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Inherited tag properties

Version: 5.x - Scientific WorkPlace, Scientific Word, & Scientific Notebook

Instead of being specified in the style (.cst) file for your document, tag properties can be inherited from the text to the left and right.

Suppose the style specifies that text tagged as Body Text appear as black, 12-pt., Times New Roman text, and that hypertext links that occur in Body Text appear in bold, light blue type but otherwise inherit their font properties from the surrounding text.

When hypertext links occur in Body Text, the style produces them in bold, light blue type that is the same size and typeface as the surrounding text, as in this example:


Example of inherited tag properties

Last revised 01/23/06