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    Pricer XT
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oduction
Pricer XT is an XT
ension for QuarkXPr
version 3.1 and higher
. Pricer XT allows the user to
e f e r
(price format within the document. The XT
%ension includes a batch format featur
e which formats every
,price in the document with a single command.
Minimum System Requir
ements
"Pricer XT is designed for QuarkXPr
    ess 3.1.
Pricer XT is network pr
+otected and is fully compatible with floppy
, RAM, or har
    d disks.
o c e d u r
gbasic use of the mouse, clicking, pulling down menus, copying files, and copying disks. If any of these
ocedur
es ar
e new to you, please r
efer to your Macintosh user
s manual.
Installing Pricer XT
8done, place the original Pricer XT disk in a safe place.
Setting the Pricer XT Pr
ences
5The formatting Pricer XT applies to prices is set thr
ough a dialog. T
o access the Pricer XT pr
P r e f e r e n c e s
h i e r a r
e s s
menu.
h The Pricer XT preferences dialog
e f e r
f e r
o l s
include:
ol keys with another character
. Enter a unique keyboar
d command to avoid conflicts.
a b l e
tables.
    Pricer XT
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underlined in this price:
Superior After Radix
check box.
Superior $ and
check box
JChecking this box causes Pricer XT to apply the superior text attribute to
appears as
bthe radix (decimal point) in the price have the superior text attribute applied to them. (Example:
*=;The cents value of
 is made superior in this price: $39
) The
Superior After Radix
check box is
meant to be used with the
Delete Radix
check box.
No Confirmation
check box
*If this check box is checked, Pricer XT
Change All Prices
featur
    e formats
should be formatted.
=acters which do not have the superior style applied to them.
Editing the Pricer XT Kerning T
a b l e
e f e r
 seconds for the dialog to appear
F. The edit kerning table dialog makes it easy to set up custom kerning
*tables which apply only to prices which ar
8e formatted to include the superior character attribute.
$'The Pricer XT Edit Kerning Table dialog
    F o n t s
l i s t
a scr
olling
Kerning Pairs
list.
    Pricer XT
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+o set a value for a particular kerning pair
, follow these steps:
Select the pair fr
om the
Kerning Pairs
list.
a l u e
dialog.
Click the
Update
6button to apply the value to the selected kerning pair
o c e d u r
S a v e
taining the QuarkXPr
ess application.
(Applying Pricer XT Formatting to a Price
U t i l i t i e s
e f e r
the price.
1'Pricer XT warns when the text selected
is not identifiable as a price
e f e r
    Utilities
menu to activate the XT
ension.
9Applying Pricer XT Formatting to all Prices in a Document
U t i l i t i e s
#menu. Depending upon the way the XT
ension
ences ar
)e set, Pricer XT handles global price for
matting one of two ways.
e f e r
e n s i o n
f e a
)A"e defines a price as any number pr
N<eceded by a dollar sign ($) or followed by a cents sign (
    Pricer XT
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)*    c h e c k
e f e r
U t i l i t i e s
6allows the user to decide whether or not that number r
%eally should be formatted as a price.
-The Pricer XT confirm price formatting dialog
f e a t u r
b o a r
e f e r
kwhile no text is selected in the document or the item tool is the active tool in the tool palette is equiva
lent to selecting
Change All Prices
om the
    Utilities
menu.
Formatting Examples
Some formatting is standar
)d to all prices. Prices under a dollar ar
e formatted with a cent sym
:bol. Examples of prices under a dollar and the way they ar
e formatted include:
Original Price
Price after Formatting
    Pricer XT
. The XT
ension standar
#dizes the formatting of the prices.
Original Price
Price after Formatting
$36.40
22.50$
44.97
$2.22
) 1These original prices may be formatted using the
Change Price
command, but they will not be r
f e a t u r
followed by a cents symbol (
e f e r
f e r
e f e r
);?ent, depending upon the attributes applied to it. For instance:
    Pricer XT
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'Desirable Price Formatting Combinations
Underline Cents
BD....................................................................
5Underline Cents + Delete Radix + Superior after Radix
+Underline Cents + Delete Radix + Superior $
Superior after Radix
;...........................................................
"Underline Cents + Superior $ and
$....................................
%Underline Cents + Superior $ and
Superior after Radix
8........................................................
#Delete Radix + Superior after Radix
&......................................
!Delete Radix + Superior $ and
Superior after Radix
.....
Superior $ and
BE.....................................................................
34.98
)Undesirable Price Formatting Combinations
Underline Cents + Delete Radix
*..........................................
1Underline Cents + Delete Radix + Superior $ and
..........
&Underline Cents + Superior after Radix
..............................
Delete Radix
L............................................................................
$3498
Delete Radix + Superior $ and
+...........................................
Superior $
 + Superior after Radix
...............................
Superior after Radix
@................................................................
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