Xerox 4450 - Manual (Page 19)

BASIC CONCEPTS
Positioning form elements
The following elements may be placed on a form with FDL
commands:
• Lines
• Boxes
• Fixed text
• Logos and signatures
• Images
• Sections.
All of these elements are located in relation to the form origin at
the upper left corner of the form. Each form element has an
origin, a point used to position it relative to the form origin, as
shown in table 1-2.
Table 1-2. Form elements and corresponding origins
Form element Element origin
Vertical ruled line Top of the line at the midpoint of the line thickness
Horizontal ruled
line Left end of the line at the midpoint of the line thickness
Box (outlined) Upper left corner of the box at the midpoint of the outline
thickness
Box (shaded) Upper left corner of the box
Fixed text (single
line) Upper left corner of the first character cell
when the line appears upright to the viewer
Fixed text (multiple
lines) Upper edge of the topmost character cell and the leftmost
edge of the leftmost character cell when viewed in an upright
position (illustrated in figure 1-10)
Graphics Upper left corner of the image
Logos and
signatures Upper left corner of the first (or only) character cell (with a few
exceptions)
Sections (of a form) Upper left corner of the section
Figure 1-10 shows two text blocks, one using a portrait font and
one using a landscape font. The text block origin is used to
position the text block relative to the form origin.
Figure 1-10. Text block origin
Origin
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