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Here you find the Basics of ConTeXt '''[[#Document_structure|document structure]]''' and '''[[#Text_formatting|text formatting]]''' (because paragraphs, emphasis, verbatims, quotes... also contributes to the structure of your documents).
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Here you find the Basics of ConTeXt '''[[#Document_structure|document structure]]''' and '''[[#Text_formatting|text formatting]]''' (because paragraphs, emphasis, verbatims, quotes, etc also contribute to the structure of your documents).
  
If it can help, there is a [[Dictionary]] of typographical terms. There is also an few reference about the [[History of TeX]] (2007, it would benefit from an update).
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If it helps, there is a [[Dictionary]] of typographical terms. There are also a few references to the [[History of TeX]] (2007); it would benefit from an update.
  
 
= Document structure =
 
= Document structure =
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; Referencing
 
; Referencing
 
:* [[References]]: Automatically referring to pages and labels.
 
:* [[References]]: Automatically referring to pages and labels.
:* [[PDF Bookmarks and Headers]]
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:* [[Interaction#PDF_Bookmarks|PDF Bookmarks and Headers]]
 
:* [[Cross Referencing]]: Inline text referencing.
 
:* [[Cross Referencing]]: Inline text referencing.
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:* [[URL]]: typesetting of URLs references.
 
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; Basic Text Formatting
 
; Basic Text Formatting
 
:* [[Font Switching]], to change font styles (bold, italic, capitalizing, underline, etc.)
 
:* [[Font Switching]], to change font styles (bold, italic, capitalizing, underline, etc.)
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:* [[Right_and_left|Alignment]]
 
:* [[Indentation]]
 
:* [[Indentation]]
 
:* [[Columns]]
 
:* [[Columns]]
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:* [[Initials]] (dropped caps, dropcaps)
 
:* [[Initials]] (dropped caps, dropcaps)
 
:* [[Symbols]]
 
:* [[Symbols]]
:* [[Delimiter]] to forced linebreak
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:* [[Delimiter]] manipulating line breaks and page breaks
 
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; Structured Text
 
; Structured Text
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= Further reading =
 
= Further reading =
  
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; [[Unexpected behavior]]: If ConTeXt appears to behave in a counterintuitive way, chances are that it’s actually your intuitions that lack calibration.
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; [[Visual Debugging]]: can facilitate tweaking text formatting
== Advanced Document structure ==
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; [[Sample documents]]: a page is used as a central location for these, but there is also a [[:Category:Sample_documents|dedicated category]] (the two should mostly match).
* [[Hiding Content]]
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; Advanced Document structure
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:* [[Hiding Content]]
== Advanced Text formatting ==
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:* [[Makeup]], allowing for custom and temporary header & footer sections.
* [[Faking characters]]
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* [[Compound words]]
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; Advanced Text formatting
* [[Cropping text]]
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:* [[Hyphenation]]
* [[Graphical text manipulation]]
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:* [[Faking characters]]
* [[TextBackground]] (includes underlining)
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:* [[Compound words]]
* Specially [[Shaped paragraphs]]
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:* [[Cropping text]]
* [[Widows and orphans control]]
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:* [[Scaling Rotating Mirroring Clipping]]
* [[Paragraph last line control]]
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:* [[TextBackground]] (includes underlining)
* [[autoinsertnextspace]]
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:* Specially [[Shaped paragraphs]]
* [[setuplocalinterlinespace]]
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:* [[Widows and orphans control]]
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:* [[Paragraph last line control]]
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:* [[autoinsertnextspace]]
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:* [[setuplocalinterlinespace]]
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{{todo|try to follow the structure of part 1 to help orientation.}}
 
{{todo|try to follow the structure of part 1 to help orientation.}}
  
  
{{Getting started navbox}}
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[[Category:Basics]]
 
 
[[Category:ConTeXt-Issues]]
 

Revision as of 07:07, 15 June 2020

Here you find the Basics of ConTeXt document structure and text formatting (because paragraphs, emphasis, verbatims, quotes, etc also contribute to the structure of your documents).

If it helps, there is a Dictionary of typographical terms. There are also a few references to the History of TeX (2007); it would benefit from an update.

Document structure

Text formatting

Further reading

Unexpected behavior
If ConTeXt appears to behave in a counterintuitive way, chances are that it’s actually your intuitions that lack calibration.
Visual Debugging
can facilitate tweaking text formatting
Sample documents
a page is used as a central location for these, but there is also a dedicated category (the two should mostly match).
Advanced Document structure
Advanced Text formatting



TODO: try to follow the structure of part 1 to help orientation. (See: To-Do List)