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Styles

Use the Style register to define the various font Styles that you will use in the Fields and Text objects in your Forms, ensuring a consistency of appearance.

The Style register is in the System module. To open this setting, ensure you in this module and then click the [Styles] button in the Master Control panel to open the 'Styles: Browse' window and see a list of the Styles you have previously entered.

Double-click a Style in the list to edit it. To enter a new record, click [New] in the Button Bar or use the ⌘-N or Ctrl-N keyboard shortcut. Alternatively, click on a Style similar to the one you want to enter and click [Duplicate] on the Button Bar. When the record is complete, save it by clicking the [Save] button in the Button Bar or by clicking the close box and choosing to save changes. To close it without saving changes, click the close box.

Code
The code for the Style.

Comment
Any description.

The Comment will be shown in the 'Paste Special' list that you will use when assigning Styles to Fields and Text objects in Forms, so it should be descriptive enough to make the selection of the correct Style easy for all users.

Mac/Windows/Linux Font
Paste Special    Fonts available on your computer
The name of the font, as it appears in the Windows directory or the System folder.

Mac/Windows/Linux Size
The font size in points.

Styles
Select one of the available style types.

Character Spacing
You should use this field in Styles that will be used when printing bank giro forms, where a fixed character spacing is required. Specify here the spacing in pixels from the start of one character to the start of the next. Usually this will be six pixels or less.

You can only use Styles with a Character Spacing in Fields and Text objects with a left or right justification. The Character Spacing will have no effect in Fields and Text objects with a centre justification.

This feature is Mac OS X only.

Do not use ANSI character set
Use this option if the Style is to use a non-standard character set (for example, that used in barcodes).
If you are using Books by HansaWorld on a mixed network with Linux, Windows and Macintosh clients in any combination, you should specify Fonts and Sizes for each platform in each Style record.

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