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DC_145804176-Contributor
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August 4, 2026
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Attribute Tags appear suddenly

I know this is a pretty basic question, but suddenly these additional attribute tags began to appear, such as <kern> and <emphasis>. The User Formatting Elements is not selected. How do I turn off the setting that makes these appear? (See attachment.)

DC_14580417Answer
6-Contributor
August 25, 2026

Actually what I discovered is from the Styler I just need to go to View > and deselect Tags in Generated Text. It was a much simpler situation than I thought. It looks like I inadvertently select this from time to time, making all the extra attributes, etc appear within the element tags.  :) 

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ClayHelberg18-Opal
18-Opal
August 25, 2026

They are tags used by Arbortext for formatting “touch up”. Implemented as processing instructions, they let you add formatting hints like kerning, font changes, line breaks, and so on.

Since Arbortext treats these as tags, they are rendered in the editor view when you have tag view enabled.

It seems to be the case that you or another author inserted these formatting touch-up instructions, or potentially you have some customizations that are doing it for you based on some conditions (though that seems less likely).

If you don’t want those touch-ups, you can delete the associated tags. For example, if you don’t want any kerning adjustment, simple remove the _kern tag.

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DC_145804176-ContributorAuthorAnswer
6-Contributor
August 25, 2026

Actually what I discovered is from the Styler I just need to go to View > and deselect Tags in Generated Text. It was a much simpler situation than I thought. It looks like I inadvertently select this from time to time, making all the extra attributes, etc appear within the element tags.  :) 

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ClayHelberg18-Opal
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August 26, 2026

Ah, I see, I didn’t think of them being in generated text. That makes sense, I’m glad you found a way to suppress them.

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