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Output
ALine Printer file. Metadata, job infos and variables are not changed.
Properties
General tab
EMF to XY group: Select this option if the file received by this task is a Windows print file. This will prompt
the task to perform the first phase of the process, and thus convert the file to an XML file. If this option is not
selected, the input file will not be converted to an XML file (note that the task will fail if the file it receives is
not an XML file). The settings included in this group fine tune the process. They let you control precisely
which text blocks are recognized as belonging together in one line. This has particular affect when dealing
with font size differences between consecutive passages of text, the distance from one text passage to
another (word distance) as well as the base line offset (vertical distance). To find out if one text passage
belongs to the one found before it, first the vertical distance, second the horizontal distance and finally, the
font size difference are checked. Only if all three values lie within the tolerance are the two blocks
recognized as belonging together. Additionally, you can control text passages whose horizontal distance
has been recognized as out of the tolerance, but whose type size difference and vertical distance lie within
the tolerance, outputting it in one line. At the output, these text passages are separated by a tabulator (ASCII
code 9).
Font size difference: Indicates the smallest acceptable factor between maximum and minimum font size
within one line. A value of 0.60 means that with a ratio from maximum to minimum font size (in points), that is
less than 0.60, two text passages are not recognized as belonging together. For example, if two text
passages are formatted with different font sizes. Passage 1 with 10, passage 2 with 18 point. The ratio 0.56
is smaller than the adjusted value 0.60. Therefore those two text passages are recognized as not belonging
together.