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In article <1ffovbINN3dv@nestroy.wu-wien.ac.at> Rudolf R. Sinkovics,
sinkovics@wu-wien.ac.at writes: >FileMaker Pro into predefined
Quark-X-Press
layouts ?

Version 1 of FM Pro will let you export data reasonably easily, and FM
Pro 2.0 is
even better at it. Quark Xpress can read tab-separated fields easily, but
it's a
matter of getting the process to be a bit smarter:

On the FileMaker end, be careful how you export. Tab separated is
probably the
best. Try using summary or calculation fields.I can't remember if you can
export
these from v1, but I'm pretty sure you can with v2.0. 

You can get FM Pro to export it in the format of the layout you have
open. Try 
this first. 

It may be better to do some text manipulations with a text editor, and
using 
global changes for specific uses. 

On the Quark end, you can use the Xpress tabs features. With a text
editor, or
within FM Pro you could apply styles to your exported text. For example,
if you 
want the titles of publications in a bibliography to be italicised, I
think you 
use <t> before it, and after it, to toggle it on and off (Check the
manual). 

Similarly, you can apply styles through the Xpress tags. One way to do
this 
would be to create a special field in FM which you only use in export.
Use the 
replace command to fill this field with a certain style name, and export
it 
before the field which you want in that style. With a bit of global
changing 
in a text editor, you can have quite a lot of control.

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            Chris Chesher C.Chesher@uts.edu.au 
            
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