HOST FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE

Example Text justified in a column:

COLUMN 1 INCH WIDE;

TEXT JUSTIFIED IN COLUMN AT 1,1 `four four four five five five six six six'

This produces the following text on the form:

 

four

four

four

 

five

five

five

 

six

six

six

 

FONT n specifies the index number of the font you selected.

 

Refer to the FONT command for additional information.

 

INK n specifies the index number of the ink color you selected

 

from the ink list to use with a Xerox highlight or full color LPS

 

printer. The specified INK is in effect for this command and not

 

for subsequent TEXT commands.

 

Cy defines the coordinate you selected on the y±axis where the

 

text origin is located.

 

Cx defines the coordinate you selected on the x±axis where the

 

text origin is located.

 

`text' specifies a text string that appears exactly as you enter it

 

(except for special characters).

 

DOT LEADER specifies dot leaders you have selected to place

 

between text or at a column boundary. Dot leaders extend the

 

full width of the column you specify in the COLUMN command,

 

unless interrupted by a 'text' string. You can place dot leaders

 

between two text strings and a right boundary previously defined

 

by you in the COLUMN command. If you place dot leaders

 

between two text strings, the right most text string aligns with

 

the right column boundary.

 

Do not use DOT LEADER in the JUSTIFIED mode. DOT LEADER

 

overrides any alignment mode and places the text flush with the

 

column boundaries.

 

USING FONT n specifies a change of font for the next body of

 

text which is not the dot leader string. When you specify dot

 

leaders and a change of fonts together, the DOT LEADER

 

keywords must precede the FONT n keywords.

 

NEW LINE specifies a new line to follow a text string. You can

 

only use the NEW LINE keyword once between text strings.

 

NEW LINE is similar to a blank text string (' '). If you want to use

 

multiple blank lines between text strings, use multiple blank text

 

strings (' ' ' ' ' '), not NEW LINE. NEW LINE is ignored if it is not

 

used with DOT LEADER or FONT n.

Defaults

HORIZONTAL and CENTER, if you do not specify the orientation

 

and alignment for the TEXT AT command.

Use the font index of the last TEXT command, if USING FONT is not entered. If you omit FONT in all TEXT commands, FONT1 from the FONT list is used.

DOTS, if you do not specify units.

If a TEXT command containing a dot leader is not preceded by a COLUMN command, the system uses a default column width of 6.5 inches (portrait) or 9.5 inches (landscape).

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