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Adding Character Attributes
You can include character attributes such as underline, bold, reverse
and other video attributes in the text of both long and short entries
by surrounding the text with the desired attribute characters.
The ^ (caret) character is an escape character used to enter
the special attribute characters.
Format:
^B Bold attribute
^N Normal attribute
^R Reverse video attribute
^U Underline attribute
(display as a different color on color monitor)
^^ Displays the ^ character
^Axx Turn on attribute specified by the hexidecimal number xx
^Cxx Display character specified by the hexidecimal number xx
The letters can be either uppercase or lowercase (^b or ^B).
For example, the following line would appear in the display window
in bold:
Appears in Data Text File as:
^bThis line is boldface.^b
Appears on The Expert Help Display Window as:
This line is boldface.
Description
The caret character (^) is used for two different purposes: to change
character attributes (for example, bold or underline) and to display
special characters (for example, the symbol for ASCII 9, which is
normally treated as a Tab, rather than displayed).
Note:
You should actually type the caret character (the shifted 6 key),
rather than holding down the Ctrl key and typing the letter. (If
you actually want the ^B to appear in the text, rather than turn-
ing on the boldface attribute, type two carets: ^^B.)
Only one attribute can be on at a time. For example, if bold is on,
turning on underline automatically turns off bold. Attributes are
also automatically turned off at the end of each line.
Only four attributes (normal, bold, underline and reverse video) are
defined for all monitors. These attributes are "translated" to display
reasonably on all monitors.
Setting Character Attributes ^Axx
In addition to these four attributes, you can insert any arbitrary
attribute using the ^Axx sequence, where xx is the hexidecimal
value of the attribute you wish to set. Unlike the basic attributes,
^Axx attributes are not translated for the different monitors. This
means that attributes visible as colors on a color screen may not
appear at all on a monochrome display.
Example:
This following line appears as a BLUE text WHITE background:
^A79 Blue on White ^N
Blue on White
Note:
For color codes, see the "Creating Colors" item in the
Related Topics: menu.
Displaying Special Characters ^Cxx
The ^Cxx sequence displays any ASCII character. This is useful when
you want to display a character that you can't enter with your word
processor. For example, ASCII 13 is normally interpreted as a carriage
return. The IBM PC can display ASCII 13 as a musical note. To display
the musical note, use ^C0D (0D hex = 13 decimal). Other characters
that are often hard to enter are ^C08 (Backspace), ^C09 (Tab), ^C0A
(Line Feed).
Press the Gray + key to proceed to the next topic (long entry).
See Also:
ASCII Chart
Database Design
Creating Colors
Creating Data Text Files
Data Text Files
Short and Long Entries
Creating Entries
Adding Comments to Data Files.
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