Adobe FRAMEMAKER 10 - Unit Values

ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 10
MIF Reference
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Unit values
You can specify the unit of measurement for most dimension data items. The following table lists the units of
measurement that FrameMaker supports and their notation in MIF.
Dimension data types can mix different units of measurement. For example, the statement
<CellMargins L T R
B
> can be written as either of the following:
<CellMargins 6 pt 18 pt 6 pt 24 pt>
<CellMargins 6 pt .25" .5 pica 2 pica>
Math values
The MathFullForm statement uses metric values in formatting codes. A metric unit represents one point (1/72
inch). The
metric type is a 32-bit fixed-point number. The 16 most significant bits of a metric value represent the
digits before the decimal; the 16 least significant bits represent the digits after the decimal. Therefore, 1 point is
expressed as hexadecimal
0x10000 or decimal 65536. The following table shows how to convert metric values into
equivalent measurement units.
X Y W H
Coordinates of a point on the physical screen represented by X and Y plus dimensions describing
the width and height. Used only by the DWindowRect and DViewRect statements within the
Document statement and the BWindowRect statement within the Book statement. The
values are in pixels; you cannot specify the units.
keyword
A token value. The allowed token values are listed for each statement; you can provide only one
value.
<token…>
Ellipsis points in a statement indicate required substatements or arguments. The entire expanded
statement occurs at this point.
Measurement unit Notation in MIF Relationship to other units
point pt or point 1/72 inch
inch " or in 72 points
millimeter mm or millimeter 1 inch is 25.4 mm
centimeter
cm or centimeter
1 inch is 2.54 cm
pica
pc or pica
12 points
didot
dd or didot
0.01483 inches
cicero
cc or cicero
12 didots
To get this unit Divide the metric value by this number
point 65536
inch 4718592
millimeter 185771
centimeter 1857713
pica 786432
didot 6997
cicero 839724
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