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Text Formatting

txt\form.txt
FORM.TXT
form|right||Formatting

Formatting in this environment is a bit regemented but quite simple.

If you want a blank line in the HTML leave a blank line in the text.
If you want a hard return in the HTML start the following line with a space.

Beyond this there are two forms and a hand full of codes to remember.

When you want the text changed you preceed it with a code in {curly brackets} the codes are currently {I} Italics ,{B} Bold ,{U} Underlined and a variety of font changes listed below and here in tabular form.

The second condition is when you want a hyperlink embedded in the text. In this situation you would preceed the filename or URL with a code in {} The next line would become the linked text. Codes in this set include {R} Right Frame ,{L} Left Frame ,{T} Top (or master) Frame ,{N} New Window ,{#} a target in the current document or a target in another document in the set

and {F} A Foot Note

and {*?} The code for an inline image which is described in The Image Page

txt\format.txt

Formatting options:

This should be bold
This should be in itallics
This should be underlined
This is font size increased by 3
This is font size increased by 2
This is font size increased by 1
This is the standard font
This is font size decreased by 1
This is font size decreased by 2

This will create an item with a leading bullet

{F}txt\form.ftn This should be a link to a footnote
This creates a mailto: entry cart@nickerson.icomos.org

http://nickerson.icomos.org/
This creates a link from a single line (the following use the first line URL to link the second line)
{L}dbf.htm This link should put dbf.htm into the left frame
{R}over.htm This link should put over.htm into the right frame
{N}images/overview.gif This link should put images/overview.gif into its own window
This link should put the CARTHTML directory of nickerson.icomos.org into the top frame of the current session

It is also possible to use the native HTML header types but their output is a bit hard to predict because of the blank space forced both before and after their insertion as you can see below.

This is header 1

This is header 2

This is header 3

This is header 4

dbf\format.csv
FORMAT

CODE	HTML	SAMELINE	NEXTLINE	-
blank		blank line	no effect	-
space		begins with space	previous line gets linefeed	-
{#}	next	target file name	linked text	-
{*-}		inline image	no effect	-
{*0}		inline image width 100%	no effect	-
{*1}	text	inline image width 10% align left	no effect	-
{*2}	text	inline image width 20% align left	no effect	-
{*3}	text	inline image width 30% align left	no effect	-
{*4}	text	inline image width 40% align left	no effect	-
{*5}	text	inline image width 50% align left	no effect	-
{*6}	text	inline image width 60% align left	no effect	-
{*7}	text	inline image width 70% align left	no effect	-
{*8}	text	inline image width 80% align left	no effect	-
{*9}	text	inline image width 90% align left	no effect	-
{*L}	text	inline image aligned left	no effect	-
{*R}	text	inline image aligned right	no effect	-
{+1}	text	font increased by 1	no effect	-
{+2}	text	font increased by 2	no effect	-
{+3}	text	font increased by 3	no effect	-
{-1}	text	font decreased by 1	no effect	-
{-2}	text	font decreased by 2	no effect	-
{/}	a comment	ignored	no effect	-
{1}	same	font=header 1	no effect	-
{2}	same	font=header 2	no effect	-
{3}	same	font=header 3	no effect	-
{4}	same	font=header 4	no effect	-
{B}	bold	text to be bolded	no effect	-
{F}	next	footnote file name	the hyperlinked text	-
{I}	italics	text to be italicized	no effect	-
{L}	next	URL to left fame	the hyperlinked text	-
{M}	same	email address	no effect	-
{N}	next	URL to new window	the hyperlinked text	-
{P}	same	PREformatted	no effect	-
{Q}	same	block quote	no effect	-
{R}	next	URL to right frame	the hyperlinked text	-
{T}	next	URL to parent frame	the hyperlinked text	-
{U}	underline	text to be underline	no effect	-
{.}	same	looks like an item in a bullet list	no effect	-