In the All properties tab, these properties are located at the top-level, in the Metadata, and in the sections.
Type | Value | Description |
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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. |
Master page | String | Name of the master page applied to the element. |
Force page change | true, false | When true, a page break is inserted if current master page is similar to previous one. |
Heading level offset | 0 to 20 | Increases the heading level by the specified number of pixels. |
Target region | String | Writes current element in the specified region. |
Style name | String | Name of the style that is applied to the element. |
The Data tab is only visible in the Properties view when there is a query added to the element. In the All properties tab, these properties are located at the top-level and in the Data sections.
Type | Value | Description |
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Data Source | String | The data source schema name. You cannot edit this property. Example: Generic XML 1 |
Context | String | If the query is on an element nested within another element, the context of the parent element is listed for this property. You cannot edit this property. Example: $7 is the context for the parent element. |
Query | String | The name of the query as specified in the data source schema. |
Sort | String | The Rational® Publishing Engine or native sort applied to the element. |
Limit | String | Enter a number to generate only a certain number of data values in your output. |
Filter | String | The Rational Publishing Engine or native filter applied to the element. |
Recursive Level | Number | Instead of adding a query and each of
its child queries in your template to extract a set of data, you can
use the Recursive Level and Recursive
Segments. Use these properties together to specify only
the parent query in your template and extract data from that query
and all of its child queries. The Recursive Level is the number of times the recursive segments in the query are repeated. Example: In the query Module/Object/Link/Linked Object, if you entered 2 for the recursive segment value and 3 for the recursive level value, Link/Linked Object would repeated 3 times. The resulting query is Module/Object/Link/Linked Object/Link/Linked Object/Link/Linked Object. |
Recursive Segments | Number | Instead of adding a query and each of
its child queries in your template to extract a set of data, you can
use the Recursive Level and Recursive
Segments. Use these properties together to specify only
the parent query in your template and extract data from that query
and all of its child queries. The number of segments in the query that are to be repeated. Example: In the query Module/Object/Link/Linked Object, if you entered 2 for the recursive segment value, Link/Linked Object are the segments that are repeated. |
In the All properties tab, these properties are located in the
, , , and sections.Type | Value | Description |
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Font | String, Cambria, Courier New, Georgia, Helvetica, Lucida, Tahoma, Times New Roman, Verdana | Select one of the common fonts available in the dropdown menu or type the name of another font on your computer to use. |
Size | 1 to 1638 | The point size of the text in the element. You can select
a value from the dropdown menu or type a value between the supported
sizes. Example: ![]() |
Color | 000000 to FFFFFF | The hexadecimal
color of the text in the element. Example: ![]() Note: The value transparent is
only supported for XSL-FO output.
|
Bold | true, false | Applies bold styling Example: ![]() |
Italic | true, false | Applies italic styling 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: ![]() |
Overline | true, false | Creates a horizontal line over the text Example: ![]() |
Strikethrough | true, false, double | Creates a horizontal line through the center of the text Example: ![]() |
Shadow | true, false | Creates a shadow on the text Example: ![]() |
Outline | true, false | Creates an outline around the text Example: ![]() |
Emboss | true, false | Creates an emboss around the text Example: ![]() |
Engrave | true, false | Creates an engrave around the text Example: ![]() |
Small caps | true, false | Changes lowercase letters into capital letters Example: ![]() |
All caps | true, false | Changes all letters into capital letters 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. |
In the All properties tab, these properties are located in the
sections.Type | Value | Description |
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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: ![]() |
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 Note: Do
not set color to transparent for
all borders.
|
Width | 0 to 30 | The number of pixels the width of the border of the side of the element is. |
Type | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
Alignment | left, right, center, distributed, justify | Where the lines within a paragraph begin and end in relation
to the page margins. Left, right, and center alignment, create uneven paragraph edges, fitting as many words in a paragraph as possible. Justify creates even paragraph edges by inserting additional space between words on all lines except the last line. Distributed is similar to justify, except that space is also inserted between words in the last line of the paragraph. |
Left indent | 0 to 1500 | The number of pixels from the left side of the page that the first paragraph is indented by. |
Right indent | 0 to 1500 | The number of pixels from the right side of the page that the first paragraph is indented by. |
First line indent | 0 to 1500 | The number of pixels between the page margin and the first line of every paragraph. |
Hanging indent | 0 to 1500 | The number of pixels between the page margin and the each line of every paragraph, except the first line. |
Padding | Number | The number of pixels of white space created between the text and the edge of the element. |
Widow/orphan control | true, false | A widow is a single line at the end of a paragraph that continues on to the next page or column of a table. An orphan is a single word that continues onto the next line of a paragraph. When set to true, Widow/orphan control tightens the horizontal spacing of a line to pull the widows and orphans into the line or page before it. |
Keep lines together | true, false | When set to true, the paragraph is not broken across two pages. Instead, the entire paragraph is moved onto the second page. You can use this property on paragraphs that contain tables to ensure that the table does not break over two pages. |
Keep with next | true, false | When set to true, the paragraph is always on the same page as the paragraph that comes after it. |
Page break before | true, false | When set to true, the paragraph is not broken across two pages. Instead, the entire paragraph is moved onto the second page. |
Before spacing | 0 to 1500 | The number of pixels of white space above a paragraph. |
After spacing | 0 to 1500 | The number of pixels of white space below a paragraph. |
Multiple line spacing | double, 0.5 to 130 | The number of pixels of white space between lines. |
Word space | 1 to 300 | The number of pixels of white space between words. |
Same style paragraph spacing | true, false | When a style is applied, you can set Same style paragraph spacing to true to ensure that the values set for the Before spacing and After spacing apply to the all of the paragraphs that use that style, instead of each paragraph. So the first paragraph in the grouping takes the Before spacing value and the last paragraph takes the After spacing value. |
In the All properties tab, these properties are located in the
section.Type | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
Background color | 000000 to FFFFFF | The hexadecimal color of the element background. |
Foreground color | 000000 to FFFFFF | The hexadecimal color of the element foreground. |
Foreground density | 0 to 30, cross, dark cross, dark diagonal down, dark diagonal up, dark horizontal, dark vertical, diagonal cross, diagonal down, diagonal up, horizontal, none, solid, vertical | The style of the foreground color density. |
In the All properties tab, these properties are located in the
section.Type | Value | Description |
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Font | String | The font type of the list. See Common font families. |
Size | 1 to 1638 | The point size of the list |
Color | 000000 to FFFFFF | The hexadecimal color of the text in the element. Some output formats accept transparent as a value. |
Bold | true, false | Applies bold styling to a list |
Italic | true, false | Applies italic styling to a list |
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 |
Overline | true, false | Creates a horizontal line over the text |
Strikethrough | true, false, double | Creates a horizontal line through the center of the text |
Character position | -1500 to 1500 | The vertical position of the text in a list relative to the normal text position |
Character spacing | -1500 to 1500 | Spaces between characters in a list |
Character scale | 33 to 200 | Percent multiplied by the text size |
Kerning for fonts | 8 to 72 | Allows each letter of text to overlap into the space of another |
Superscript | true, false | Decreases the size of the text and moves it upward on the line |
Subscript | true, false | Decreases the size of the text and moves it downward on the line |
Shadow | true, false | Creates a shadow on the text |
Outline | true, false | Creates an outline around the text |
Emboss | true, false | Creates an emboss around the text |
Engrave | true, false | Creates an engrave around the text |
Small caps | true, false | Changes lowercase letters into capital letters |
All caps | true, false | Changes all letters into capital letters |
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. |
Numbering style | arabic, uppercase roman, lowercase roman, uppercase alpha, lowercase alpha, none | The lettering or numbering used for a list. bullet: • |
Numbering alignment | left, right, center | Where the lines within a list begin and end in relation
to the list margins. Left, right, and center alignment, create uneven line edges, fitting as many words in a line as possible. |
Numbering indent | double, 0 to any number | The number of pixels of white space the list is from the page margin. |
Restart numbering | true, false | Instead of continuing from the numbering of a previous list, you can begin the numbering again. |
Level number | 1 to 9 | The number of nested headings that are used in the document. For example, to use Heading 1, Heading 2, and Heading 3 styles, enter 3. |
Level indent | 1 to 200 | The number of pixels of white space from the page margin or the previous heading the current heading is. |