User`s guide

2 Using Instrumentation in a Model
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1 Click on the up arrow next to the value of the first property in the pair
(
Fonts in the figure). This value is the number of defined styles. If N styles
are defined, then each is associated with an integer between 0 and N-1. The
corresponding ID property (
FontID in the figure) can assume values
between 0 and N-1.
2 Click repeatedly on the up arrow next to the ID property to set it to its
maximum value. This causes the dialog box panel to reflect the attributes of
that particular style instead of the other defined styles.
3 Configure other properties in the dialog box panel to match the attributes
that you want that particular style to have. In the figure, the
Set Font
button allows you to set font attributes and the
Sample box displays text
using those attributes. In many cases, all properties in the panel except the
original style-identifying pair are attributes of the style. In a few cases, only
part of the panel contains attributes of the style and others are global
attributes that apply to all styles.
To view attributes of an existing style, set the ID property to the integer
associated with that style. Then, properties other than the style-identifying
pair reflect attributes of that style.
Applying Styles
In some cases, creating a style implicitly causes the block to apply it in a
straightforward way. For example, creating an additional style for tick marks
automatically creates an additional set of tick marks on the block. In other
cases, creating a style does not implicitly cause the block to apply it. For
example, even after you create an additional font style, you will not see its
effect on the block until you indicate which text should use that style. This
section describes how to apply styles that the block does not apply immediately
after you create them.
To determine where you can apply a style you have created, look for the
corresponding ID property on a panel of the dialog box other than the panel
where you defined the style. For example, the figure below shows part of a
Captions panel containing the FontID property. The fact that the FontID
property is not preceded by a
Fonts property indicates that this is a panel that
allows you to apply font styles but not define them.