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CHAPTER 16
Working with Rich Text
About this chapter
This chapter explains how to create reports using the RichText
presentation style.
Contents
About rich text
Rich text format (RTF) is a standard for specifying formatting instructions
and document content in a single ASCII document. An editor that supports
rich text format interprets the formatting instructions and displays
formatted content. If you look at rich text in a plain ASCII editor, you see
complex instructions that are not very readable. The actual text of the
document is obscured by the formatting instructions:
{\par}\pard\ql{\f2\fs18\cf0\up0\dn0 A RichText
piece of text}
The same sample displayed without the commands looks like this:
A RichText piece of text
Elements of rich text
Rich text in InfoMaker can have:
• Margins and tab settings for each paragraph
• Character formatting such as italic, bold, underline, or superscripts
for each character
• Named input fields associated with database columns or other data
•Bitmaps
• A header and footer for the document
Topic Page
About rich text 471
Using the RichText presentation style 472
Formatting keys and toolbars 482