Body Style Examples
- Jenny Seifert (Unlicensed)
Content in the document body should be styled using items on the Body tab of the eXtyles style palette. This section describes how to correctly style the body section of your content.
In an XML workflow it is important to ensure that sections of a document are organized in correct hierarchical order; for example, the Heading 2 style should never be used before Heading 1, because Heading 2 denotes a section that is subordinate to a main section (indicated with Heading 1).
Heading levels should therefore not be used because they “look right,” but, rather, because they reflect the correct structure of the document.
Document Headings
Document subheadings should be used to impose correct structure on the document. For example, the first heading in the body of a document (that is not a Section Title) should always be Heading 1, followed by Heading 2, Heading 3, and so on, as appropriate.
Subheadings will “nest” into their parent section during XML export, which ensures that the proper document structure is maintained.
Numbered Headings 1-6
The paragraph styles Heading 1 through Heading 6 on the Body tab of the eXtyles palette are formatted to apply auto-numbering per the appropriate heading level and per the appropriate section. For example,
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<body>
<sec id="sec1">
<label>1</label><title>ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT</title>
<sec id="sec1.1">
<label>1.1</label><title>Main Features of the Economy</title>
<p>1.1.  Switzerland is a high-income country whose wealth is highly dependent on international trade....</p>
</sec>
</sec>
</body>In the example, you can see that the Heading 2 section (<sec>) is “nested” within the Heading 1 section; that is, Heading 1’s <sec> does not close (</sec>) before Heading 2’s <sec> begins.
Note also that the heading numbers are automatically correctly tagged as <label> in the XML, and a section id is automatically added to the XML for each section; for example, heading 1.1 has id="sec1.1".
Headings 3-6 behave similarly, with appropriate auto-numbering applied in Word and correct section nesting and id’s assigned in the XML.
Unnumbered Headings 2-9
eXtyles also supports unnumbered headings that may appear in documents. Starting with heading level 2, you can use the Heading 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Unnumbered options on the Body tab of the style palette to style unnumbered headings at the appropriate, semantically correct level. By default, the styles Heading 7, Heading 8, and Heading 9 are not numbered.
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<sec id="sec1.2">
<label>1.2</label><title>Recent Economic Developments</title>
<p>1.3.  The Swiss economy has shown resilience in a difficult environment, faced with headwinds from the economic problems in the euro zone and a strong Swiss franc. Since the last trade policy review in 2013, the economy has continued to grow (1.5% on average during the period 2013-15), accompanied by low unemployment (in the range of 4-4.5%, based on ILO methodology) (<xref ref-type="table" rid="t01.01">Table 1.1</xref>).</p>
<sec>
<title>Monetary policy</title>
<p>1.4.  In the course of 2011, the debt crisis in the euro zone and a high degree of uncertainty in the financial markets triggered a flight to safe havens by investors, which prompted a strong appreciation of the Swiss franc (<italic>vis‑à‑vis</italic> the euro...</p>
</sec>
</sec>Body Text Styles
Five Body Text styles are available on the eXtyles style palette. Each should be used deliberately to achieve correct XML.
Body Text
Body Text should be used on all regular, numbered body text paragraphs on a document. It is formatted to apply auto-numbering to the paragraphs on which it is used.
eXtyles will automatically apply the Body Text style to body text paragraphs in the document when the Auto Style Body Text option is selected in the Cleanup dialog.
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<p>2.1.  The Swiss Confederation is a federal State comprising 26 cantons, according to the Federal Constitution of 18 April 1999....</p>
<p>2.2.  At the federal level, legislative power is vested in the bicameral Federal Assembly, comprising a National Council and a Council of States....</p>Note that, unlike headings, the paragraph numbers are not marked up as <label>. This is because the BITS DTD does not allow for labeled paragraphs.
Body Text (Centered)
Use Body Text (Centered) to center-align body text in the Word document.
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In the XML, content styled as Body Text (Centered) will include a content-type attribute, which will allow the text to be rendered centered during layout, if desired.
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Body Text (Unnumbered)
Use Body Text (Unnumbered) any time you have Body Text that should not be numbered.
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The Body Text (Unnumbered) paragraph style will not apply auto-numbering to the text paragraph, and the XML markup will be identical to regular numbered Body Text.
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Body Text (Emphasis)
Use Body Text (Emphasis) to achieve a bold/italic look in the Word document.
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In the XML, content styled as Body Text (Emphasis) will include a content-type attribute, which will allow the text to be set different from regular body text during layout, if desired.
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Body Text 2 and Body Text 3
WTO documents occasionally have body text paragraphs that may be labeled with lowercase letters or lowercase Roman numerals. To ensure that these text paragraphs include the correct label and are exported with the correct markup, the Body Text 2 and Body Text 3 styles must be used.
Importantly, auto-numbering is not used with Body Text 2 and 3 styles. This is to allow the flexibility to use any label for these paragraphs; for example, Body Text 2 may be lowercase letters in one document, as shown below, and it may be lowercase letters in parenthesis in another document.
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Note that the Body Text 2 paragraphs are exported with <list> markup. The list-type is correctly, automatically captured as "alpha-lower", and the <label>s are also present.
Body Text 2 Continued should be used when a Body Text 2 paragraph is interrupted by an object, such as an equation, and continues after the object. For example,
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The use of the Body Text 2 Continued style for the paragraph following the equation ensures that the closing paragraph is included in the same <list-item> as the first paragraph.
Likewise, Body Text 3 and Body Text 3 Continued can be used for paragraphs that are subordinate to Body Text 2 paragraphs; for example,
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Note that the Body Text 3 style is given the correct attribute list-type="roman-lower", and that it is nested within the preceding Body Text 2 <list-item>.
Quotations and Lists
WTO documents occasionally include quotations and bulleted lists. These items should be styled with the correct paragraph style from the eXtyles style palette.
Quotations
Quotations (extracts) should be styled using the Quotation set of styles on the Body tab of the palette. For example,
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More complex quotations may include lists and notes. In those instances, the appropriate quotation styles should be used; for example,
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Lists
Both numbered and bulleted lists should be styled using the Number/Bullet List styles on the Body tab of the eXtyles style palette. Number/Bullet List Level 1 should be used for all primary list items, and Number/Bullet List Levels 2-3 should be used as appropriate for sublist items.
Importantly, these list styles do not apply auto-numbering or auto-bullets to the list.
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The same list style can be used for both bulleted and numbered lists and eXtyles will automatically identify the type of list in the XML from the label that is used. In the above XML example, list-type="bullet" was automatically determined by eXtyles from the bullet character used in the Word document.
Unlabeled lists should be styled using the Unnumbered List Levels 1 and 2 styles.