Texts and Data in a Form 

Definition

You enter text in an editor (see also Positioning Text on a Form).

Data can be character strings or numbers. The system reads this data from a database and uses fields (parameters) to dynamically display it (see also Using Parameters in a Form).

Use

To display text and data in table format (for example, lists or invoice items), you use tables or templates.

To format texts and fields (data), you use paragraph and character formats. You assign paragraph formats to entire paragraphs and character formats to individual character strings, for example, to highlight a word.

The paragraph format determines:

To determine the paragraph and character formats, use the Smart Styles (see also Smart Styles).