Special Character Markers usually represent non-printing characters, and can be used anywhere where you would put text, such as in holidays names, slogans text, holidays options, macros, and saras*.
•As compared to tokens, these markers are not framed by braces, and they begin with an ampersand (eg: &n ).
•If you wish to include an ampersand as plain text (not as a special characters token) then you should use its ascii value, namely &.
•Note that some special characters require the internal use of xpress tags meaning that they cannot be used in saras.
The following table lists the available Special Character Markers, when using QuarkXPress to generate a diary or calendar.
Special Character |
QuarkXPress Shortcut |
Token |
Non-Breaking |
Enter |
&c |
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Shift and Enter |
&s |
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Tab |
&t |
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Shift and Tab |
&:t (not available in saras) |
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CTRL and \ (backslash) |
&i |
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ALT and 0xxx where xxx corresponds to the ascii code of the character you want to display |
&xxx |
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CTRL and - (hyphen) |
&:h |
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CTRL and = (equal sign) |
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&!h (not available in saras) |
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CTRL and Enter |
&:d |
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CTRL and 5 |
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&!s (not available in saras) |
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Enter (keypad) |
&:c |
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Shift and Enter (keypad) |
&:b |
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CTRL and Shift and 6 |
&:f |
&!f (not available in saras) |
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Shift and Space |
&:p |
&!p (not available in saras) |
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Flex Space (Quarter em) |
CTRL and Shift and 5 |
&:q |
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CTRL and Shift and Alt and 5 |
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&!q (not available in saras) |
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&0 |
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&x |
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Markers in the Q++Studio User Interface
Most of the special character markers, displayed above cannot be previewed in the editor used to display holidays names, one-time-dates names, slogans text , GenTokens repeated text, or MonthHeader text, and therefore they are converted during diary generation by QuarkXPress, and always appear as tokens in the Q++Studio user interface.
Topic 107048, last updated on 26-Mar-2025
