Official:File Format 1.2

File Format Specification for Scribus 1.2

This specification is based on the format used by Scribus 1.2.

It lists all Tags and Attributes, some of these are optional, depending on type of the Document. Optional Tags and Attributes are marked with a slight blue background, Scribus will insert a default value when one of these are missing.

Tags					Attributes	Meaning
SCRIBUSUTF8					Version	Version Number for Debugging
	DOCUMENT				ABSTSPALTEN	Distance between Columns in automatic Textframes
					ALAYER	Active Layer
					ANZPAGES	Number of Pages
					AUTHOR	Author of the Doc
					AUTOCHECK	Automatic Hyphenation during typing 0 = off, 1 = on
					AUTOMATIC	Automatic Hyphenation 0 = off, 1 = on
					AUTOSPALTEN	Number of Colums in automatic Textframes
					BASEGRID	Width of the Baseline Grid
					BASEO	Startoffset for the Baseline Grid
					BOOK	Document has facing Pages when this Attribute is present
					BORDERBOTTOM	Bottom Border of Doc
					BORDERLEFT	Left Border of Doc
					BORDERRIGHT	Right Border of Doc
					BORDERTOP	Top Border of Doc
					COMMENTS	Comments for the Doc
					DCOL	Number of Colums in Textframes
					DFONT	Default Font
					DGAP	Default Gap between Columns in Textframes
					DIMo	Default Rendering Intent for the Monitor 0 = Perceptual 1 = Relative Colorimetric 2 = Saturation 3 = Absolute Colorimetric
					DIMo2	Default Rendering Intent for Images 0 = Perceptual 1 = Relative Colorimetric 2 = Saturation 3 = Absolute Colorimetric
					DIPr	Default Rendering Intent for the Printer 0 = Perceptual 1 = Relative Colorimetric 2 = Saturation 3 = Absolute Colorimetric
					DOCCONTRIB	Person or organization making contributions to the document
					DOCCOVER	Extent of scope of the document
					DOCDATE	Date related to life-cycle of the document, YYYY-MM-DD
					DOCFORMAT	Physical or digital manifestation of the document
					DOCIDENT	An unambigious reference to the document, eg ISBN
					DOCLANGINFO	Language of content of document
					DOCRELATION	Reference to a related document
					DOCRIGHTS	Information about rights held in and over the document, eg copyright
					DOCSOURCE	Reference to a document from which this document is derived
					DOCTYPE	Nature or genre of the content of the document
					Dpbla	Use Blackpoint Compensation 0 = off, 1 = on
					Dpgam	Mark Colors out of Gamut 0 = off, 1 = on
					DPIn	Default ICC-Profile for solid Colors
					DPIn2	Default ICC-Profile for Images
					DPMo	Default ICC-Profile for the Monitor
					DPPr	Default ICC-Profile for the Printer
					DPSo	Simulate the Printer on Screen 0 = off, 1 = on
					Dpuse	Use Colormanagement 0 = off, 1 = on
					DSIZE	Default Fontsize
					FIRSTLEFT	First page is a left page when this attribute is present
					FIRSTNUM	First Pagenumber in the Doc
					GROUPC	Counter for Groups in the Doc
					GUIDELOCK	Guides locked 0 = off, 1 = on
					HCMS	Colormanagement available 0 = off, 1 = on
					HYCOUNT	Number of Hyphens allowed following each other
					KEYWORDS	Keywords for the Doc
					LANGUAGE	Language of the Doc
					MAJGRID	Distance of the major Gridlines
					MINGRID	Distance of the minor Gridlines
					MINWORDLEN	Minimum length of a Word to be hyphenated
					ORIENTATION	Orientation of the Doc 0 = Portrait 1 = Landscape
					PAGEHEIGHT	Height of the Doc
					PAGEWITH	Width of the Doc
					PUBLISHER	Person or organization responsible for making the document available
					TITLE	Title of the Doc
					UNITS	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
		MultiLine			Name	Name of the Linestyle
			SubLine		Color	Name of the colour of that Line
					Dash	How the line is dashed 1 = Solid Line 2 = Dashed Line 3 = Dotted Line 4 = Dash Dot Line 5 = Dash Dot Dot Line
					LineEnd	Code for the line end rendering 0 = FlatCap 16 = SquareCap 32 = RoundCap
					LineJoin	Code for the line join rendering 0 = MiterJoin 64 = BevelJoin 128 = RoundJoin
					Shade	Shading of the line colour in percent
					Width	Linewidth in points
		JAVA			NAME	Name of the Script
					SCRIPT	The JavaScript itself
		Bookmark			Aktion	Action for this Bookmark
					Element	Number of the Scribus Object
					First	Number of first Bookmark at this Level
					ItemNr	Internal Number of this Bookmark
					Last	Number of last Bookmark at this Level
					Next	Number of next Bookmark at this Level
					Parent	Number of this Bookmarks Parent
					Prev	Number of previous Bookmark at this Level
					Seite	Page on which this Bookmark is located
					Text	Internal Text of that Bookmark
					Title	String which is exported to PDF
		COLOR			CMYK	Value as hexadecimal String
					NAME	Name of the Colour
					RGB	Value as hexadecimal String
		STYLE			ALIGN	Code for the alignment of text. 0 = Align Text Left 1 = Align Text Centered 2 = Align Text Right 3 = Align Text Justified 4 = Align Text Forced Justified
					BASE	Flag for adjusting to the Baseline Grid 0 = no adjusting, 1 = adjusting
					DROP	Flag for DropCaps 1 = DropCaps on
					DROPLIN	Number of Lines for the DropCaps
					EFFECT	Character Style for the Text 1 = Superscript 2 = Subscript 4 = Outline Text 8 = Underline 16 = Strike Out 64 = Small Caps
					FCOLOR	Name of the fill colour
					FIRST	Indent of the first Line
					FONT	Name of the Font
					FONTSIZE	Fontsize
					FSHADE	Shade of the fill colour in percent
					INDENT	Indent for all Lines
					LINESP	Linespacing
					NACH	Spacing after the paragraph
					NAME	Name of the style
					NUMTAB	Number of Tabs
					SCOLOR	Name of the stroke colour
					SSHADE	Shade of the stroke colour in percent
					TABS	List of defined Tabs, Tabcode and Position Tabcodes: 0 = Left 1 = Right 2 = Full Stop 3 = Comma 4 = Center
					VOR	Spacing before the paragraph
		LAYERS			DRUCKEN	Flag for printing 0 = Layer is not printed 1 = Layer is printed
					LEVEL	Level of the Layer 0 = Background
					NAME	Name of the layer
					NUMMER	Number of the layer
					SICHTBAR	Flag for visibility 0 = Layer is not visible 1 = Layer is visible
		PDF			Articles	Flag, set to 1 when use PDF-Articles is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog
					BBottom	Bottom Distance for the Bleed Box
					Binding	Binding for the PDF-Document 0 = Left Binding 1 = Right Binding
					BLeft	Left Distance for the Bleed Box
					Bookmarks	Flag, set to 1 when include Bookmarks is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog
					BRight	Right Distance for the Bleed Box
					BTop	Top Distance for the Bleed Box
					CMethod	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	Flag, set to 1 when use Encryption is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog
					ImageP	ICC-Profile for Images
					ImagePr	Flag, set to 1 when embedded ICC-Proflies should not be used for images
					InfoString	Info String for PDF-X/3 Output
					Intent	Rendering Intent for solid colours 0 = Perceptual 1 = Relative Colorimetric 2 = Saturation 3 = Absolute Colorimetric
					Intent2	Rendering Intent for Images 0 = Perceptual 1 = Relative Colorimetric 2 = Saturation 3 = Absolute Colorimetric
					PassOwner	Owner Password for encrypted PDF's
					PassUser	User Password for encrypted PDF's
					Permissions	Value used for Encryption Settings
					PicRes	Resolution for downsampling Images
					PresentMode	Flag, set to 1 when Presentation effects should be used
					PrintP	ICC-Profile for the Printer, only used for PDF-X/3 output
					Quality	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	Flag, set to 1 when Output should be in RGB
					SolidP	ICC-Profile for solid colours
					Thumbnails	Flag, set to 1 when Generate Thumbnails is checked in the PDF-Options Dialog
					UseLpi	Flag, set to 1 when the informations in the LPI tags should be used for Linescreening
					UseProfiles	Flag, set to 1 when ICC-Profiles should be used for solid colours
					UseProfiles2	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
			Effekte		AnzeigeLen	Time how long the page is shown in Full Screen Mode in seconds
					Di	Direction of the Effect for Wipe and Glitter 0 = Left to right 1 = Top to bottom 2 = Bottom to top 3 = Right to left 4 = Top-left to bottom-right
					Dm	Direction of the Effect for Split and Blinds 0 = horizontal 1 = vertical
					Effekt	Type of Effect 0 = No Effect 1 = Blinds 2 = Box 3 = Dissolve 4 = Glitter 5 = Split 6 = Wipe
					EffektLen	Time how long the effect is shown in Full Screen Mode in seconds
					M	Direction of the motion for Split and Box 0 = towards inside 1 = towards outside
			LPI		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
			Fonts		Name	Name of the Font to be embedded into the PDF
		PAGE			HorizontalGuides	List of horizontal Guidelines
					LEFT	Is 1 if this page is a left Masterpage
					MNAM	Name of the attached Masterpage, empty when this page is a Masterpage
					NAM	Name of the Masterpage, empty when this page is a normal page
					NUM	Number of the page, counting starts with 0
					NumHGuides	Number of horizontal Guidelines
					NumVGuides	Number of vertical Guidelines
					VerticalGuides	List of vertical Guidelines
			PAGEOBJECT		ALIGN	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
					ANAA	Set to 1 if Annotations Action is a JavaScript Action
					ANACTION	Action for the PDF-Field, contains either a URL or a JavaScript
					ANACTYP	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	Name of the border colour of the PDF-Button
					ANBLACT	JavaScript executed when the PDF-Field looses focus
					ANBSTY	Borderstyle for a PDF-Button 0 = Solid 1 = Dashed 2 = Underline 3 = Beveled 4 = Inset
					ANBWID	Borderwidth of a PDF-Button 0 = None 1 = Thin 2 = Normal 3 = Wide
					ANCACT	JavaScript executed when the PDF-Page is changed
					ANCHK	Set to 1 if the PDF-Checkbox is checked by default
					ANCHKS	Style of the checkmark in a PDF-Checkbox 0 = Check 1 = Cross 2 = Diamond 3 = Circle 4 = Star 5 = Square
					ANDACT	JavaScript executed when the mouse button is pressed
					ANDOWN	Text for Button Down of a PDF-Button
					ANEACT	JavaScript executed when the cursor enters the PDF-Field
					ANEXTERN	Path or URL for an external PDF-Link
					ANFACT	JavaScript executed before formatting the PFD-Field
					ANFEED	Feedback for PDF-Button press 0 = None 1 = Invert 2 = Outlined 3 = Push animation
					ANFLAG	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	JavaScript executed when the field receives focus
					ANFONT	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	Format of the Value in a PDF-Field 0 = Plain text 1 = Number 2 = Percentage 3 = Date 4 = Time 5 = Custom format
					ANHTML	Set to 1 if the PDF-Submit Action should send HTML instead of FDF
					ANICON	Set to 1 if the PDF-Button uses icons
					ANKACT	JavaScript for keypresses
					ANMC	Maximum number of characters in a PDF-Textfield
					ANNAME	Field name of the Annotation, also used for the object name
					ANNOTATION	Set to 1 if the object is a Annotation or a PDF-Field
					ANPLACE	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	Text for roll over of PDF-Buttons
					ANSCALE	Scaling of Icons on PDF-Buttons 0 = Always 1 = When Icon is too small 2 = When Icon is too big 3 = Never
					ANTOOLTIP	Tooltip for the PDF-Field
					ANTYPE	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	JavaScript to be performed when the fields value has changed
					ANVIS	The visiblity of the PDF-Field 0 = visible 1 = hidden 2 = don't print 3 = don't show, but print
					ANXACT	JavaScript when the mouse pointer leaves the field
					ANZIEL	Page number of a PDF-Link
					AUTOTEXT	Set to 1 if object is an automatic textframe
					BACKITEM	Number of the previous frame of linked textframe
					BACKPAGE	Number of the page of the previous frame in linked textframes
					BASEOF	Offset for the text from its path for text on a path
					BBOXH	Height of the bounding box, used only for EPS-Images
					BBOXX	Bounding box X-Value, used only for EPS-Images
					BEXTRA	Distance of text from the bottom edge of the frame
					BOOKMARK	Set to 1 if object is a PDF-Bookmark
					BookNr	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	Set to 1 if the shape was edited
					COLGAP	Gap between text columns
					COLUMNS	Number of columns in text
					COCOOR	Coordinates of the objects contour line
					DASHOFF	Offset for the first dash
					DASHS	List of dash values, see the PostScript manual for details
					EMBEDDED	Set to 1 if embedded ICC-Profiles should be used
					EPROF	Embedded ICC-Profile for images
					EXTRA	Distance of text from the left edge of the frame
					EXTRAV	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	Type of the shape of an object 0 = Rectangle 1 = Ellipse 2 = Rounded rectangle 3 = Free shape
					GRENDX	X-Value of the end position of the gradient
					GRENDY	Y-Value of the end position of the gradient
					GROUPS	List of group identifiers
					GRSTARTX	X-Value of the start position of the gradient
					GRSTARTY	Y-Value of the start position of the gradient
					GRTYP	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
					HEIGHT	Height of the object
					IFONT	Name of the font for text
					INVERS	Image is inversed
					IRENDER	Rendering Intent for Images 0 = Perceptual 1 = Relative Colorimetric 2 = Saturation 3 = Absolute Colorimetric
					ISIZE	Fontsize for text
					isTableItem	Set to 1 if the object belongs to a table
					LANGUAGE	Language of the object
					LAYER	Layer number the object belongs to
					LeftLine	Set to 1 if the table item has a left line
					LeftLINK	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	Set ot 1 if the object is locked
					LOCKR	Set to 1 if the object is protected against resizing
					NAMEDLST	Name of the custom line style
					NEXTITEM	Number of the next frame for linked textframes
					NEXTPAGE	Number of the page of the next frame in linked textframes
					NUMCO	Number of coordinates in COCOOR
					NUMDASH	Number of entries in DASH
					NUMGROUP	Number of grops in GROUPS
					NUMPO	Number of coordinates in POCOOR
					NUMTAB	Number of tabstops listed in TABS
					OwnLINK	Number of this object in tables
					PCOLOR	Name of the colour for fll
					PCOLOR2	Name of the colour for stroke
					PFILE	Filename of the image
					PFILE2	Filename of the pressed icon image for PDF-Buttons
					PFILE3	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	Code for the line end rendering 0 = FlatCap 16 = SquareCap 32 = RoundCap
					PLINEJOIN	Code for the line join rendering 0 = MiterJoin 64 = BevelJoin 128 = RoundJoin
					PLTSHOW	Set to 1 if the path of a Text on a path should be shown
					POCOOR	Coordinates of the object shape
					PRFILE	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
					PWIDTH	Line width of the object
					RADRECT	Corner radius for rounded Rectangles
					RATIO	Set to 1 if the image scaling should respect the aspect ratio
					REVERS	Text is rendered reverse, eg Arabic
					REXTRA	Distance of text from the right edge of the frame
					RightLine	Set to 1 if the table item has a right line
					RightLINK	Number of the object that is to the right of this object in tables
					ROT	Rotation of the object in degrees
					SCALETYPE	How the image can be scaled 0 = Free scaling 1 = Scaling bound to image frame dimensions
					SHADE	Shading for fill
					SHADE2	Shading for stroke
					TABS	List of defined Tabs, Tabcode and Position Tabcodes: 0 = Left 1 = Right 2 = Full Stop 3 = Comma 4 = Center
					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
					TEXTRA	Distance of text from the top edge of the frame
					TopLine	Set to 1 if the table item has a top line
					TopLINK	Number of the object that is above this object in tables
					TransValue	Transparency value for fill
					TransValueS	Transparency value for stroke
					TXTFILL	Name of the default text fill colour
					TXTFILLSH	Default shading for the text fill colour
					TXTSCALE	Default text scaling
					TXTSTROKE	Name of the default colour for stroking text
					TXTSTRSH	Default shading for stroking text
					TXTSTYLE	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
				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
				ITEXT	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	Scaling in percent
					CSHADE	Shading of the fill colour
					CSHADE2	Shading of the stroke colour
					CSIZE	Fontsize in points
					CSTROKE	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