Tasks Related to Each Element
Text Element Note: The following description assumes that you are on one of the following
displays:

The Define Text Detail display

The Change Text Detail display

The Define Box Detail display
The Change Box Detail display
Note: The following description assumes that you are on one of the following
displays:
The Define Box Detail display
The Change Box Detail display
Task How to Do the Task
Specify values of a variable field as text Enclose the field name with & and . like:
&PRODCT.
Note: This is allowed on the Record
Layout only.
Change the mark to a meaningful name Specify the name in the
Element
prompt.
Print the text vertically Specify 2 or 3 in the
Format
prompt.
Rotate the text Specify 90, 180, or 270 in the
Degree of
Rotation
prompt.
Print the text in a color other than black Specify the color in the
Color
prompt.
Note: See “Limitations for Each Printer” on
page 414.
Draw underline with the text Specify Y in the
Underline
prompt.
Type a character over the text Specify the character in the
Overstrike
prompt.
Print the text with a different font Specify the font number in the
Font
prompt.
Print a DBCS text Specify the font number in the
DBCS font
prompt.
Print text in different size Specify the size in the
Character size
prompt.
Task How to Do the Task
Specify multiple lines of text Enclose each line in two apostrophes like:
'first line' 'second line'
Align multiple lines of text horizontally Specify 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the
Horizontal
prompt.
Align multiple lines of text vertically Specify 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the
Vertical
prompt.
Not to print box. (Print text only) Specify 0 in the
Line width
prompt.
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