Predefined Formats
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Predefined Formats |
StyleVision provides a number of pre-defined formats, each of which corresponds to an HTML element (screenshot below). When you apply a Predefined Format to a component in the Design, that component is marked up as a component having the corresponding HTML semantics. This has two effects:
| • | Formatting inherent to the selected predefined format is applied. |
| • | The component is contained in the component type, paragraph, which makes it available for local styling by component type. |
Assigning Predefined Formats
Predefined formats can be assigned by clicking Insert | Special Paragraph, and then the required format, or by selecting the required format from the Format drop-down list in the Toolbar (shown below).
Inherent styles
The predefined formats used in StyleVision have either one or both of the following two styling components:
| • | a text-styling component |
| • | a spacing component. |
For example, the predefined para (p) format has a spacing component only; it puts vertical space before and after the selected component, and does not apply any text styling. On the other hand, the predefined Heading 1 (h1) format has both a text-styling component and a spacing component.
The following styling points about predefined formats should be noted:
| • | The spacing component of a predefined format applies for any type of SPS component, but the text styling only if it can be applied. For example, if you select an image and apply a predefined format of Heading 1 (h1) to it, then the spacing component will take effect, but the text-styling component will not. |
| • | The text-styling component of predefined formats does not apply to data-entry devices. |
| • | Only one predefined format applies to a component at any given time. |
| • | The Preformatted predefined format (pre) applies formatting equivalent to that applied by the pre tab of HTML: linebreaks and spacing in the text are maintained and a monospaced font (such as Courier) is used for the display. In the case of run-on lines with no linebreaks, such as in a paragraph of text, the Preformatted (pre) predefined format will display lines of text without wrapping. If you wish to wrap the text, use the predefined format Preformatted, wrapping (pre-wrap). |
Defining additional styling for a predefined format
Styles additional to the inherent styling can be defined for a predefined format by selecting it and applying a local style via the Styles sidebar.
The Return key and predefined formats
In Authentic View, when the Return key is pressed within the contents of an element having a predefined format, the current element instance and its block are terminated, and a new element instance and block are inserted at that point. This property is useful, for example, if you want the Authentic View user to be able to create a new element, say a paragraph-type element, by pressing the Return key.
See also:
Selecting SPS Components to Style, for a description of how predefined formats can be locally styled.
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