Adobe framemaker 6.0 User Manual
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ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 6.0
Using MIF Statements
<Para
<Pgf
<PgfTag `Body'>
<PgfFont
<FWeight `Bold'>
> # end of PgfFont
> # end of Pgf
<ParaLine
<String `First paragraph in document.'>
> # end of ParaLine
> # end of Para
<Para
<ParaLine
<String `Second paragraph in document.'>
> # end of ParaLine
> # end of Para
The previous example is in the sample file pgffmt.mif. If you open this file in a FrameMaker product, you’ll
find that the second paragraph also has the new font property.
find that the second paragraph also has the new font property.
A paragraph property remains in effect until the property value is changed by a subsequent MIF statement.
To change a paragraph property to another state, supply a Pgf statement containing the paragraph property
statement set to the new state.
To change a paragraph property to another state, supply a Pgf statement containing the paragraph property
statement set to the new state.
Thus, in the previous example, you could change the font from Bold to Regular in a Pgf statement in the
second Para statement:
second Para statement:
<Para
<Pgf
<PgfFont
<FWeight `Regular'>
> # end of PgfFont
> # end of Pgf
<ParaLine
<String `Second paragraph in document.'>
> # end of ParaLine
> # end of Para
To summarize, paragraphs inherit formats as follows:
•
Formats in the Paragraph Catalog inherit properties from the formats above them.
•
Locally defined paragraph formats inherit properties from previously specified formats.
•
Text lines in anchored frames inherit font properties from previously specified formats, including the last
format in the Paragraph Catalog and previous text lines.