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char
Description
Used within paragraph style definitions and hash callouts to call a character from the paragraph text into the paragraph style (a call-in) where it can be given different text attributes. When used without parameters the command will cut one character by default.
 
Example 363. Set the first character of a paragraph to a different font via call-in
<?up><?tf="Times-b"><?char 1>รต<?down>
Syntax
<?char num of words:n? ( type:n )>
<?char>
[no parameter]
Cut one character from the paragraph.
num of words
The number of characters you want to call in
type
The way in which the characters should be extracted from the stream:
0
Cut
1
Copy