Specifications

Using the RichText presentation style
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Paragraphs
There are also settings for selected paragraphs. You can display the Paragraph
dialog box by pressing Ctrl+Shift+S. The user can double-click the ruler bar or
press the key combination to display the same dialog box.
Default font
You can change the default font by double-clicking on the toolbar or pressing
Ctrl+Shift+D. You cannot change the default font in the painter.
Input fields
An input field can be either a column or a computed field. Before you retrieve
data, its value is shown as two question marks (??).
The text can include many copies of a named input field. The same data will
appear in each instance of the input field.
Column input fields
The columns you select for the report become input fields in the rich text.
Because the input field’s name matches the column name, InfoMaker displays
the column’s data in the input field.
If an input field exists in the text, you can copy and paste it to create another
copy. If you need to recreate a column input field that you deleted, use this
procedure.
❖ To insert a column input field in the text:
1 Select Insert>Control>Column from the menu bar.
2 Click in the text where you want the column input field to appear.
InfoMaker displays a list of the columns selected for the report.
3 Select a column for the input field.
Properties for input
fields
You select an input field by clicking inside it. A computed input field is
selected when the whole field is highlighted.
❖ To set properties for an input field:
1 Click in the input field in Design view.
2 Display the pop-up menu and select Properties.
3 On the Font page, specify text formatting.
4 On the Format page, specify a display format.
If there are multiple copies of an input field, the format settings apply to all the
copies. Background color on the Font page applies to all input fields. Other
settings on the Font page apply to individual instances.