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MIF Reference
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When the MIF interpreter encounters the first TextFlow statement, it sets up a default text flow environment. The
default environment consists of the current text frame, current paragraph properties, and current font properties.
The
TextFlow statement can override all of these defaults.
TextFlow statement
The TextFlow statement defines a text flow. It can appear at the top level or in a TextRect statement. It must appear
after all other main statements in the file.
Syntax
Usage
Most MIF generators will put all document text in one TextFlow statement. However, if there are subsequent
TextFlow statements, the interpreter assumes they have the same settings (current paragraph format, current font,
and so forth) as the previous text flow.
To divert the flow into a new, unlinked text frame, there must be a
TextRectID statement in the first ParaLine
statement of the new
TextFlow statement (see page 125). The TextRectID statement resets the current text frame
definition so subsequent text is placed within the identified text frame; this is necessary only if you want to reset the
text frame defaults.
If the text flow contains side heads, the
TFSideheads statement is set to Yes. The PgfPlacementStyle statement
(under paragraph properties) identifies the side heads, and the
TextRect statement contains specifications for their
size and placement.
For information about text flow properties, see your user’s manual.
<TextFlow
<TFTag tagstring >
Text flow tag name
<TFAutoConnect boolean >
Yes adds text frames as needed to extend flows
<TFPostScript boolean >
Yes identifies text in the flow as printer code
<TFFeather boolean >
Yes adjusts vertical space in column so that last line of text lies against the
bottom of the column
<TFSynchronized boolean >
Yes aligns baselines of text in adjacent columns
<TFLineSpacing dimension >
Line spacing for synchronized baselines
<TFMinHangHeight dimension >
Maximum character height for synchronization of first line in column; if charac-
ters exceed this height, FrameMaker doesn’t synchronize the first line
<TFSideheads boolean >
Yes means text flow contains side heads
<TFMaxInterLine dimension >
Maximum interline spacing
<TFMaxInterPgf dimension >
Maximum interparagraph spacing
<Notes…>
Defines a footnote (see “Notes statement,” next)
<Para…>
Defines a paragraph (see “Para statement” on page 124)
>
End of TextFlow statement