Adobe framemaker 6.0 User Manual
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ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 6.0
Introduction
Unit values
You can specify the unit of measurement for most dimension data items. The following table lists the units
of measurement that a FrameMaker product supports and their notation in MIF.Dimension data types can
of measurement that a FrameMaker product supports and their notation in MIF.Dimension data types can
mix different units of measurement. For example, the statement
L T R B
can be written as either of the
following:
<CellMargins 6 pt 18 pt 6 pt 24 pt>
<CellMargins 6 pt .25" .5 pica 2 pica>
Math values
The statement uses
metric
values in formatting codes. A
metric
unit represents one point (1/72 inch).
The
metric
type is a 32-bit fixed-point number. The 16 most significant bits of a
metric
value
represent the digits before the decimal; the 16 least significant bits represent the digits after the decimal.
Therefore, 1 point is expressed as hexadecimal or decimal . The following table shows how to convert
Therefore, 1 point is expressed as hexadecimal or decimal . The following table shows how to convert
metric
values into equivalent measurement units.
Measurement unit
Notation in MIF
Relationship to other units
point
pt
or
point
1/72 inch
inch
"
or
in
72
points
millimeter
mm
or
millimeter
1 inch is 25.4 mm
centimeter
cm
or
centimeter
1 inch is 2.54 cm
pica
pc
or
pica
12 points
didot
dd
or
didot
0.01483 inches
cicero
cc
or
cicero
12 didots
To get this unit
Divide the metric value by this number
point
65536
inch
4718592
millimeter
185771
centimeter
1857713
pica
786432
didot
6997
cicero
839724