Page number element properties

Open the Properties view in Document Studio and select a Page number element. The Properties view displays these available properties for page numbers.


General properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located at the top-level, in the Metadata, and in the Formatting > Common sections.

Type Value Description
Tag String Tag name for the element. This property cannot be edited.
Name String The name of the element.
Description String A summary or note about this element.
Assignment String The variables that are assigned to the element.
Condition String A script that can apply variables or attributes as conditions on the element.
Target region String Writes current element in the specified region


Specific properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located in the Formatting > specific section.

Type Value Description
Field type page number A category for your field element to apply styling to fields of a specific category or type in your style sheets.
Field code String A script taken from Microsoft Word to insert fields as placeholders for specific text in your document. For more information about generating field code, see Insert and format field codes in Word 2007.
Page numbering style arabicuppercase romanlowercase romanuppercase alphalowercase alpha How each number displays on the page:
  • Arabic: 1, 2, 3...
  • Uppercase roman: I, II, III...
  • Lowercase roman: i, ii, iii...
  • Uppercase alpha: A, B, C...
  • Lowercase alpha: a, b, c...
Page starting number Number You can start the page numbering at a specific page. For example, if you have a title page in this template, you might want to start page numbering on page 2.
Restart page numbering true, false If this template is used as a snippet in another template, you might want to set this property to true to start the page numbering from page 1 or the page number you specified in the Page starting number property.


Font properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located in the Formatting > FontFormatting > Line, Formatting > Character, and Formatting > Effects sections.

Type Value Description
Font 000000 to FFFFFF The hexadecimal color of the text in the element. Some output formats accept transparent as a value.

Example:

Font color example

Size 1 to 1638 The point size of the text in the element

Example:

Font size example

Bold true, false Applies bold styling

Example:

Bold example

Italic true, false Applies italic styling

Example:

Italic example

Underline true, false, single, words, double, dotted, thick, dash, dash long, dot dash, dot dot dash, wavy, dotted heavy, dash heavy, dash long heavy, dot dash heavy, dot dot dash heavy, wavy heavy, wavy double Creates a horizontal line beneath the text

Example:

Underline example

Overline true, false Creates a horizontal line over the text
Strikethrough true, false, double Creates a horizontal line through the center of the text

Example:

Strikethrough example

Character spacing -1500 to 1500 Spaces between text characters

Example:

Character spacing example

Character position -1500 to 1500 The vertical position of the text relative to the normal text position

Examples:

Positive character spacing example
Negative character spacing example

Character kerning 8 to 72 Allows each letter of text to overlap into the space of another
Character scale 33 to 200 Percent multiplied by the text size

Example:

Character scale example

Superscript true, false Decreases the size of the text and moves it upward on the line

Example:

Superscript example

Subscript true, false Decreases the size of the text and moves it downward on the line

Example:

Subscript example

Shadow true, false Creates a shadow on the text

Example:

Shadow example

Outline true, false Creates an outline around the text

Example:

Outline example

Emboss true, false Creates an emboss around the text

Example:

Emboss example

Engrave true, false Creates an engrave around the text

Example:

Engrave example

Small caps true, false Changes lowercase letters into capital letters

Example:

Small caps example

All caps true, false Changes all letters into capital letters

Example:

All caps example

Hidden true, false Removes the text from the output.
Underline color 000000 to FFFFFF The hexadecimal color of the line underneath the text in the element.


Border properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located in the Formatting > Border sections.

Type Value Description
Margin 0 to 1000 The white space between the sides of the text the border style property is applied to and any other text or element

Example:

All borders margin example

Style none, single, thick, double, hairline, dotted, dash large gap, dot dash, dot dot dash, triple, thin thick small gap, thick thin small gap, thin thick thin small gap, thin thick medium gap, thick thin medium gap, thin thick thin medium gap, thin thick large gap, thick thin large gap, thin thick thin large gap, wave, double wave, dash small gap, dash dot stroker, emboss 3D, engrave 3D, outset, inset, groove, ridge, dashed, hidden The type of border used around the side of the element
Color 000000 to FFFFFF The hexadecimal color of the border on the side of the text in the element
Width 0 to 30 The number of pixels the width of the border of the side of the element is.


Color properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located in the Formatting > color section.

Type Value Description
Background color 000000 to FFFFFF The hexadecimal color of the element background.

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