File Format Specification for Scribus 1.4

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This is an ongoing effort to create a complete documentation of the file formats of Scribus 1.3.5–1.4. Once it is completed, it will be added to the Scribus Help Browser Documentation. Anyone who wants to contribute should be aware of the fact that we reserve the right to relicense this document under the Open Documentation License with elected options as used for the majority of the Help Browser documents.

Scribus Documents (SLA)

Document Structure

Scribus pages are arranged in a vast scratch space, where 1 unit == 1/72 inch. Positive x is to the right, and positive y is downward. The positions, width and height in the elements are in scratch space coordinates with the exception of POCOOR and COCOOR coordinates, which are in the rotated and translated space of a PAGEOBJECT.

Tags

TAGS
ATTRIBUTE
EXPLANATION
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW
Version For instance "1.3.3.12" or "1.3.5"
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT
AUTOL
AutoSave
AutoSaveTime
BACKG
BaseC
BRUSH
BRUSHSHADE
ABSTSPALTEN Distance between Columns in automatic Textframes
ALAYER (optional) Active Layer
ANZPAGES Number of Pages
AUTHOR Author of the Doc
AUTOCHECK (optional) Automatic Hyphenation during typing 0 = off, 1 = on
AUTOMATIC (optional) Automatic Hyphenation 0 = off, 1 = on
AUTOSPALTEN Number of Columns in automatic Textframes
AUTOTEXT 1 if you want to use automatic textframes, or 0
BASEGRID (optional) Width of the Baseline Grid
BASEO (optional) Startoffset for the Baseline Grid
BleedTop Default of how much to bleed off the top
BleedBottom Default of how much to bleed off the bottom
BleedLeft Default of how much to bleed off the left
BleedRight Default of how much to bleed off the right
BOOK (optional) Which PageSet to use
BORDERBOTTOM Default bottom margin of a page
BORDERLEFT Default left margin of a page
BORDERRIGHT Default right margin of a page
BORDERTOP Default top margin of a page
COMMENTS Comments for the Doc
CPICT
currentProfile
DCOL (optional) Number of Columns in Textframes
DFONT Default Font
DGAP (optional) Default Gap between Columns in Textframes
DIMo (optional) Default Rendering Intent for the Monitor

0 = Perceptual
1 = Relative Colorimetric
2 = Saturation
3 = Absolute Colorimetric

DIMo2 (optional) Default Rendering Intent for Images

0 = Perceptual
1 = Relative Colorimetric
2 = Saturation
3 = Absolute Colorimetric

DIPr (optional) Default Rendering Intent for the Printer

0 = Perceptual
1 = Relative Colorimetric
2 = Saturation
3 = Absolute Colorimetric

DOCCONTRIB (optional) Person or organization making contributions to the document
DOCCOVER (optional) Extent of scope of the document
DOCDATE (optional) Date related to life-cycle of the document, YYYY-MM-DD
DOCFORMAT (optional) Physical or digital manifestation of the document
DOCIDENT (optional) An unambigious reference to the document, eg ISBN
DOCLANGINFO (optional) Language of content of document
DOCRELATION (optional) Reference to a related document
DOCRIGHTS (optional) Information about rights held in and over the document, eg copyright
DOCSOURCE (optional) Reference to a document from which this document is derived
DOCTYPE (optional) Nature or genre of the content of the document
Dpbla (optional) Use Blackpoint Compensation 0 = off, 1 = on
Dpgam (optional) Mark Colors out of Gamut 0 = off, 1 = on
DPIn (optional) Default ICC-Profile for solid Colors
DPIn2 (optional) Default ICC-Profile for Images
DPMo (optional) Default ICC-Profile for the Monitor
DPPr (optional) Default ICC-Profile for the Printer
DPSo (optional) Simulate the Printer on Screen 0 = off, 1 = on
Dpuse (optional) Use Colormanagement 0 = off, 1 = on
DSIZE Default Fontsize
FIRSTLEFT (optional) First page is a left page when this attribute is present
FIRSTNUM (optional) First page number in the Doc
DPInCMYK
EmbeddedPath
EndArrow
GROUPC (optional) Counter for Groups in the Doc
GUIDELOCK (optional) Guides locked 0 = off, 1 = on
GRAB
GuideC
GUIDELOCK
GuideRad
GuideZ
HCMS (optional) Colormanagement available 0 = off, 1 = on
HYCOUNT (optional) Number of Hyphens allowed following each other
KEYWORDS Keywords for the Doc
LANGUAGE (optional) Language of the Doc
MAJGRID (optional) Distance of the major Gridlines
MINGRID (optional) Distance of the minor Gridlines
MINWORDLEN (optional) Minimum length of a Word to be hyphenated
ORIENTATION (optional) Orientation of the Doc 0 = Portrait 1 = Landscape
PAGEHEIGHT Height of the Doc
PAGEWITH Width of the Doc
PUBLISHER (optional) Person or organization responsible for making the document available
HalfRes
LINESHADE
MAGMAX
MAGMIN
MAGSTEP
MAJORC
MARGC
MINORC
PAGEC
PAGESIZE Default page name, such as "A4" or "Letter"
PASPECT
PEN
PENLINE
PENSHADE
PENTEXT
PICTSCX
PICTSCY
PICTSHADE
POLYC
POLYF
POLYFD
POLYR
POLYS
PSCALE
RANDF
rulerMode
rulerXoffset
rulerYoffset
ScratchBottom Space at the bottom of the scratch space, after the last page
ScratchLeft Space at the left of the scratch space
ScratchRight Space at the right of the scratch space
ScratchTop Space at the top of the scratch space, before the pages
SHOWBASE 1 to show the baseline grid
showcolborders 1 to show color borders
SHOWControl
SHOWFRAME
SHOWGRID 1 to show ordinary grid
SHOWGUIDES 1 to show guides
SHOWLINK 1 to show links
SHOWMARGIN 1 to show margins
SHOWPICT 1 to show images
showrulers 1 to show rulers
SnapToGrid 1 to snap to grid when editing
SnapToGuides 1 to snap to guides when editing
StartArrow
STIL
STILLINE
StrikeThruPos
StrikeThruWidth
StrokeText
TabFill
TabWidth Default width for tabs in text frames
TextBackGround
TextBackGroundShade
TextLineColor
TextLineShade
TextPenShade
TextStrokeShade
TITLE Title of the Doc
UNITS (optional) Measurement unit for the Doc 0 = Points 1 = Millimeters 2 = Inches 3 = Picas
VHOCH Percentage for Superscript
VHOCHSC Percentage for scaling of the Glyphs in Superscript
VKAPIT Percentage for scaling of the Glyphs in Small Caps
VTIEF Percentage for Subscript
VTIEFSC Percentage for scaling of the Glyphs in Subscript
UnderlinePos
UnderlineWidth
WIDTH
WIDTHLINE
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . CheckProfile one or more of these
Name Name of the profile
ignoreErrors Whether to ignore errors
ignoreOffErrors
autoCheck Whether automatically check as you go, not just at specific times
checkTransparency Whether to check for use of transparency
checkResolution Whether to check for resolution
minResolution Minimum resolution
maxResolution Maximum resolution
checkOverflow whether to check for text overflowing its frames
checkRasterPDF
checkForGIF Check for any GIF images
checkGlyphs
checkAnnotations
checkPictures
checkOrphans
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . COLOR none or more of these
NAME Name of the Colour
CMYK Value as hexadecimal String, such as "#22bb77ee"
RGB Value as hexadecimal String, such as "#11aa55"
Register
Spot
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . Gradient A gradient
name Name of the gradient
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . Gradient . CSTOP
NAME Name of the stop colour
RAMP Position of the colour stop, range from 0.0 till 1.0
SHADE Shading of the stop colour in Percent
TRANS Transparency of the colour stop, range from 0.0 till 1.0
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . STYLE A paragraph style
NAME Name of the style
PARENT Parent style name
DefaultStyle Whether this is the default style
ALIGN
LINESPMode
LINESP
INDENT Left indent
RMARGIN Right margin
FIRST First indent
VOR Gap before
NACH Gap after
DROP Has drop cap
DROPLIN Number of lines for a drop cap
DROPDIST Drop cap offset
OpticalMargins Whether to use optical margins
HyphenationMode
MinWordTrack
MinGlyphShrink
MaxGlyphExtend
PSHORTCUT Key shortcut for this style
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . STYLE . Tab
Fill
Pos
Type 0 = Left

1 = Right
2 = Full Stop
3 = Comma
4 = Center

SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . CHARSTYLE A character style
CNAME Name of the style
CPARENT Parent style name
FONT Font name
FONTSIZE Font size
FEATURES
FCOLOR Fill color
FSHADE Fill shade
SCOLOR Stroke color
SSHADE Stroke shade
TXTSHX Text shadow offset horizontally
TXTSHY Text shadow offset vertically
TXTOUT Outline width
TXTULP Underline offset
TXTULW Underline width
TXTSTP Strikethrough offset
TXTSTW Strikethrough width
SCALEH Scaling horizontally
SCALEV Scaling vertically
BASEO Offset from baseline
KERN
wordTrack
SHORTCUT Shortcut for this style
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . HYPHEN Hyphenator lists
EXCEPTION Special words
WORD
HYPHENATED
IGNORE
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . JAVA Javascripts
NAME Name of a script
SCRIPT
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . LAYERS
NUMMER Number of the layer
NAME Name of the layer
EDIT Whether the layer is editable
DRUCKEN Flag for printing 0 = Layer is not printed 1 = Layer is printed
LEVEL Level of the Layer 0 = Background
SICHTBAR Flag for visibility 0 = Layer is not visible 1 = Layer is visible
FLOW
TRANS
BLEND
OUTL
LAYERC
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . MultiLine
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . Printer Printer options
firstUse
toFile Print to file
useAltPrintCommand
outputSeparations
useSpotColors Whether to use spot colors
useColor
mirrorH Mirror printing horizontally
mirrorV Mirror printing vertically
useICC Use ICC color profiles
doGCR Whether to have grey component replacement
doClip
setDevParam
useDocBleeds Use document bleeds
cropMarks
bleedMarks
registrationMarks
colorMarks
includePDFMarks
PSLevel The postscrip level
PDLanguage Which printer description language
markOffset
BleedTop
BleedBottom
BleedLeft
BleedRight
printer
filename
separationName
printerCommand
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . Printer . Separation
Name Name of the separation
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . PDF pdf export settings
Clip
displayBookmarks
displayFullscreen
displayLayers
displayThumbs
doMultiFile
Articles Flag, set to 1 when use PDF-Articles is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog
BBottom (optional) Bottom Distance for the Bleed Box
Binding Binding for the PDF-Document 0 = Left Binding 1 = Right Binding
BLeft (optional) Left Distance for the Bleed Box
Bookmarks Flag, set to 1 when include Bookmarks is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog
BRight (optional) Right Distance for the Bleed Box
BTop (optional) Top Distance for the Bleed Box
CMethod (optional) Compression Method for Pictures

0 = Automatic, Scribus tries to use the best Method
1 = JPEG Compression
2 = Flate Compression
3 = No Compression

Compress Flag, set to 1 when use Compress Text is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog
Encrypt (optional) Flag, set to 1 when use Encryption is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog
fitWindow
Grayscale
hideMenuBar
hideToolBar
ImageP
ImagePr
InfoString
Intent
Intent2
PassOwner (optional) Owner Password for encrypted PDF's
PassUser (optional) User Password for encrypted PDF's
Permissions (optional) Value used for Encryption Settings
PicRes Resolution for downsampling Images
PresentMode Flag, set to 1 when Presentation effects should be used
PrintP (optional) ICC-Profile for the Printer, only used for PDF-X/3 output
Quality (optional) Quality setting for Image Compression

0 = Maximum (95%)
1 = High (85%)
2 = Medium (75%)
3 = Low (50%)
4 = Minimum (25%)

RecalcPic Flag, set to 1 when Downsample Images is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog
Resolution Resolution for embedded EPS-Pictures or PDF's
RGBMode (optional) Flag, set to 1 when Output should be in RGB
SolidP (optional) ICC-Profile for solid colours
Thumbnails Flag, set to 1 when Generate Thumbnails is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog
UseLpi (optional) Flag, set to 1 when the informations in the LPI tags should be used for Linescreening
UseProfiles (optional) Flag, set to 1 when ICC-Profiles should be used for solid colours
UseProfiles2 (optional) Flag, set to 1 when ICC-Profiles should be used for images
Version PDF-Version which should be generated 12 = PDF-X/3 13 = PDF-1.3 14 = PDF-1.4
MirrorH
MirrorV
openAction
PageLayout
RotateDeg
UseLayers
UseSpotColors
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . PDF . LPI (optional)
Angle Linescreening angle
Color Name of the Colour for which these settings are ment
Frequency How many lines per Inch are used
SpotFunction Code for the used Spotfunction: 0 = Simple Dot 1 = Line 2 = Round 3 = Ellipse
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . PDF . Effekte PDF display effects
pageEffectDuration
pageViewDuration
effectType
Dm
M
Di
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . DocItemAttributes
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . DocItemAttributes . ItemAttribute
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . TablesOfContents
Name Name of the contents
ItemAttributeName
FrameName
ListNonPrinting
Style Text style to use
NumberPlacement
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . Sections description of how to number groups of pages
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . Sections . Section
Name Any string will do
Active 1 for show, 0 for not show
Number Seems to be a generic index number, redundant?
Type can be: Type_A_B_C, Type_a_b_c, Type_1_2_3, Type_I_II_III, Type_i_ii_iii, Type_None (same as Active==0)
From Starting page index
To Ending page index
Start 1st page number for range
Reversed If the number range should count in opposite direction
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . PageSets (none or more of these)
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . PageSets . Set
Columns
GapBelow
Rows
FirstPage
GapHorizontal
Name
GapVertical
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . PageSets . Set . PageNames there are Rows*Columns of these
Name Name of this page type, eg "Left Page" or "Right Page"
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . Pattern a pattern definition
Name Name of the pattern
width Width
height Height
scaleX additional scaling horizontally
scaleY additional scaling vertically
xoffset Offset horizontally
yoffset Offset vertically
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . MASTERPAGE Has the same options as PAGE tags (?)
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . PAGE
Size Name of paper size
NUM Page number, 0 is the first page
BORDERTOP Top margin
BORDERBOTTOM Bottom margin
BORDERLEFT Left margin
BORDERRIGHT Right margin
NAM Page name, if not a master page
MNAM Name of attached master page
LEFT For multipage spreads, which page in the spread is the left most
Orientation 1 for landscape, 0 for portrait
PAGEHEIGHT Height in postscript points (72==1 inch)
PAGEWIDTH Width in postscript points (72==1 inch)
PAGEXPOS X coordinate of upper right corner of page in scratch space
PAGEYPOS Y coordinate of upper right corner of page in scratch space
NumHGuides Number of horizontal guides listed in HorizontalGuides
HorizontalGuides List of positions of horizontal guides, relative to page origin
NumVGuides Number of vertical guides listed in VerticalGuides
VerticalGuides List of positions of vertical guides, relative to page origin
AGHorizontalAutoGap
AGVerticalAutoGap
AGHorizontalAutoCount
AGVerticalAutoCount
AGHorizontalAutoRefer
AGVerticalAutoRefer
AGSelection
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . PAGEOBJECT
ALIGN (optional) Alignment for text when no paragraph style is set

0 = No Style, left aligned
1 = Align Text Center
2 = Align Text Right
3 = Align Text Justified
4 = Align Text Forced Justified

ANNAME (optional) Field name of the Annotation, also used for the object name
ANNOTATION (optional) Set to 1 if the object is a Annotation or a PDF-Field
ANAA (optional) Set to 1 if Annotations Action is a JavaScript Action
ANACTION (optional) Action for the PDF-Field, contains either a URL or a JavaScript
ANACTYP (optional) Type of the Action for a PDF-Field

0 = None
1 = Java Script
2 = Go To
3 = Submit Form
4 = Reset Form
5 = Import Data

ANBCOL (optional) Name of the border colour of the PDF-Button
ANBLACT (optional) JavaScript executed when the PDF-Field looses focus
ANBSTY (optional) Borderstyle for a PDF-Button

0 = Solid
1 = Dashed
2 = Underline
3 = Beveled
4 = Inset

ANBWID (optional) Borderwidth of a PDF-Button

0 = None
1 = Thin
2 = Normal
3 = Wide

ANCACT (optional) JavaScript executed when the PDF-Page is changed
ANCHK (optional) Set to 1 if the PDF-Checkbox is checked by default
ANCHKS (optional) Style of the checkmark in a PDF-Checkbox

0 = Check
1 = Cross
2 = Diamond
3 = Circle
4 = Star
5 = Square

ANDACT (optional) JavaScript executed when the mouse button is pressed
ANDOWN (optional) Text for Button Down of a PDF-Button
ANEACT (optional) JavaScript executed when the cursor enters the PDF-Field
ANEXTERN (optional) Path or URL for an external PDF-Link
ANFACT (optional) JavaScript executed before formatting the PFD-Field
ANFEED (optional) Feedback for PDF-Button press 0 = None 1 = Invert 2 = Outlined 3 = Push animation
ANFLAG (optional) Flags for Annotations, value is the bitwise or of the following constants

1 = Field is read-only
2 = Field must have a value
4 = Value is not exported
4096 = Field is a multiline Textfield
8192 = Field is a password field
262144 = Field is editable
4194304 = Don't spell check
8388608 = Do not scroll

ANFOACT (optional) JavaScript executed when the field receives focus
ANFONT (optional) Font for the PDF-Button or Annotation

0 = Courier
1 = Courier Bold
2 = Courier Italic
3 = Courier Bold Italic
4 = Helvetica
5 = Helvetica Bold
6 = Helvetica Italic
7 = Helvetica Bold Italic
8 = Times
9 = Times Bold
10 = Times Italic
11 = Times Bold Italic
12 = Zapf Dingbats
13 = Symbols

ANFORMAT (optional) Format of the Value in a PDF-Field

0 = Plain text
1 = Number
2 = Percentage
3 = Date
4 = Time
5 = Custom format

ANHTML (optional) Set to 1 if the PDF-Submit Action should send HTML instead of FDF
ANICON (optional) Set to 1 if the PDF-Button uses icons
ANKACT (optional) JavaScript for keypresses
ANMC (optional) Maximum number of characters in a PDF-Textfield
ANPLACE (optional) How to display the Icon of a PDF-Button

0 = Caption only
1 = Icon only
2 = Caption below Icon
3 = Caption above Icon
4 = Caption right to Icon
5 = Caption left to Icon
6 = Caption overlays Icon

ANROLL (optional) Text for roll over of PDF-Buttons
ANSCALE (optional) Scaling of Icons on PDF-Buttons

0 = Always
1 = When Icon is too small
2 = When Icon is too big
3 = Never

ANTOOLTIP (optional) Tooltip for the PDF-Field
ANTYPE (optional) Type of the Annotation or PDF-Field

0 = Text annotation
1 = Link annotation
2 = PDF-Button
3 = PDF-Textfield
4 = PDF-Checkbox
5 = PDF-Combobox
6 = PDF-Listbox
7 = External Link
8 = External Weblink

ANVACT (optional) JavaScript to be performed when the fields value has changed
ANVIS (optional) The visiblity of the PDF-Field

0 = visible
1 = hidden
2 = don't print
3 = don't show, but print

ANXACT (optional) JavaScript when the mouse pointer leaves the field
ANZIEL (optional) Page number of a PDF-Link
AUTOTEXT Set to 1 if object is an automatic textframe
BASEOF (optional) Offset for the text from its path for text on a path
BEXTRA (optional) Distance of text from the bottom edge of the frame
BOOKMARK Set to 1 if object is a PDF-Bookmark
BookNr (optional) Number of the Bookmark
BottomLine Set to 1 if the table item has a bottom line
BottomLINK Number of the object that is below of this object in tables
CLIPEDIT (optional) Set to 1 if the shape was edited
COLGAP Gap between text columns
COLUMNS Number of columns in text
COCOOR (optional) Coordinates of the objects contour line
DASHOFF (optional) Offset for the first dash
DASHS List of dash values, see the PostScript manual for details
endArrowIndex
fillRule
EMBEDDED (optional) Set to 1 if embedded ICC-Profiles should be used
EPROF (optional) Embedded ICC-Profile for images
EXTRA Distance of text from the left edge of the frame
EXTRAV (optional) Kerning value
FLIPPEDH Set to an uneven number if object is flipped horizontal
FLIPPEDV Set to an uneven number if object is flipped vertical
FRTYPE (optional) Type of the shape of an object

0 = Rectangle
1 = Ellipse
2 = Rounded rectangle
3 = Free shape

GROUPS List of group identifiers
gHeight
gWidth
gXpos
gYpos
GRTYP (optional) Type of the gradient fill

0 = No gradient fill
1 = Horizontal gradient
2 = Vertical gradient
3 = Diagonal gradient
4 = Cross diagonal gradient
5 = Radial gradient
6 = Free linear gradient
7 = Free radial gradient

ImageClip
ImageRes
isInline
HEIGHT Height of the object
IFONT Name of the font for text
INVERS (optional) Image is inversed
IRENDER (optional) Rendering Intent for Images

0 = Perceptual
1 = Relative Colorimetric
2 = Saturation
3 = Absolute Colorimetric

ISIZE (optional) Fontsize for text
isTableItem (optional) Set to 1 if the object belongs to a table
LINESPMode
LANGUAGE (optional) Language of the object
LAYER (optional) Layer number the object belongs to
LeftLine (optional) Set to 1 if the table item has a left line
LeftLINK (optional) Number of the object that is left to this object in tables
LINESP Linespacing for text
LOCALSCX Scaling of the image in the X-Direction
LOCALSCY Scaling of the image in the Y-Direction
LOCALX X-Position of the image in the image frame
LOCALY Y-Position of the image in the image frame
LOCK (optional) Set ot 1 if the object is locked
LOCKR (optional) Set to 1 if the object is protected against resizing
NAMEDLST (optional) Name of the custom line style
BACKITEM Index number of the previous PAGEOBJECT of linked textframe
BACKPAGE Number of the page of the previous frame in linked textframes
NEXTITEM Index number of the next PAGEOBJECT for linked textframes
NEXTPAGE Number of the page of the next frame in linked textframes
NUMCO (optional) Number of coordinates in COCOOR
NUMDASH Number of entries in DASH
NUMGROUP Number of grops in GROUPS
NUMPO Number of coordinates in POCOOR
OwnLINK (optional) Number of this object in tables
OnMasterPage
OwnPage Owner page, referenced as page number
PCOLOR Name of the colour for fll
PCOLOR2 Name of the colour for stroke
PFILE Filename of the image, saved as relative file
PFILE2 (optional) Filename of the pressed icon image for PDF-Buttons
PFILE3 (optional) Filename of the rollover icon image for PDF-Buttons
PICART Set to 1 if image should be shown
PLINEART How the line is dashed

1 = Solid Line
2 = Dashed Line
3 = Dotted Line
4 = Dash Dot Line
5 = Dash Dot Dot Line

PLINEEND (optional) Code for the line end rendering

0 = FlatCap
16 = SquareCap
32 = RoundCap

PLINEJOIN (optional) Code for the line join rendering 0 = MiterJoin 64 = BevelJoin 128 = RoundJoin
pattern which pattern to use
PLTSHOW (optional) Set to 1 if the path of a Text on a path should be shown
POCOOR Coordinates of the object shape
PRFILE (optional) ICC-Profile for the image
PRINTABLE Set to 1 if the object should be printed, 0 otherwise
PTYPE Type of object

2 = Image
4 = Text
5 = Line
6 = Polygon
7 = Polyline
8 = Text on a path
9 = LaTeX

PWIDTH Line width of the object
RADRECT (optional) Corner radius for rounded Rectangles
RATIO (optional) Set to 1 if the image scaling should respect the aspect ratio
REVERS (optional) Text is rendered reverse, eg Arabic
REXTRA (optional) Distance of text from the right edge of the frame
RightLine (optional) Set to 1 if the table item has a right line
RightLINK (optional) Number of the object that is to the right of this object in tables
ROT Rotation of the object in degrees
SCALETYPE (optional) How the image can be scaled 0 = Free scaling 1 = Scaling bound to image frame dimensions
SHADE Shading for fill
SHADE2 Shading for stroke
TEXTFLOW Set to 1 if text flows around this object
TEXTFLOW2 Set to 1 if text flows around the bounding box of this object
TEXTFLOW3 Set to 1 if text flows around the contour line of this object
TEXTFLOWMODE
TEXTRA (optional) Distance of text from the top edge of the frame
TopLine (optional) Set to 1 if the table item has a top line
TopLINK (optional) Number of the object that is above this object in tables
TransValue (optional) Transparency value for fill
TransValueS (optional) Transparency value for stroke
TXTFILL (optional) Name of the default text fill colour
TXTFILLSH (optional) Default shading for the text fill colour
TXTSCALE (optional) Default text scaling
TXTSTROKE (optional) Name of the default colour for stroking text
TXTSTRSH (optional) Default shading for stroking text
TXTSTYLE (optional) Default character style, value is the bitwise or of these constants:

1 = Superscript
2 = Subscript
4 = Outlined
8 = Underlined
16 = Strikeout
64 = Small Caps

WIDTH Width of the Object
XPOS X-Positon of the Object
YPOS Y-Position of the Object
startArrowIndex
TXTBASE
TXTKERN
TXTOUT
TXTSCALEV
TXTSHX
TXTSHY
TXTSTP
TXTSTW
TXTULP
TXTULW
wordTrack
MinWordTrack
MinGlyphShrink
MaxGlyphExtend
OpticalMargins
HyphenationMode
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . PAGEOBJECT . PageItemAttributes
AutoAddTo


Name


Parameter


Relationship


RelationshipTo


Type


Value
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . PAGEOBJECT . Tab
Fill
Pos
Type 0 = Left

1 = Right
2 = Full Stop
3 = Comma
4 = Center

SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . PAGEOBJECT . CSTOP (optional) A color stop of a gradient
NAME Name of the stop colour
RAMP Position of the colour stop, range from 0.0 till 1.0
SHADE Shading of the stop colour in Percent
TRANS Transparency of the colour stop, range from 0.0 till 1.0
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . PAGEOBJECT . ITEXT Chunk of text
CAB Paragraph style for the character

0 = No Style, left aligned
1 = Align Text Center
2 = Align Text Right
3 = Align Text Justified
4 = Align Text Forced Justified higher values indicate a custom paragraph style

CCOLOR Name of the fill colour
CEXTRA Value for Kerning
CFONT Name of the Font
CH The character(s) itself
CSCALE (optional) Scaling in percent
CSHADE Shading of the fill colour
CSHADE2 (optional) Shading of the stroke colour
CSIZE Fontsize in points
CSTROKE (optional) Name of the stroke colour
CSTYLE The style of the character, value is the bitwise or of these constants:

1 = Superscript
2 = Subscript
4 = Outlined
8 = Underlined
16 = Strikeout
64 = Small Caps
128 = Word can be hyphenated here

CBASE
CSTW
CULP
CKERN
COUT
CSCALEV
CSTP
CULW
CSHX
CSHY
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . PAGEOBJECT . var Variable text chunk
name can be "pgno" for page number, or "pgco" for total page count
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . PAGEOBJECT . para End of paragraph
PARENT (optional) Name of paragraph style (see DOCUMENT.STYLE.NAME)
SCRIBUSUTF8NEW . DOCUMENT . PAGEOBJECT . trail

Scribus Colour Palettes (XML)

Scribus Scrapbooks (SCS)

Scribus Keyboard Shortcut Sets (XML)

Scribus Unicode Character Palettes (UCP)

Scribus Template Files (XML)

Scribus Objects (SCE)

Scribus Patterns (SCE)

Scribus Colour Curves (SCU)

Configuration Files for Render Frames (XML)

Scribus Sample Text Files (XML)

Configuration Files for the Help Browser (XML)

see File_Format_Specification_for_Scribus_1.5