style reverting

[carissamhh]

Hello,

Background - I work for a newspaper, one of the tasks is stocks, which I do in Quark.

I have been told to create a new stock document (the person who created the old one is no longer with the company and I am floundering in one spot).

I have a text box. I have a style sheet called "yes1" which includes tabs, font, etc. When I flow in the stocks (basically the old text is replaced by new text)the style sheet for that text box that used to be "yes1" reverts to "default." I know it is possible to maintain the tabs, fonts, etc in a box b/c our old stock pages does this. I just cannot figure out how to basically hard code it into these boxes.

TIA

Carissa

 

[sharkboots]

How are you flowing in the text - are you using the 'get text' command or are you cutting and pasting from the source document? If I understand you correctly, it sounds like the text formatting of your source document is being introduced to your Quark textbox. You should be able to avoid this by altering the way you introduce the text.

 

[carissamhh]

I'm getting the text via APStocks (Associate Press). I've spoken to them and they haven't and don't change the font/size/tab kind of stuff.

 

[sharkboots]

If you use the 'Get Text' command (Ctrl-E on a PC or Command-E on a Mac) the formatting of the imported text will replace your Quark style sheet, at least to some extent. Instead, you could try the following:

1. open your source document;
2. select and copy the required text;
3. paste text into your Quark box.

Your Quark style sheet should remain intact.