Fonts and Colors Tab - Configuration Properties Dialog Box
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Fonts and Colors Tab - Configuration Properties Dialog Box
Fonts and Colors Tab
The Fonts and Colors tab contains the following options:
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Colors
—The default colors for the control.
- Step Comments —The color of step comments.
- Step Names —The color of step names.
- Background —The background color.
- Lines —The color of the lines, if you enabled the Horizontal or Vertical Grid Lines option on the Appearance tab of the Configuration Properties dialog box.
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Color Expressions
—Use these
expressions
to customize the colors of a step at run time.
- Step Text Color —An expression that returns a number . The number you specify is used at run time to paint the text. If an expression returns -1 , the default color specified in the Step Names option is used.
- Step Background Color —An expression that returns a number . The number you specify is used at run time to paint the background of the Steps pane. If an expression returns -1 , the default color specified in the Background option is used.
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Fonts
—Specifies different fonts for different portions of the Steps pane.
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Font for the Item
—The item on the Steps pane for which you are changing the font.
- Text —The font used for text.
- Comments —The font used for comments.
- Header —The font used for the column header.
- Font to Use —The system font to use for the item you select in the Font for the Item control. If you select Use Custom Font for Font to Use, the Custom Font control specifies the font to use.
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Custom Font
—The custom font specified for the item you select in the Font for the Item control. Click
Change
to launch the Font dialog box. The Custom Font option is available only when you select Use Custom Font in the Font to Use control.
Note The Font dialog box includes a Script ring-control. If you change the system language or apply your font selection on a computer with a different language setting, some of the characters in that language might not display in the font you select if the language uses a different script.
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Font for the Item
—The item on the Steps pane for which you are changing the font.