Object Type Tags

In many cases, it can be useful to have multiple types of "objects" when driving formatting from XML. For example, a chapter might have "Box" and "Essay" sidebars, each with unique formatting. eXtyles supports this well by automatically setting the content-type attribute when an "Essay" label is found in text, e.g.

Essay 1: This is an essay

becomes the following in XML:

<boxed-text id="ES001" content-type="essay">
 <label>Essay 1: </label>
 <caption><title>This is an essay</title></caption>

However, in some cases, you may have boxes for which you would like a unique content-type attribute. This can be set easily in eXtyles using the Box Type tag found on the eXtyles Insert Tag menu. By adding this tag at the end of a box title, and placing the box type in between the tags, eXtyles will convert that information into the content-type attribute on export.
For example, this content in the Word file:

Pearls and Pitfalls<Box_Type>Pearl</Box_Type> [Box Title]

- Head CT is critical to diagnosis, management, and prognosis following TBI [Box Text]

would yield this XML:

<boxed-text id="c002_bb" content-type="Pearl" location="intext" position="anchor">
 <title>Pearls and Pitfalls</title>
 <list id="c002_l014" 
list-type="bullet"><list-item><label>•</label><p>Head
 CT is critical to diagnosis, management, and prognosis following 
TBI</p></list-item>
 </boxed-text>

This same technique can be used to set types for

Figures (Figure Type)
Tables (Table Type)
Section Heads (Section Type)
Lists (List Type)
Extract quotes (Extract Type)

by using the appropriate tags on the Insert Tag menu, as indicated. This feature gives tremendous flexibility to format books without requiring a large number of new paragraph styles.

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