Styles, Special Text, Table of Contents

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Use double-byte characters

Select the Edit | Inline Ime menu option. This enables you to enter double-byte characters without using an external IME application

Create and edit styles

Select the Edit | Edit Style menu option. The Edit Stylesheet dialog displays.

Select the appropriate radio button to define a character style or a paragraph style.

Either select an existing style to modify from the list box, or type in a name for a new style. Click on the OK button to begin recording the style properties. You can use the ruler, toolbar or menu selections to modify the style items. These also reflect the currently-selected properties for the stylesheet item. Please note that the paragraph properties are enabled only for the paragraph stylesheet items.

After you have defined the required style, either select the Edit | Edit Style menu option again or click anywhere in the document. If you modified an existing stylesheet item, the document automatically reflects the updated style. If you created a new stylesheet item, you can apply the style to highlighted text by selecting the Font | Style or Paragraph | Style menu options.

Apply character styles

Select the Font | Style menu option to apply a stylesheet style to a highlighted character string.

Apply paragraph styles

Select the Paragraph | Style menu option to apply a stylesheet style to a highlighted paragraph or range of paragraphs.

Insert a table of contents

Create and apply the required heading styles using the Edit | Edit Style menu option, as above.

Move the cursor to the point at which to insert the table of contents and select the Insert | Table of Contents menu option.

The table of contents is automatically updated whenever repagination occurs.

Insert date and time fields

Move the cursor to the point at which to insert the current date and time, and select the Insert | Date and Time menu option. The Insert Current Date/Time dialog displays, from which you select the required date and time format.

The date and time are automatically updated whenever the page text is refreshed.

Insert your own data fields

Not Supported In The Enterprise Architect RTF Generator.

Move the cursor to the point at which to insert the data field and select the Insert | Data Field menu option. The Data Field Parameters dialog displays, in which you enter the field name and data value.

Insert a text entry field

Move the cursor to the point at which to insert the text entry field and select the Insert | Text Input Field menu option. The Input Field Parameters dialog displays, in which you enter the field name, initial value, maximum field length and text font, and specify whether or not the field has a border.

Insert a selectable checkbox

Move the cursor to the point at which to insert the checkbox and select the Insert | Checkbox Field menu option. The Checkbox Field Parameters dialog displays, in which you enter the field name, whether it defaults to selected, and the size of the box surrounding the check.

Define level numbering in generated document

Select the Edit | List and Overrides menu option, set up the numbering list and the list overrides, then apply the numbering list to the headings set for packages and elements, using paragraph numbering.