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The FA (Framed Area) command allows you to define and reserve regions of space on a page. These regions can be left blank, have text entered into them, or a graphic file merged into them. Text outside of the framed area will flow around the sides.
To create a framed area:
| 1 | Press F9 to access the action line |
SI=WxD is the size of the area being reserved where W is the width in inches and D is the depth in lines; PO=XxY is the position on the page where X is the distance from the left margin in inches and Y is the distance from the top of the page in lines. Note that the semicolon is a part of the command. For example, to create a frame that is 2 inches by 6 lines in size and that starts 10 lines down from the top of the page (the 10 lines includes the top margin) at the left margin you would type:
FA SI=2x6,PO=0x10;
| 3 | Press F10 to create the framed area. |
| 4 | The following options can be incorporated in the command in step 2. |
| • | Different units of measurement can be specified using two letter abbreviations. See Units of measurement. Note that if you have changed Nota Bene's default measurements and do not specify units, units other than inches and lines will be applied in accord with the defaults you selected. |
| • | AUTO can be used in place of one or both of the measurements after SI. This will direct the program to automatically change the size of the frame to fit its contents. For example, the following command would create a frame that is 2 inches wide and long enough to fit the text that is entered in the frame: |
| FA SI=2INxAUTO,PO=1INx3IN; |
| • | The PO command will recognize keywords in place of measurements. Use keywords to specify a horizontal or vertical area of the page. The following are acceptable keywords for horizontal position: |
| PC Position of command -- The frame will be placed at the point in the document where the command is inserted. |
| The following are acceptable keywords for vertical position: |
| PC Position of command -- PC can be used to define horizontal position or vertical position, but not both. |
| • | Different positions can also be defined for odd-numbered and even-numbered pages. In this way the frame would fall differently on even or odd pages. To use this option the commands are POO and POE instead of PO. Both must be included in the FA command. For example, the command FA SI=2x6,POO=RPxBP,POE=LPxBP; would create a framed area 2 inches by 6 lines. If the framed area falls on an odd page, it will be positioned at the bottom right corner. If it falls on an even page, it will be positioned at the bottom left corner. |
| • | Text that will be in the frame can be typed in after the semicolon. |
See also:
Importing a graphic
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