How can I place Tagged Text in InDesign

I use tagged text in the files I place
in InDesign. For example,
<cn>This is the chapter number
<ct>This is the chapter title
<cst>This is the chapter subtitle
<bt>This is the beginning of the body text
<ah>This is an A-level head
and so on. In PageMaker, there was a checkbox in the "place"
dialogue box named "Read tags." I checked that, and when I placed the file in the template (in which I had the styles defined), the whole chapter appeared with the formatting I wanted for each style.
I can't find the equivalent checkbox in InDesign. I can't believe it is no longer there, but search as I do, I can't find it. There is a lot online about exporting tagged text, but where, oh where, is my checkbox for placing tagged text? If someone knows where it is, I'd be very grateful.

John Hawkinson wrote:
For reference SuzeiQ's thread in the scripting forum is here: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/908213.
Though I think it really wasn't a scripting question :-).
Also, Peter, post your script!
I presume that last was directed to Mr. Kahrel...

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Kitti-girl's Mom wrote:
This is essentially what I am trying to do as well...Is there a correct answer that was given? How do know which answer is the one correct answer that is noted in the forum? My question is identical to the one below. My screen shots are off a website.
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This old post from Dov Isaacs
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2938256#2938256
may be helpful. Also the whole discussion in the thread that begins with
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2936631#2936631
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HTH
Regards,
Peter
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tip #1 :
--{code}
--[SCRIPT write_vertically]
Enregistrer le script en tant que Script : write_vertically.scpt
déplacer le fichier ainsi créé dans le dossier
<VolumeDeDémarrage>:Utilisateurs:<votreCompte>:Bibliothèque:Scripts:Applications :Numbers:
Il vous faudra peut-être créer le dossier Numbers et peut-être même le dossier Applications.
Saisir dans une cellule le mot à écrire verticalement puis le sélectionner.
ATTENTION, il ne faut pas sélectionner la cellule mais le mot qui doit apparaitre surligné.
Aller au menu Scripts , choisir Numbers puis choisir “write_vertically”
Le script colle dans la cellule le mot apès avoir inséré un return entre tous les caractères.
Pour mon usage personnel j'associe un raccourci à ce script grace à FastScripts.
--=====
L’aide du Finder explique:
L’Utilitaire AppleScript permet d’activer le Menu des scripts :
Ouvrez l’Utilitaire AppleScript situé dans le dossier Applications/AppleScript.
Cochez la case “Afficher le menu des scripts dans la barre de menus”.
Sous 10.6.x,
aller dans le panneau “Général” du dialogue Préférences de l’Éditeur Applescript
puis cocher la case “Afficher le menu des scripts dans la barre des menus”.
--=====
Save the script as a Script: write_vertically.scpt
Move the newly created file into the folder:
<startup Volume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Numbers:
Maybe you would have to create the folder Numbers and even the folder Applications by yourself.
In a cell, type a word to write vertically then select it.
CAUTION, don’t select the cell but the word which must be highlighted.
Go to the Scripts Menu, choose Numbers, then choose “write_vertically”
The script insert in the cell the word after inserting a return between every characters.
For my own use, I link a shortcut to the script thank to FastScripts.
--=====
The Finder’s Help explains:
To make the Script menu appear:
Open the AppleScript utility located in Applications/AppleScript.
Select the “Show Script Menu in menu bar” checkbox.
Under 10.6.x,
go to the General panel of AppleScript Editor’s Preferences dialog box
and check the “Show Script menu in menu bar” option.
--=====
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2011/12/17
2012/01/01 no longer use a local variable, use result
--=====
on run
Clear the clipboard *)
set the clipboard to ""
Copy the selection in the clipboard *)
          my raccourci("Numbers", "c", "c")
Loop waiting that the clipboard is really filled *)
          repeat
                    try
                              if (the clipboard as text) is not "" then exit repeat
                    on error
                    end try
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Extract the clipboard's content *)
the clipboard as text
Insert return between every characters *)
          my recolle(every character of result, return)
Fill the clipboard with the edited string *)
set the clipboard to result
Paste in the cell *)
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--=====
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          local oTIDs, t
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          set t to l as text
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oTIDs
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end recolle
--=====
on activateGUIscripting()
(* to be sure than GUI scripting will be active *)
          tell application "System Events"
                    if not (UI elements enabled) then set (UI elements enabled) to true
          end tell
end activateGUIscripting
--=====
==== Uses GUIscripting ====
This handler may be used to 'type' text, invisible characters if the third parameter is an empty string.
It may be used to 'type' keyboard raccourcis if the third parameter describe the required modifier keys.
I changed its name « shortcut » to « raccourci » to get rid of a name conflict in Smile.
on raccourci(a, t, d)
          local k
          tell application a to activate
          tell application "System Events" to tell application process a
                    set frontmost to true
                    try
                              t * 1
                              if d is "" then
key code t
                              else if d is "c" then
key code t using {command down}
                              else if d is "a" then
key code t using {option down}
                              else if d is "k" then
key code t using {control down}
                              else if d is "s" then
key code t using {shift down}
                              else if d is in {"ac", "ca"} then
key code t using {command down, option down}
                              else if d is in {"as", "sa"} then
key code t using {shift down, option down}
                              else if d is in {"sc", "cs"} then
key code t using {command down, shift down}
                              else if d is in {"kc", "ck"} then
key code t using {command down, control down}
                              else if d is in {"ks", "sk"} then
key code t using {shift down, control down}
                              else if (d contains "c") and (d contains "s") and d contains "k" then
key code t using {command down, shift down, control down}
                              else if (d contains "c") and (d contains "s") and d contains "a" then
key code t using {command down, shift down, option down}
                              end if
                    on error
                              repeat with k in t
                                        if d is "" then
keystroke (k as text)
                                        else if d is "c" then
keystroke (k as text) using {command down}
                                        else if d is "a" then
keystroke k using {option down}
                                        else if d is "k" then
keystroke (k as text) using {control down}
                                        else if d is "s" then
keystroke k using {shift down}
                                        else if d is in {"ac", "ca"} then
keystroke (k as text) using {command down, option down}
                                        else if d is in {"as", "sa"} then
keystroke (k as text) using {shift down, option down}
                                        else if d is in {"sc", "cs"} then
keystroke (k as text) using {command down, shift down}
                                        else if d is in {"kc", "ck"} then
keystroke (k as text) using {command down, control down}
                                        else if d is in {"ks", "sk"} then
keystroke (k as text) using {shift down, control down}
                                        else if (d contains "c") and (d contains "s") and d contains "k" then
keystroke (k as text) using {command down, shift down, control down}
                                        else if (d contains "c") and (d contains "s") and d contains "a" then
keystroke (k as text) using {command down, shift down, option down}
                                        end if
                              end repeat
                    end try
          end tell
end raccourci
--=====
--[/SCRIPT]
--{code}
tip #2 :
--{code}
--[SCRIPT rotate_cell_contents]
Enregistrer le script en tant que Script : rotate_cell_contents.scpt
déplacer le fichier ainsi créé dans le dossier
<VolumeDeDémarrage>:Users:<votreCompte>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Numbers:
Il vous faudra peut-être créer le dossier Numbers et peut-être même le dossier Applications.
Sélectionner une cellule dont le texte doit être tourné de 90 degrés.
Aller au menu Scripts , choisir Numbers puis choisir “rotate_cell_contents”
--=====
L’aide du Finder explique:
L’Utilitaire AppleScript permet d’activer le Menu des scripts :
Ouvrez l’Utilitaire AppleScript situé dans le dossier Applications/AppleScript.
Cochez la case “Afficher le menu des scripts dans la barre de menus”.
Sous 10.6.x,
aller dans le panneau “Général” du dialogue Préférences de l’Éditeur Applescript
puis cocher la case “Afficher le menu des scripts dans la barre des menus”.
--=====
Save the script as a Script: rotate_cell_contents.scpt
Move the newly created file into the folder:
<startup Volume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Numbers:
Maybe you would have to create the folder Numbers and even the folder Applications by yourself.
Select a cell whose contents must be rotated for 90 degrees.
Go to the Scripts Menu, choose Numbers, then choose “rotate_cell_contents”
--=====
The Finder’s Help explains:
To make the Script menu appear:
Open the AppleScript utility located in Applications/AppleScript.
Select the “Show Script Menu in menu bar” checkbox.
Under 10.6.x,
go to the General panel of AppleScript Editor’s Preferences dialog box
and check the “Show Script menu in menu bar” option.
--=====
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France)
2011/06/23
2011/06/26 -- No longer use an auxiliary text box. Now keep the text attributes.
2012/01/31 -- edited for Lion
--=====
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          local dName, sName, tName, rowNum1, colNum1, rowNum2, colNum2
          local le_texte, la_largeur, la_hauteur, myNewDoc
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Extract properties of the source/target cell *)
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Cut*)
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Trigger Preview *)
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                    if "Preview" is not in (name of every application process) then launch application "Preview"
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delay 0.2 -- required
New document from the clipboard *)
          my raccourci("Preview", "n", "c")
Rotate to left *)
          my raccourci("Preview", "l", "c")
Copy *)
          my raccourci("Preview", "c", "c")
Quit *)
          my raccourci("Preview", "q", "c")
          (system attribute "sys2") < 7
          if result then
Click the [Don't Save] button in the warning sheet *)
                    tell application "Preview" to activate
                    tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Preview" to tell window 1
                              name of buttons
                              repeat 50 times
                                        delay 0.1
                                        if exists sheet 1 then exit repeat
                              end repeat
                              tell sheet 1 to click button 2
                    end tell
          end if
Back to Numbers *)
          tell application "Numbers" to tell document dName to tell sheet sName to tell table tName
-- just reset the focus on the table
          end tell
Paste in the cell *)
          my raccourci("Numbers", "v", "c")
end run
--=====
set { dName, sName, tName, rowNum1, colNum1, rowNum2, colNum2} to my get_SelParams()
tell application "Numbers" to tell document dName to tell sheet sName to tell table tName
on get_SelParams()
          local d_name, s_name, t_name, row_num1, col_num1, row_num2, col_num2
          tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1
                    set d_name to its name
                    set s_name to ""
                    repeat with i from 1 to the count of sheets
                              tell sheet i to set maybe to the count of (tables whose selection range is not missing value)
                              if maybe is not 0 then
                                        set s_name to name of sheet i
                                        exit repeat
                              end if -- maybe is not 0
                    end repeat
                    if s_name is "" then
                              if my parleAnglais() then
                                        error "No sheet has a selected table embedding at least one selected cell !"
                              else
                                        error "Aucune feuille ne contient une table ayant au moins une cellule sélectionnée !"
                              end if

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It sounds like what you actually need to do is amend the icon itself - something like Iconographer will help you with that. Open the icon of any standard folder, copy in your photo image, amend the result to your satisfaction, and save it as a new icon. Then apply that icon to your folder.
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Hi,
If you want the text to flow from one side to the other, create a new A4 blank landscape document. Set left and right document margins to 1cm:
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How can I create a text pop up window in my Pages document? I want text to pop up when the reader hovers his/her cursor over a certain word.

How can I create a text pop up window in my Pages document? I want text to pop up when the reader hovers his/her cursor over a certain word in the document. I am teacher. So for example when a student came to word he/she did not know, if he/she hovered the cursor over the word, a defintion or other information would appear. You can do this in Word using bookmarks/hyperlinks but I can't figure this out in Pages. I can link it to another point in my Pages document but I just need the text to pop up - not take the reader to another location. THANK YOU!!!!!!

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System.out.println( "hi!! " + ( (JButton) e.getSource() ).getText() );I think the problem is solved..If your need is to know the text of the button, yes.
In a real-world application, no.
In a RW application, a typical need is merely to know the "logical role" of the button (i.e., the button that validates the form, regardless of whether its text is "OK" or "Save", "Go",...). Text tends to vary much more than the structure of the UI over time.
In this case you can get the source's name (+getName()+), which will be the name that you've set to the button at UI construction time. Or you can compare the source for equality with either button ( +if evt.getSource()==okButton) {...}+ ).
All in all, I think the best solution is: don't use the same ActionListener for more than one action (+i.e.+ don't add the same ActionListener to all your buttons, which leads to a big if-then-else series in your actionPerformed() ).
Eventually, if you're listening to a single button's actions, whose text change over time (e.g. "pause"/"resume" in a VCR bar), I still think it's a bad idea to rely on the text of the button - instead, this text corresponds to a logical state (resp. playing/paused), it is more maintainable to base your logic on the state - which is more resilient to the evolutions of the UI (e.g. if you happen to use 2 toggle buttons instead of one single play/pause button).

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hi
could anybody inform me
how can we place a push button in ALV report
thanx
regards
kals.

Hi kals.
please have a look at demoprogram
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BCALV_GRID_05
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Bernd

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