Importing a document from Shoebox is very much the same as importing a document from Toolbox (see the section called “Toolbox file”). As with the Toolbox 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.