4.2.18. Importing a document from Toolbox

Importing a document form Toolbox is very much the same as importing a document from Shoebox (see Section 4.2.17). The Toolbox import assumes that all markers in the file are Unicode (although it still allows to import files in which all markers are in ISO-Latin if you uncheck All markers are Unicode). This alternative to the Shoebox import attempts to allow more flexibility in terms of tier relations and tries to prevent that words are cut up in case of misalignment. As with the Shoebox import, information about the tier relations can be provided by means of a .typ file or by using a marker file.

When reconstructing the vertical alignment of words on interlinearized markers, the position is recalculated based on the number of bytes per character. But in some files this leads to incorrect alignment, therefore this recalculation can be turned off by unchecking Correct alignment based on the number of bytes per character. This import also tries to take non-spacing characters into account.