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Font style
Text originating from variable data can be displayed in uppercase, lowercase or proper case.
1. Open the Text Script Wizard: double-click to open an existing script in the Scripts pane or
create a new Text Script using the Text Script Wizard; see "Using the Text Script Wizard"
on page537.
2. Click a data field that contains text, or add such a data field to the script with the Add field
button on the right.
3.
Under Format choose the correct setting:
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Uppercase transforms all characters to uppercase.
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Lowercase displays transforms all characters to lowercase.
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Propercase transforms the first character of each word to uppercase and all other
characters to lowercase.
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None leaves the text as is.
4. Close the Script Wizard. For a new script, don’t forget to add the selector to the template.
Numbers and currencies
Numbers, and strings existing of digits, can be displayed as a number with a certain formatting
or as an amount of money. There are a few presets, but you can also type a format mask.
1. Open the Script Wizard: in the Scripts pane, double-click the script, or create a new Text
Script using the Text Script Wizard; see "Using the Text Script Wizard" on page537.
2. Click the data field that contains the numeric value that you want to display differently, or
add the data field to the script with the Add field button on the right.
3.
Under Format choose one of the following settings:
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Grouped displays a number with three decimal places and sets the thousands
separator for the value based on the current locale; see "Locale" on page520.
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Currency displays a number as an amount of money, with a thousands separator
and rounded to two decimal places, based on the current locale; see "Locale" on
page520.
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Currency no symbol does the same as Currency, but omits the currency symbol.
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Leading zero adds a leading zero to a floating value between 0 and 1. This format
is only available for fields that contain a float value. Note that when you open a
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