDown signifies the leading will be measured from the
center of the current line to the center of the next line.

Ligatures

cLigatures:Boolean

clig

1=on (default), 0=off

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

No break

cNoBreak:Boolean

cnb

1=on, 0=off (default)

Next break character

cNextXChars:Enum

cnxc

Valid values include Column, Page, BoxBreak, OddPage, and
EvenPage.

Old style figures

cOldStyleFigures:Boolean

cosf

1=on, 0=off (default)

OpenType: figure style

cFigureStyle:Enum

cfs

Valid values include Tabular Lining (default), Proportional
Oldstyle, Proportional Lining, Figure Style, and Tabular
Oldstyle.

OpenType: contextual
alternate

cOTFContAlt:Boolean

cotfcalt

OpenType: discretionary
ligatures

cOTFDiscLig:Boolean

OpenType: feature list

cOTFeatureList:String

cotfl

OpenType: fractions

cOTFFractions:Boolean

cotff

1=on (default), 0=off
cotfdl

1=on, 0=off (default)

1=on, 0=off (default)
OpenType: locale

cOTFLocale:Boolean

cotflocl

0=off (default), 1=on

OpenType: mark position

cOTFMarkPos:Boolean

cotfmark

0=off (default), 1=on

OpenType: position

cPosition:Enum

Valid values include None (default), Superior, Inferior,
Numerator, and Denominator.

OpenType: position form

cOTFPositionForm:Enum

cotfposform

Valid values include Off, Automatic, Initial, Medial, Final, and
Isolated.

OpenType:proportional
metrics

cOTFUseProportional
Metric:Boolean

cotfupm

OpenType:roman italics

cOTFRomanItalics:Boolean

cotfri

1=on, 0=off (default)

OpenType: ordinals

cOTFOrdinal:Boolean

cotfo

1=on, 0=off (default)

OpenType: slash zero

cOTFSlashZero:Boolean

cotfsz

1=on, 0=off (default)

OpenType: stylistic sets

cOTFStylisticSets:Integer

cotfss

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

OpenType: titling alternates

cOTFTitlAl:Boolean

cotfttlt

1=on, 0=off (default)

OpenType:swash alternates

cOTFSwaAlt:Boolean

cotfsalt

cOTFSwaAlt:1>
1=on, 0=off (default)

Overprint character fill

cOverprint:Boolean

1=on, 0=off (default)

Overprint character stroke

cStrokeOverprint:Boolean

cso

1=on, 0=off (default)

Prev/Next page number

cPageNumType:Enum

cpnt

Valid values include Next, Previous, and Current. Current is
the default value.

Rotate Character

cCharRotate:Real

cchr

Specify a value between -360 and 360 to rotate the character
on its center axis. Positive values rotate the character
counterclockwise.

Scaling:affects line height

Scaling: horizontal

cScaleAffectsLineHeight:Bool
ean

csclineh

cHorizontalScale:Real

chs

1=on, 0=off (default)

The value 1.0 equals 100%. You can use values between 1%
(.01) and 1000% (10.0).

Scaling: vertical

cVertical Scale:Real

cvs

The value 1.0 equals 100%. You can use values between 1%
(.01) and 1000% (10.0).

Small cap percentage

cSmallCapPercentage:Real

cscp

Specify a percentage value.

Strikethrough

cStrikethru:Boolean

cstrike

1=on, 0=off (default)

Strikethrough gap color

cStrikethroughGapColor:Real

cugc

Strikethrough gap overprint

cStrikethroughGap
Overprint:Boolean

cugo

Strikethrough gap tint

cStrikethroughGapTint:Real

cugt

Strikethrough offset

cStrikethroughOffset:Real

cuoff

Strikethrough weight offset

cStrikethroughWeight
Offset:Real

cuwoff

Strikethrough type

cStrikethroughType:Definitio
n

cutype

Superscript or subscript
character position

cPosition:Enum

1=on, 0=off (default)

Valid values include Superscript, Subscript, or Normal
(default).

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Tracking

cTracking:Real

ctk

Specify a value between -1000.0 and 10000 (1000ths of an
em).

Underline

cUnderline:Boolean

1=on, 0=off (default)

Underline gap color

cUnderlineGapColor:Real

cugc

Underline gap overprint

cUnderlineGap
Overprint:Boolean

cugo

Underline gap tint

cUnderlineGapTint:Real

cugt

Underline offset

cUnderlineOffset:Real

cuoff

Underline weight offset

cUnderlineWeightOffset:Real

cuwoff

Underline type

cUnderlineType:Definition

cutype

1=on, 0=off (default)

Paragraph-level tags
Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Absorb ideographic space

pAbsorbIdeoSpace:Bolean

pideosp

1=on, 0=off

Roman word wrap off

pWordWrapOff:Boolean

pwwroff

1=on, 0=off

Align to baseline grid

pAlignToGrid:Boolean

patg

1=on, 0=off (default)

Alignment of text in
paragraph

pTextAlignment:Enum

Balance ragged lines

pBalanceLines:Boolean

pta

Valid values include Left, Right, Center, JustifyLeft,
JustifyRight, JustifyCenter, JustifyFull, AwayFromSpine, and
ToSpine. Left is the default value.

pbl

0=off (default), 1=on (Vee shape), 2=Equal, 3=Pyramid
The user interface lets you turn balanced lines on or off. The
2 and 3 values are available only for scripting purposes.

Drop cap details

pDropCapDetail:String

pdcdetail

Include LeftGlyphEdge and/or Descenders to turn on Align
Left Edge and Scale for Descenders, respectively.

Drop cap: number of
characters

pDropCapCharacters:Integer

pdcc

Drop cap: number of lines

pDropCapLines:Integer

pdcl

First line indent

pFirstLineIndent:Real

pfli

Glyph scaling: desired

pDesiredGlyphScale:Real

pdgs

Specify a value between 0.5 (50%) and 2.0 (200%). The
default value is 1.0 (100%).

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Glyph scaling: maximum

pMaxGlyphScale:Real

pmaxgs

Specify a value between 0.5 (50%) and 2.0 (200%). The
default value is 1.0 (100%). The Maximum value must be
greater than the Desired value.

Glyph scaling: minimum

pMinGlyphScale:Real

pmings

Specify a value between 50% (0.5) and 200% (2.0). The
default value is 1.0 (100%). The Minimum value must be less
than the Desired value.

Hyphenate all capital words

pHyphenateCapitals:Boolean

phc

1=on, 0=off (default)

Hyphenate Last Word

Hyphenation: hyphen limit

Hyphenation: last word

pHyphenateCrossFrame:Bool
ean

phcf

0=off (default),1=on

pHyphenationLadderLimit:Int phll
eger

pHyphenateLastWord:Boolea
n

phlw

Value indicates maximum number of consecutive hyphens
from 1 to 25; zero means unlimited.

1=on (default), 0=off

Hyphenation: minimum
number of characters after
hyphen

pMinCharAfterHyphen:Intege pmcah
r

Hyphenation: minimum
number of characters before
hyphen

pMinCharBeforeHyphen:Inte
ger

pmcbh

Hyphenation: number of
characters in shortest word
allowed to be hyphenated

pShortestWord
Hyphenated:Integer

pswh

Hyphenation: on or off

pHyphenation:Boolean

Specify a value from 1 to 15. The value 3 is the default.

This range of this value is from 3 to 25. The default value is 7.

1=on (default), 0=off

Hyphenation: zone

pHyphenationZone:Real

phz

Value (in points) is valid only if Single-line Composer
is turned on. Specify a value between 0 and 8640. The
default value is 36 points.

Ignore Optical Margin
Alignment

pIgnoreEdgeAlign:Boolean

Keep first n lines together
(widow control)

pKeepFirstNLines:Integer

Keep last lines together
(orphan control)

pKeepLastNLines:Integer

Keep lines together

pKeepLines:Boolean

piea

0=off (default), 1=on

pkfnl

Specify a value from 1 to 50 (1 is equivalent to off).

pknl

Specify a value from 1 to 50 (1 is equivalent to off).

pkl

1=on, 0=off (default)

Keep whole paragraph
together

pKeepParaTogether:Boolean

pkpt

1=on, 0=off (default)

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Keep with next lines

pKeepWithNext:Integer

pkwn

Specify a value from 0 to 5 (0 means off).

Keep with previous lines

pKeepWithPrev:Boolean

pskwp

1=on, 0=off (default)

Last line right indent

pLastRightIndent:Real

plri

Leading: autoleading
percentage

pAutoLeadPercent:Real

palp

Left indent

pLeftIndent:Real

pli

Letterspacing: desired

pDesiredLetterspace:Real

pdl

The value 1.0 equals 100%. Specify a value between 0 and 5
(500%). The default value is 1.75 (175%) for text in plain text
frames and 1 (100%) for text in frame grids.

Specify a value between -1.0 (-100%) and 50 (500%). The
default value is 1.0 (100%).
Letterspacing: maximum

pMaxletterspace:Real

pmaxl

The value 1.0 equals 100%. Specify a value between the
desired letterspacing value and 5 (500%). The default value
is 0.

Letterspacing: minimum

pMinLetterspace:Real

pminl

The value 1.0 equals 100%. Specify a value between -1 (100%) and the desired letterspacing value. The default value
is 0%.

Nested (run-in) styles

pRunInStyles:Enum

prunin

Loop example:

Nested line styles

pRunInLineStyles:Enum

pruninLine

This tag includes the name of the character style followed by
the number of lines it applies to.

GREP styles

pRunInGrepStyles:Enum

pruninGrep

This tag includes the name of the character styles followed
by the GREP expression (\d- in this example)

Page or column break before
paragraph

pBreakBefore:Enum

Paragraph rule above color

pRuleAboveColor:String

pbb

This tag can include Page, OddPage, EvenPage, Column, or
None.

prac

This value indicates the color for the rule (line) above the
paragraph. This string value must be a color name (not an
unnamed color definition).

Paragraph rule above gap
color

pRuleAboveGapColor:String

pragc

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Paragraph rule above keep in
frame

pRuleAboveKeepInFrame:Bo
olean

prakif

Paragraph rule above tint

pRuleAboveTint:Real

prat

1=on, 0=off (default)

This value indicates the tint for the rule (line) above the
paragraph. The value must be between 0 and 100.

Paragraph rule above gap tint pRuleAboveGapTint:Real

pragt

Paragraph rule above gap
overprint

pRuleAboveGap
Overprint:Boolean

prago

Paragraph rule above stroke
type

pRuleAboveStrokeType:Enu
m

prastype

Paragraph rule above is
turned on

pRuleAboveOn:Boolean

praon

Paragraph rule above left
indent

pRuleAboveLeftIndent:Real

Paragraph rule above mode

pRuleAboveMode:Enum

1=on, 0=off (default)

1=on, 0=off (default)
prali

This value indicates the left indent from the frame edge or
text edge, depending on the paragraph rule mode.

pram

This value indicates whether the paragraph rule starts at the
width of the column (frame) or width of the first line of text
in the paragraph. Valid values include Text and Column.
Column is the default.

Paragraph rule above offset

pRuleAboveOffset:Real

prao

This value indicates the offset from the baseline to the
paragraph rule above.

Paragraph rule above right
indent

pRuleAboveRightIndent:Real

Paragraph rule above stroke

pRuleAboveStroke:Real

prari

This value indicates the right indent from the frame edge or
text edge, depending on paragraph rule mode.

pras

This value indicates the line weight for the paragraph rule
above the paragraph. Specify a value between 0 and 1000.

Paragraph rule below color

pRuleBelowColor:String

prbc

This value indicates the color for the rule (line) below the
paragraph. This string value must be a color name (not an
unnamed color definition).

Paragraph rule below gap
color

pRuleBelowGapColor:String

prbgc

Paragraph rule below tint

pRuleBelowTint:Real

prbt

This value indicates the tint for the rule (line) below the
paragraph. The value must be between 0 and 100.

Paragraph rule below gap tint pRuleBelowGapTint:Real

prbgt

Paragraph rule below gap
overprint

prbgo

pRuleBelowGap
Overprint:Boolean

1=on, 0=off (default)

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Paragraph rule below stroke
type

pRuleBelowStrokeType:Enum prbstype

Paragraph rule below is
turned on

pRuleBelowOn:Boolean

Paragraph rule below left
indent

pRuleBelowLeftIndent:Real

Paragraph rule below mode

pRuleBelowMode:Enum

prbon

Examples and notes

1=on, 0=off (default)
prbli

This value indicates the left indent from the frame edge or
text edge, depending on paragraph rule mode.

prbm

Paragraph rule below offset

pRuleBelowOffset:Real

prbo

This value indicates the offset from the bottom of the embox
of the largest character in the line to the paragraph rule
below.

Paragraph rule below right
indent

pRuleBelowRightIndent:Real

Paragraph rule below stroke

pRuleBelowStroke:Real

prbri

This value indicates the right indent from the frame edge or
text edge, depending on paragraph rule mode.

prbs

This value indicates the line weight for the paragraph rule
below the paragraph.

Paragraph rule below tint

pRuleAboveTint:Real

prbt

This value indicates the tint for the rule (line) below the
paragraph. The value must be between 0 and 100.

Right indent

pRightIndent:Real

pri

Space after paragraph

pSpaceAfter:Real

psa

Space before paragraph

pSpaceBefore:Real

psb

Span/split column type

pSpancolumnType:Enum

pssct

1=Span columns (default); 2=split columns

Span/split column number

pSpanColumnCount:Real

psscc

Valid values include 2, 3, or 4. If pSpancolumnType is set to 1
(span columns), pSpanColumnCount defaults to All.

Split columns inside gutter

Split columns outside gutter

Span/split column minimum
space before

pSplitColumnInsideGutter:Re
al

psscig

pSplitColumnOutsideGutter:
Real

psscog

pSpancolumnMinSpaceBefor
e:Real

psmsb

This value indicates the amount of space between the
columns.

This value indicates the amount of spacing betwen the
outside of the split column text and the margins.

This value indicates the minimum amount of spacing before
a paragraph that spans or splits into columns.

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Span/split column minimum
space after

pSpanColumnMinSpaceAfter: psmsa
Real

Tab ruler settings

pTabRuler:x value,tab
type,align on,default,leader;

ptr

Examples and notes

This value indicates the minimum amount of spacing after a
paragraph that spans or splits into columns.

A semicolon (;) indicates the start of a new tab setting.
The x value determines the distance from the left edge of the
text frame or inset in horizontal frames (top edge in vertical
frames).
Tab type includes Left, Center, Right, and Char (also called a
decimal tab).
Align on determines the character on which a decimal tab
(Char) will align.
Default is a boolean value (0 or 1) that indicates whether the
tab is a default tab setting.
Leader is a character or string of characters (such as periods
or hyphens) you want to use as a tab leader.

Text composition engine

pTextComposer:String

ptc

Specify any composer available, including the Paragraph
Composer (default) and the Single-line Composer.

Word spacing: align single
word

pSingleWordAlignment:Enu
m

pswa

Word spacing: desired

pDesiredWordSpace:Real

pdws

Specify a value between 0 and 10 (1000%). The default value
is 1.0 (100%).

Word spacing: maximum

pMaxWordSpace:Real

pmaws

The value 1.0 equals 100%. The default value is 1.3 (133%).
Specify a value between 0 and 10 (1000%) not less than
Desired value.

Word spacing: minimum

pMinWordSpace:Real

pmiws

The value 1.0 equals 100%. The default value is 0.8 (80%).
Specify a value between 0 and 10 (1000%) not greater than
Desired value.

Table tags
For information on table and cell style definition tags, see “Start file and definition tags” on page 3.
Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Table start

TableStart:Real,Real, Real, Real tStart

Examples and notes

Table end

TableEnd

tEnd

Row start

RowStart

rStart

Row end

RowEnd

rEnd

Cell start

CellStart:Real,Real

cStart

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Cell end

CellEnd

cEnd

Column start

ColStart

coStart

Start headers

tStartHeadersOn:Real

tshon

Possible values are 0, 1, 2 0 = Repeat header on every text
column 1 = Repeat header once per frame 2 = Repeat header
once per page

Start footers

tStartFootersOn:Real

tsfon

Possible values are 0, 1, 2 0 = Repeat footer on every text
column 1 = Repeat footer once per frame 2 = Repeat footer
once per page

Skip first header

tSkipFirstHeader:Boolean

tsfh

1=on, 0=off (default)

Skip first footer

tSkipFirstFooter:Boolean

tsff

1=on, 0=off (default)

Cell: bottom inset

tCellAttrBottomInset:Real

tcabi

Cell: bottom stroke color

tCellBottomStrokeColor:Defin tcbsc
ition

Cell: bottom stroke tint

tCellAttrBottomStrokeTint:Re
al

tcabst

Cell: bottom stroke gap tint

tCellBottomStroke
GapTint:Real

tcbsgt

Cell: bottom stroke type

tcBottomStrokeType:Enum

tcbst

Cell: bottom stroke gap color

tCellbottomStroke
GapColor:Real

tcbsgc

Cell: bottom stroke gap
overprint

tCellBottomStrokeGap
Overprint:Boolean

tcbsgo

Cell: default cell type

tCellDefaultCellType:Enum

tcdct

Cell: fill color

tCellFillColor:Definition

tcfc

Cell: fill tint

tCellAttrFillTint:Real

tcaft

Cell: first line offset

tTextCellFirstLineOffset:Enum tcflo

1=on, 0=off (default)

Valid values include 1 (Ascent), 2 (Cap Height), 3 (Leading), 4
(x Height), and 5 (Fixed). 1 is the default.

Cell: left inset

tCellAttrLeftInset:Real

tcali

Cell: left stroke color

tCellLeftStrokeColor:Definitio
n

tclsc

Cell: left stroke tint

tCellAttrLeftStrokeTint:Real

tcalst

Cell: left stroke type

tcLeftStrokeType:Enum

tclst

Cell: left stroke gap tint

tCellleftStrokeGapTint:Real

tclsgt

Cell: left stroke gap color

tCellLeftStrokeGapColor:Real

tclsgc

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Cell: left stroke gap overprint

tCellLeftStrokeGap
Overprint:Boolean

tclsgo

tCellOuterBottom
StrokeColor:Definition

tcobsc

Cell: outer bottom stroke type tOuterBottom
StrokeType:Enum

tobst

Cell: outer left stroke color

tCellOuterLeft
StrokeColor:Definition

tcolsc

Cell: outer left stroke type

tOuterLeftStrokeType:Enum

tolst

Cell: outer right stroke color

tCellOuterRight
StrokeColor:Definition

tcorsc

Cell: outer right stroke type

tOuterRightStrokeType:Enum torst

Cell: outer top stroke color

tCellOuterTop
StrokeColor:Definition

tcotsc

Cell: outer top stroke type

tOuterTopStrokeType:Enum

totst

Cell: right inset

tCellAttrRightInset:Real

tcari

Cell: right stroke color

tCellRightStrokeColor:Definiti
on

tcrsc

Cell: right stroke tint

tCellAttrRightStrokeTint:Real

tcarst

Cell: right stroke type

tcRightStrokeType:Enum

tcrst

Cell: right stroke gap tint

tCellRightStroke GapTint:Real tcrsgt

Cell: right stroke gap color

tCellRightStroke
GapColor:Real

tcrsgc

Cell: right stroke gap
overprint

tCellRightStrokeGap
Overprint:Boolean

tcrsgo

Cell: rotation

tCellAttrRotation:Enum

tcar

Cell: outer bottom stroke
color

1=on, 0=off (default)

Valid values include 0 (default), 90, 180, and 270.

Cell: stroke weight bottom

tCellAttrBottom
StrokeWeight:Real

tcabsw

Cell: stroke weight left

tCellAttrLeft
StrokeWeight:Real

tcalsw

Cell: stroke weight right

tCellAttrRight
StrokeWeight:Real

tcarsw

Cell: stroke weight top

tCellAttrTop
StrokeWeight:Real

tcatsw

Cell: top inset

tCellAttrTopInset:Real

tcati

Cell: top stroke color

tCellTopStrokeColor:Definitio
n

tctsc

Cell: top stroke tint

tCellAttrTopStrokeTint:Real

tcatst

Cell: top stroke type

tcTopStrokeType:Enum

tctst

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Cell: top stroke gap tint

tCellTopStrokeGapTint:Real

tctsgt

Cell: top stroke gap color

tCellTopStrokeGapColor:Real

tctsgc

Cell: top stroke gap overprint

tCellTopStrokeGap
Overprint:Boolean

tctsgo

Cell: type

tCellType:Enum

tct

Cell: vertical composition

tTextCellVerticalComposition tcvc
:Enum

Cell: vertical justification

tTextCellVertical
Justification:Enum

tcvj

Cell: vertical justification
paragraph spacing limit

tTextCellAttrMaxVJ
InterParaSpace:Real

ttcamvjips

Column width

tColAttrWidth:Real

tcaw

Column: fill pattern (first
color)

tColFillPatFirstColor:Enum

tcfpfcl

Column: fill pattern (second
color)

tColFillPatSecondColor:Enum

tcfpscl

Column: stroke pattern (first
color)

tColStrokePatFirstColor:Enum tcspfcl

Column: stroke pattern (first
type)

tColStrokePattern
FirstType:Enum

tcspft

Column: stroke pattern
(second color)

tColStrokePat
SecondColor:Enum

tcrspscl

Column: stroke pattern
(second type)

tColStrokePattern
SecondType:Enum

tcspst

Column: stroke pattern first
weight

tColStrokePattern
FirstWeight:Real

tcspfw

Column: stroke pattern
second weight

tColStrokePattern
SecondWeight:Real

tcspsw

Column: stroke type

tColStrokeType:Enum

tcst

Row height

tRowAttrHeight:Real

trah

Row: AutoGrow

tRowAutoGrow:Enum

trag

Row: fill pattern (first color)

tRowFillPatFirstColor:Enum

trfpfcl

Row: fill pattern (second
color)

tRowFillPat
SecondColor:Enum

trfpscl

Row: row size maximum

tRowAttrMaxRowSize:Real

tramars

Row: row size minimum

tRowAttrMinRowSize:Real

tramirs

Row: stroke pattern (first
color)

tRowStrokePat
FirstColor:Enum

trspfcl

Row: stroke pattern (first
type)

tRowStrokePattern
FirstType:Enum

trspft

1=on, 0=off (default)

Valid values include 0 (Top), 1 (Bottom), 2 (Center), and 3
(Justify)

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Row: stroke pattern (second
color)

tRowStrokePat
SecondColor:Enum

trspscl

Row: stroke pattern (second
type)

tRowStrokePattern
SecondType:Enum

trspst

Row: stroke pattern first
weight

tRowStrokePattern
FirstWeight:Real

trspfw

Row: stroke pattern second
weight

tRowStrokePattern
SecondWeight:Real

trspsw

Row: stroke type

tRowStrokeType:Enum

trst

Table: column end pattern
(start value)

tTablerColFillPattern
EndValue:Real

trcfpev

Table: column fill pattern (first tTableColFillPattern
count)
FirstCount:Real

tcfpfc

Table: column fill pattern
(second count)

tTableColFillPattern
SecondCount:Real

tcfpsc

Table: column fill pattern
(start value)

tTableColFill
PatternStartValue:Real

tcfpsv

Table: column stroke color

tColStrokeColor:Definition

tcsc

Table: column stroke pattern
(first count)

tTableColStrokePattern
FirstCount:Real

tcspfc

Table: column stroke pattern
(second count)

tTableColStrokePattern
SecondCount:Real

tcspsc

Table: column stroke weight

tColStrokeWeight:Real

tcsw

Table: fill pattern priority

tTableFillPatternPriority:Real

tfpp

Table: outer bottom stroke
tint

tOuterBottomStrokeTint:Real

tobst

Table: outer bottom stroke
weight

tOuterBottom
StrokeWeight:Real

tobsw

Table: outer left stroke tint

tOuterLeftStrokeTint:Real

tolst

Table: outer left stroke weight tOuterLeftStrokeWeight:Real

tolsw

Table: outer right stroke tint

tOuterRightStrokeTint:Real

torst

Table: outer right stroke
weight

tOuterRight
StrokeWeight:Real

torsw

Table: outer top stroke tint

tOuterTopStrokeTint:Real

totst

Table: outer top stroke weight tOuterTopStrokeWeight:Real

totsw

Table: row end pattern (start
value)

tTableRowFillPattern
EndValue:Real

trfpev

Table: row fill pattern (first
count)

tTableRowFillPattern
FirstCount:Real

trfpfc

Table: row fill pattern (second tTableRowFillPattern
count)
SecondCount:Real

trfpsc

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Table: row fill pattern (start
value)

tTableRowFill
PatternStartValue:Real

trfpsv

Table: row keeps

tRowKeeps:Real

trk

Table: row stroke color

tRowStrokeColor:Definition

trsc

Table: row stroke pattern (first tTableRowStrokePattern
count)
FirstCount:Real

trspfc

Table: row stroke pattern (first tTableRowStrokePattern
count)
SecondCount:Real

trspsc

Table: row stroke weight

tRowStrokeWeight:Real

trsw

Table: stroke drawing order

tStrokeOrder:Real

tso

Possible values are 0-3: 0 - Best Join 1 - Row Strokes in Front
2 - Column Strokes in Front 3 - InDesign 2.0 Compatability

Table: spacing after

tAfterSpace:Real

tas

Table: spacing before

tBeforeSpace:Real

tbs

Hyperlink, cross-reference, and index tags
For information on cross-reference format tags, see “Start file and definition tags” on page 3.
Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Hyperlink

Hyperlink:Definition

hpl

Hyperlink destination
definition

HyperlinkDestDefn:Definition

hpldestdfn

Hyperlink name

HyperlinkName:Real

hplname

Hyperlink destination

HyperlinkDest:Real

hpldest

Hyperlink destination key

HyperlinkDestKey:Integer

DeskKey

Hyperlink length

HyperlinkLength:Real

hpllen

Specify the number of characters in the hyperlink.

Hyperlink destination name

HyperlinkDestName:Real

hpldestname

Hyperlink destination URL

HyperlinkDestUrl:Real

hpldesturl

Hyperlink destination index

HyperlinkDestIndex:Real

hpldestidx

Hyperlink destination page

HyperlinkDestPage:Real

hpldestpage

Hyperlink destination page
zoom type

HyperlinkDestPage
ZoomType:Real

hpldestpagez
oomtype

Hyperlink destination page
zoom factor

HyperlinkDestPageZoom
Factor:Real

hpldestpagez
oomfactor

Hyperlink length

HyperlinkLength:Integer

HplLen

Valid values include Fixed, Fit View, Fit in Window, Fit Width,
Fit Height, Fit Visible, and Inherit Zoom.

1=100% magnification

Specifies the number of characters, including spaces, in the
hyperlink source

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Hyperlink start offset

HyperlinkStartOffset:Real

HplOff

Hyperlink destination
paragraph

IsParagraphDest:Boolean

Hyperlink hidden

Hidden:Boolean

hid

Hyperlink border width

BrdrWidth:Real

brdrw

Hyperlink border visible

BrdrVisible:Boolean

brdrv

Hyperlink border highlight

BrdrHilight:Boolean

brdrh

Hyperlink border style

BrdrStyle:Enum

brdrs

Hyperlink border color

BrdrColor:Real

brdrc

Hyperlink cross-reference
building block

BuildingBlock:=
>

1=paragraph destination; 0=other hyperlink destination
type, such as text anchor

Valid building blocks include CustomString, FileName,
ChapterNumber, PageNumber, FullParagraph,
ParagraphNumber, ParagraphText, and TextAnchorName.
Hyperlink cross-reference
character style

CharStyleRef:Real

CharStyleRef

Hyperlink cross-reference
include delimiter

IncludeDelim:Boolean

Index entry

IndexEntry

Idx

Index entry type

IndexEntryType

IdxEnType

Index entry range type

IdexEntryRangeType

IdxEnRngTyp
e

Index entry style

IndexEntryStyle

IdxEnStyle

Index entry next style

InexEntryNextStyle

IdxEnNxtStyle

Index entry number of
paragraph or page

IndexEntryNumParOrPage

IdexEnNumPg
OrPar

Index entry display string

IndexEntryDisplayString

IdxEnDispStr

Index entry sorting string

IndexEntrySortString

IdxEnSortStr

Index cross-reference entry
type

IndexXRefEntryType

IdxXrEnType

Index cross-reference entry
custom string

IndexXRefEntryCustomString

IdxXr
EnCusStr

Specify the name of the character style applied to the crossreference building block.
InclDim

1=include delimiter in character style; 0=don’t include
(default)

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Footnote tags
Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Footnote start

FootnoteStart

fnStart

Footnote end

FootnoteEnd

fnEnd

Bullets and numbering tags
The following InDesign CS2 tags are no longer available in InDesign CS4: bnSize (bnsz), bnColor (bnc), bnSeparator
(bnsep), numFont (nmf), and numTypeFace (nmtf). These tags are imported in InDesign CS4 as text.
Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

List type

bnListType:Enum

bnlt

Valid values include Bullet and Numbered.

Numbering style for bullets
and numbering

bnNumberingStyle:Enum

Number start at

bnNumberStartAt:Integer

bnnsa

Bullet character

bnBulletCharacter:Unicode
setting,String

bnbc

numNumber:String

nmnum

Number expression

bnns

Valid values include the items that can be selected from the
Format menu, including 1\, 2\, 3\, 4... and a\, b\, c\, d...

Valid values can be UnicodeOnly or UnicodeWithFont
followed by the unicode value.

Valid strings include the characters and number
placeholders inserted in the Number field.

List level

numListLevel:Enum

nmll

Valid integers range from 1 to 9.

Bullet alignment

bulAlignment:Enum

bla

Valid values include Left, Right, and Center.

Number alignment

numAlignment:Enum

nma

Valid values include Left, Right, and Center.

Bullet character style used

bulCharStyle:Definition

blcs

Valid values include character style names in the current
document.

Number character style used

numCharStyle:Definition

nmcs

Valid values include character style names in the current
document.

Restart numbering

numShouldRestart:Boolean

nmsr

1=restart numbering; 0=don’t restart

Continue numbering from
previous

numCFPrevious:Boolean

nmcfp

1=continues numbering from previous; 0=don’t continue
numbering

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Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

List name

numListName:Definition

nmln

Valid values include defined list names in the current
document.

Restart policy

numRestartPolicy:Enum

nmrp

Valid values include LevelRange (“\2\,4” restarts levels 2
through 4) and Specific Level (\,3\,3” restarts numbers after
level 3).

Text after bullet

bulTextAfter:String

blta

Variable tags
For information on the variable definition tag, see “Start file and definition tags” on page 3.
Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Text Before

tvTextBefore:String

tvtb

Text After

tvTextAfter:String

tvta

Date Format

tvDateFormat:Enum

tvdf

For valid formats, see the table in the text variables section
of help.

Custom text string

tvString:String

tvs

Numbering style

tvNumStyle:Enum

tvnst

Valid values include SmallLetter, LargeLetter, SmallRoman,
LargeRoman, and Arabic. If not specified, the current
numbering style is used.

Scope

tvScope:Enum

tvsc

Valid values include Document and Section.

Folder path

tvIncFolderPath:Boolean

tvifp

(1=include path; 0=don’t include path)

File extension

tvFileExtn:Boolean

tvfe

(1=include extension; 0=don’t include extension)

Delete end punctuation

tvDelEndPunc:Boolean

tvdep

(1=delete end punctuation; 0=don’t delete)

Change case

tvChangeCase:Enum

tvcc

Valid values include LowerCase, UpperCase, TitleCase, and
SentenceCase. If not specified, case is not changed.

Style

tvStyle:Definition

tvs

Valid values include paragraph and character style names in
the current document.

Use first or last style on page

tvUse:Enum

tvu

Valid values include FirstInPage and LastInPage.

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Tags for special characters
If you want to add special characters into a tagged text file, type the following values into the tagged text file:
Special character

Value

Paragraph return (hard return)

<0x000D>

Line break (soft return)

<0x000A>

Auto page numbering

<0xE0018>

Section marker

<0xE0019>

Bullet character

<0x2022>

<0x00A9>

Degree symbol

<0x00B0>

Ellipsis

<0x2026>

Paragraph symbol

<0x00B6>

Registered trademark symbol

<0x00AE>

Section symbol

<0x00A7>

Trademark symbol

<0x2122>

Em dash

<0x2014>

En dash

<0x2013>

Em space

<0x2003>

Ideographic space

<0x3000>

En space

<0x2002>

Flush space

<0x2001>

Hair space

<0x200A>

Sixth space

<0x2006>

Quarter space

<0x2005>

Third space

<0x2004>

Punctuation space

<0x2008>

Figure space

<0x2007>

Nonbreaking space

<0x00A0>

Nonbreaking space (fixed width)

<0x202F>

Thin space

<0x2009>

Discretionary hyphen

<0x00AD>

Nonbreaking hyphen

<0x2011>

Double left quotation mark

<0x201C>

Double right quotation mark

<0x201D>

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Special character

Value

Single left quotation mark

<0x2018>

Single right quotation mark

<0x2019>

Non-joiner

<0x200C>

Tags for InDesign ME
Attribute

Tag name

Tag abbr.

Examples and notes

Hindi digits

cHindiDigits:Enum

chindi

0=default, 1=Arabic, 2=hindi, 3=farsi

Direction override

cDirOverride:Enum

cdirov

0=default, 1=LTR, 2=RTL

Diacritic vertical position

cDiacVPos:Enum

cdvpos

0=Off, 1=Loose, 2=Medium, 3=Right, 4=OpenType

Kashida

cKashida:Boolean

ckash

0=off (default), 1=on

Paragraph direction

pParaDir:Boolean

ppdir

0=left to right, 1=right to left

Diacritic X offset

cDiacXOffset:Real

cddx

Diacritic Y offset

cDiacYOffset:Real

cddy

Overlap swash

cOverlapSwach:Boolean

cOvlapSw

0=off, 1=on
Note: “Swach” was inadvertently misspelled.

Stylistic alternative

cStylisticAlt:Boolean

cStyAlt

0=off, 1=on

Justification alternative

cJustifAlt:Boolean

cJusAlt

0=off, 1=on

Keyboard direction override

cKbdDirOverride:Enum

ckbddirov

0=default, 1=LTR, 2=RTL

Justification method

pJustifMethod:Enum

pjmeth

0=default, 1=Arabic, 2=Naskh

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MIME Type : application/pdf
PDF Version : 1.4
Linearized : Yes
Tagged PDF : Yes
Page Mode : UseOutlines
XMP Toolkit : Adobe XMP Core 4.0-c320 44.284297, Mon Apr 16 2007 09:10:35
Format : application/pdf
Title : Using Adobe® InDesign® CS5 Tagged Text
Description : Adobe Tagged Text
Creator : Adobe Systems Incorporated
Create Date : 2010:04:21 11:33:08Z
Modify Date : 2010:04:21 11:33:08Z
Creator Tool : FrameMaker 8.0
Producer : Acrobat Distiller Server 8.1.0 (Sparc Solaris, Built: 2007-09-07)
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