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ALIGN (AN)
Chapter 2 Program Instructions
Field Application Statement specifying which part (anchor point) of a text field, bar code
field, image field, line or box will be positioned at the insertion point.
Syntax ALIGN|AN
is the anchor point of the object (1–9).
Default value: 1
Reset to default by: PRINTFEED execution
Remarks Each text, bar code or image field has nine possible anchor points, whereas
lines and boxes have three. One of these points must be selected, or the default
value (1) will be used. The selected anchor point decides the position of the
object in relation to the insertion point, which is decided by the nearest
preceding PRPOS statement. Furthermore, the field will be rotated around
the anchor point according to the nearest preceding DIR statement.
The nine anchor points of a text, bar code or image field are located in the same
manner as e.g. the keys on the numeric part of a computer keyboard:
Lines and boxes have three anchor points only – left, centre and right.
The anchor points for the various types of field are illustrated below.
Text field:
A text field makes up an imaginary box limited in regard of width by the
length of the text, and in regard of height by the matrix size of the selected font.
In text fields, the anchor points “4”, “5” and “6” are situated on the baseline,
as opposed to bar code fields and image fields.
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