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10 Click the Numeric Format button to the right of the format order list box to
display the Edit Numeric Format dialog box.
11 In the Decimal Precision box, type 3.
12 Click OK to return to the Edit Text Format dialog box.
13 In the Formula box, move your cursor to the end of the numeric code,
[100|1360.
14 To change the metric value to imperial units, you need to multiply the metric
value by 3.28084. After the text string, type an asterisk (*) and then the value
3.28084.
NOTE
See the previous table, Text Label Formula Function Symbols for a
complete list of symbols to use.
15 Click the Add button to add this formula to the Text/Code/Formula Format
Order list.
16 Click the Numeric Format button.
17 Type a Decimal Precision of 2.
18 Click OK.
The Tangent length code has now been added to the format order list box twice,
once in its raw format and once with a formula applied to it.
Next, you create two text strings that accompany the formula. After the metric
value, you insert an m followed by a space and an open bracket. After the
imperial value, you insert a foot (') sign and a closing bracket.
19 In the Text edit box, type m, a space, and a bracket [.
20 Click the Add button.
21 In the Text edit box, type a foot sign (') and a closing bracket ].
22 Click the Add button. Both text strings now appear in the Text/Code/Formula
Format Order List.