ColumnMaker and the override section

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
November 10, 2007

Outstanding instructions and new features, Steve!

Many thanks ;-)))

Now I can do what Nancy wants for her Bible translation  
documents...apparently in some Bibles, Jesus' words are in red, and  
that is what is requested for the SignWriting too...so now we can do  
that with these overrides...makes some signs red inside the text,  
while others remain black...

We are also thinking of making the Verse Titles a gold color, so  
people can find the verses faster. In time the Gospel According to  
John document may be very large...perhaps 300 pages when all 21  
chapters are done...and having color to find things in a big book is  
very helpful...

Val ;-)




On Nov 10, 2007, at 8:21 AM, Steve Slevinski wrote:

> Hi KJ,
> Here's the not too user friendly instructions for the override  
> section in ColumnMaker.
> The override section uses 4 ideas: numbers of signs, size, color  
> and column breaks.  All of the choices above the column images are  
> default values.
> A column break is similar to a page break.  If you want the first  
> column to have 2 signs, the override would simply be:
> 2
> If you want 2 in the first column and 2 in the second, the override  
> would be:
> 2
> 2
> After every line in the override section, ColumnMaker will insert a  
> column break.
> The next option is size.  If you selected a sign size of 0.7 and  
> you want the first 2 signs to be larger than the rest, the override  
> could be:
> 2,1.5
> If you want to add color, use:
> 2,1.5,ff6600
> The override string is a repeating comma delimited string of  
> (number of signs),(size),(color).  So you could use:
> 2,1.5,ff6600,5,1,ff0066,1,.7,ff00ff
> And so on.  There are 2 special color codes you can use: 0 and -1.   
> The color code 0 will be black.  The color code -1 will be  
> colorized according to the standard colors.
> In the override section, you don't need to specify a value for  
> either the size or the color.  This can be done by putting 2 commas  
> next to each other.  Here is the override to make signs 5-10 red.
> 4,,,6,,ff0000
> Notice the first part of "4,,,".  This does not specify a size or  
> color.  The signs will be produced using the default values  
> selected at the top of the page.
> The only problem with the previous override is that it would put a  
> column break after the red signs.  The easiest way to suppress a  
> column break is to put ",99" at the end of  the string such as:
> 4,,,6,,ff0000,99
> The ",99" is really understood to be ",99,,".  This tells  
> ColumnMaker not to insert a column break and to use the default  
> values for size and color for the next 99 signs. That's about it.   
> Not too user friendly, but it does work.  I'll try and write these  
> instructions up in a more clear and concise manner.  Later, these  
> options will be integrated into SignText so the override section  
> won't be needed.  Until then, they're just what Val needs to  
> quickly produce documents using SignText, ColumnMaker and  
> DocumentMaker.
> Enjoy,
> -Steve
>
>
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