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Arbortext Styler Usability Aids
Arbortext Styler makes use of configurable color options in the user interface to make it easier to identify important settings made in a stylesheet.
This section identifies the specific uses of color and the associated commands for changing the color settings. In all cases where a color is used for distinguishing a change, the font is also modified in another way, for example, bold or italic, so that color is not the only method of identification.
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Property category labels
The label of a category changes to blue and bold when a property is explicitly set in that category. For example, if you explicitly set the spacing before and after an element, the word Spacing on the Spacing category will be blue and bold. This helps you easily locate the categories that contain explicit property settings.
set stylerexplicitfontcolor - see set stylerexplicitfontcolor in Arbortext Command Language Reference
Property labels
Labels for individual properties change to blue and bold when the property is explicitly set. For example, if you set the Alignment property in the Indent category to Left , the word Alignment will be blue and bold. This helps you easily identify any properties that you explicitly set.
set stylerexplicitfontcolor - see set stylerexplicitfontcolor in Arbortext Command Language Reference
Outputs to edit label
Most stylesheet editing is done with the Outputs to edit field set to Base (All Uses). If you set the Outputs to edit field to any value besides Base (All Uses), the Outputs to edit label turns red and bold as a visual reminder that you have changed your selection to a more specific value.
set stylernotbasefontcolor - see set stylernotbasefontcolor in Arbortext Command Language Reference
Unstyled element preview
When you preview the output of a stylesheet, if Options > Highlight Unstyled Elements is set, the output displays the name of any element whose style is Unstyled, or that is missing from the stylesheet, in a blue font with red shading.
set stylerunstyledfontcolor and set stylerunstyledfontshading - see set stylerunstyledfontcolor and set stylerunstyledfontshading in Arbortext Command Language Reference
Indeterminate properties
When you select multiple contexts, conditions or property sets, the value displayed for a property may be indeterminate. For example, if you select two title contexts, the font size in one may be 12pt while the other is 24pt. In this situation, the property label Size is orange and italic.
set stylerindeterminatefontcolor - see set stylerindeterminatefontcolor in Arbortext Command Language Reference
Generated text constructs
Special constructs in the Generated Text Editor, such as the page number indicator, are displayed as a special tag with brown font and yellow shading.
set stylergentexttagfontcolor and set stylergentexttagshading - see set stylergentexttagfontcolor and set stylergentexttagshading in Arbortext Command Language Reference