Hi,
Paragraph format is necessary for the Script to organize data in a user specific presentable manner.after creating a paragraph format you tell the system how you want your text to appear for eg whether it should be centered or rt justified etc.
Paragraph Formats and Attributes
In SAPscript, paragraphs are formatted using formats and their corresponding attributes. Text processing is simplified by the use of different paragraph attribute groups:
• Standard
• Font
• Tabs
• Outline
There are naming conventions for paragraph tags:
• The paragraph tag can have one or two characters.
• The first character in the paragraph tag must be a letter, the second a letter, number, or blank; special characters are not valid.
• The paragraph format must be identified in the Description field.
Standard Paragraph Attributes
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In the Standard attribute group, you find the general attributes that can be defined in paragraph formats:
• Description
Precise explanation of your paragraph tag, so that the user can immediately identify it.
• Left or right margin
Amount of space between the paragraph and the left or right border of the form window.
• Indent first line
Indent of the first line of a paragraph. If the value is positive, it is indented to the right, if it is negative, it is indented to the left.
If you specify a negative value, then you must place the minus sign after the number: 1- .
• Space before and space after
Space before and space after control the amount of space between paragraphs. The actual space between paragraphs results from the space after the preceding paragraph and the space before the following paragraph.
• Alignment
Alignment of a paragraph.
Font Attributes for Paragraphs
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You can specify font attributes for paragraph formats. They control the font used in the text. You can specify these attributes both for the default font in the header and for particular paragraph formats:
• Font family
Enter a font supported in the SAPscript font maintenance.
• Font size
Enter the size of a character font. It is measured in 1/10 point.
• Bold/Italic
Specify whether to use bold-face printing or italics.
• Underlined
Mark this attribute to underline entire blocks of text.
When defining a paragraph format, use More to specify these underline attributes:
o Spacing between the base line and the underline
o Thickness
o Intensity
Intensity is expressed in percent: 0 % is a black underline; 100 % is no underline.
If you defined default underlining in the header, then the fields for underline attributes are already displayed on the screen.
Tabs in Paragraph Formats
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You can define as many tab positions as you require for each paragraph format. The text can be aligned in different ways:
• Left-aligned with LEFT
• Right-aligned with RIGHT
• Centered with CENTER
• At the sign with SIGN
• At the comma or decimal point with DECIMAL
You can control the tab feed in a paragraph with tab positions. The tab stops you define in the paragraph format replace the tab spacing you defined in the header data of the form. However, this depends on the extent to which you have defined tab stops in the paragraph format. If there are fewer tabs in the paragraph formats than in the header data, the tab stops of the header data are used for the rest of the line. The tab stops are represented as, , in the text editor.
You can use different units of measurement to define a tab position:
• CH Characters
• CM Centimeters
• MM Millimeters
• PT Points
• TW Twips (1/20 point)
Paragraph and Heading Numbering
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The paragraph numbering and marking attributes are used to structure texts into chapters, subchapters, and sections. Numbering is carried out automatically by SAPscript.
You can create an outline with the entry options available:
• Outline
Enter the name of the highest-level paragraph in an outline hierarchy here. The outline hierarchy is created by assigning this paragraph to all outline paragraphs.
• Outline level
Enter the level in the outline hierarchy. The outline levels of the paragraphs are numbered upwards from 1; the highest outline level therefore has the outline number 1.
• Number margin
Specify the space between numbering and window border. Note that your numbering may extend into the text area of the paragraph if the difference between the left margin and the number margin is not great enough to hold the numbering characters.
• Left/right delimiter
Specify the character that precedes or follows the numbering.
• Number chaining
Specify whether you want the paragraph numbering of the paragraph to be preceded by the numbering of all higher paragraphs in the hierarchy.
...with number chaining ...without number chaining
3. 3.
3.1 1.
3.2 2.
3.2.1 1.
• Character string
Specify the numbering format. The numbering can be assigned a different font or character format to the rest of the paragraph.
• Numbering type
ARABIC Arabic numerals: 1, 2, 3.
CHAR Fixed character: letter or numeral, entered in the field
LETTER Letters: A-Z
ROMAN Roman numerals: I, II, III, IV
Depending upon the numbering type that you select, the following attributes may also apply:
o Fixed character
Define the fixed character to be used for numbering. You should only make an entry in the field Fixed character if you have specified CHAR as the numbering type. Fixed characters include + - and o .
o Output length
Enter the number of characters for Arabic numerals.
o Upper case
Specify for letters or Roman numerals.
Regards,
Sourabh
Bluesky
