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Field Names
Field names are managed separately for user-defined and system fields.
User-defined fields - i.e. ones that you can add and remove to your data file - have names that you set yourself using the User Fields tab of the Document
Settings window. For further information see Customization - Data Fields.
System fields - i.e. those that are built-in by PedPal - have both a hard-coded internal name and also a name derived from the current terminology settings. To
alter these names, use the Terminology tab of the Preferences window. Hard-coded names always begin with the # symbol. E.g. the sex field has the hardcoded internal name #Sex but also a terminology-derived name which, unless you change it, is simply Sex. For further information see Customization.
When PedPal creates a new data file, any system fields that are explicitly used in the pedigree layout are deliberately named using the hard-coded internal
names, such as #Sex, so that they will work correctly irrespective of how you might change the terminology settings.
Formatting Codes
Formatting codes are a means of altering the visual appearance of the text but not the text itself.
Currently there are only 2 formatting codes but more may be added in future releases.
Formatting Code
Description
{S percent}...{/S}
Scales the enclosed text by the given percentage size.
E.g. Apple {S 75}Pear{/S} would output 'Apple Pear' but the 'Pear' would be in a smaller font.
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