% viewed at changes the point size of type

[Slater]

Hi Everyone,

I've got two questions: the first relates to the font size changing depending on what percentage the files are looked at - am i going mad?! I've got a bit of type, size 9 when viewed at 100% and size 8 when viewed at 150% ... go figure! Anyway, onto the real question ...

The second question that i'd be glad of some help with, is that i'm trying to paste the contents of one text file in a portal, into another text file (by script) where it can be read better, ie the font is bigger and you can see more of it. When i paste in, the format of the portal type overrides that of the viewing field - something that i don't want to happen. There are lots of fields in the portal, so the type is small and the field isn't that large on screen - hence wanting to paste it into a bigger field at a greater type size. It's driving me mad.

Checked out the past posts, there was one vaguely on this subject, but it didn't help: i know that there are two tiers of formatting, but i can't figure out how to strip the portal format, and then have the type assume the formating that i've assigned to the "viewing" field.

Anythoughts gratefully recieved!

Thanks,

Slater

[RalphL]

1. My quess is that at 100% 9 point type uses 9 pixels, at 150% 9 point would use 13.5 pixels, 8 point would use 12.

2. Paste without style should allow field format to conrol the formatting. Check box in the dialog box for the Paste script step.

[Slater]

Thanks Ralph,

I did have that box checked, and it didn't work - i then cleared and re-checked & re-booted, and it does work!

Kind of you to reply, thanks again,

slater

[TerenceM]

In FP6, you can also use Set Field ( TextField , TextField ) to strip out any text formatting and only use the formatting defined in the layout (or Replace Field Contents). That ability is gone in FP7, although I hobbled together a custom function to do the job (see thread on Unformatting Text in the Tips forum).

-Terence