Formatting text via the data
Applies to: All programs
It is possible to format the text on any layout by introducing a field or fields with formatting tags.
The following text attributes may be set via the data. The appropriate tag is also shown
| Attribute | Tag | |
| Colour | /CR G B | where R, G and B are values between 0 and 255 |
| Font | /Ffontname | where fontname is the name of the desired font |
| Bold on | /B | |
| Bold off | /B- | |
| Italic on | /I | |
| Italic off | /I- | |
| Underline on | /U | |
| Underline off | /U- |
Entering the tag or tags into a field
Consider a field called, say, Style. The field could be either a file, folder or subject field. Any of the above tags may be entered as values for the field. For example
- /FVerdana sets the font to Verdana
- /C140 0 0 sets the text colour to dark red
Styles can be chained. For example:
- /FArial/B/C140 0 sets the font to Arial, styles it to bold and sets the colour to dark red
Figure 1: Entering style tags into a subject field
Calling the tag into a text box
The style is called into a box by enclosing the field name between two caret (^) symbols.
Figure 2: Calling the style into a text box
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