Page number element properties
Open the Properties view in Document Studio and select a Page number element. The Properties view displays these available properties for page numbers.
General properties
In the All properties tab, these properties are at the top level, in the Metadata, and in the sections.
| Type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tag | String | Tag name for the element. This property cannot be edited. |
| Name | String | The name of the element. |
| Description | String | A summary or note about this element. |
| Assignment | String | The variable assignments that are done in the element. |
| Condition | String | A script that can apply variables or attributes as conditions on the element. |
| Target region | String | Writes the current element in the region that you specify. |
Specific properties
In the All properties tab, these properties are located in the section.
| Type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Field type | page number | A category for your field element to apply styling to fields of a specific category or type in your style sheets. |
| Field code | String | A script taken from Microsoft Word to insert fields as placeholders for specific text in your document. For more information about generating field code, see Insert and format field codes in Word 2007. |
| Page numbering style | arabicuppercase romanlowercase romanuppercase alphalowercase alpha | How each number displays on the page:
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| Page starting number | Number | You can start the page numbering at a specific page. For example, if you have a title page in this template, you might want to start page numbering on page 2. |
| Restart page numbering | true, false | If this template is used as a snippet in another template, you might want to set this property to true to start the page numbering from page 1 or the page number you specified in the Page starting number property. |
Font properties
In the All properties tab, these properties are located in the , , , and sections.
| Type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Font | String, Cambria, Courier New, Georgia, Helvetica, Lucida, Tahoma, Times New Roman, Verdana | Select one of the common fonts available in the dropdown menu or type the name of another font on your computer to use. |
| Size | 1 to 1638 | The point size of the text in the element. You can select
a value from the dropdown menu or type a value between the supported
sizes. Example:
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| Color | 000000 to FFFFFF | Default value: 000000 The hexadecimal color of the text in the element. Example:
 Note: The value transparent is
only supported for XSL-FO output.
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| Bold | true, false | Default value: false true applies bold styling. Example:
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| Italic | true, false | Default value: false true applies italic styling. Example:
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| Underline | true, false, single, words, double, dotted, thick, dash, dash long, dot dash, dot dot dash, wavy, dotted heavy, dash heavy, dash long heavy, dot dash heavy, dot dot dash heavy, wavy heavy, wavy double | Default value: false true creates a horizontal line beneath the text. Example:
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| Overline | true, false | Default value: false true creates a horizontal line over the text. Example:
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| Strikethrough | true, false, double | Default value: false true creates a horizontal line through the center of the text. Example:
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| Shadow | true, false | Default value: false true creates a shadow on the text. Example:
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| Outline | true, false | Default value: false true creates an outline around the text. Example:
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| Emboss | true, false | Default value: false true creates an emboss effect around the text. Example:
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| Engrave | true, false | Default value: false true creates an engrave effect around the text. Example:
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| Small caps | true, false | Default value: false true changes lowercase letters into capital letters. Example:
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| All caps | true, false | Default value: false true changes all letters into capital letters. Example:
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| Hidden | true, false | Default value: false true removes the text from the output. |
| Underline color | 000000 to FFFFFF | Default value: 000000 The hexadecimal color of the line underneath the text in the element. |
Border properties
In the All properties tab, these properties are located in the sections.
When you have some combination of total page number, page number, or text elements next to each other in a template with border properties applied, the display of the border properties might be affected.
- When one element has a border applied, but the other element does not have a border applied, the border is applied to and encompasses both elements. The border is the height of the text and the width of the page.
- When the same border properties are applied to each element, the same border encompasses both elements
- When different border properties are applied to each element, the border properties of the last element are applied to and encompasses all of the elements.
| Type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Margin | 0 to 1000 | The white space between the sides of the text the border
style property is applied to and any other text or element Example:
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| Style | none, single, thick, double, hairline, dotted, dash large gap, dot dash, dot dot dash, triple, thin thick small gap, thick thin small gap, thin thick thin small gap, thin thick medium gap, thick thin medium gap, thin thick thin medium gap, thin thick large gap, thick thin large gap, thin thick thin large gap, wave, double wave, dash small gap, dash dot stroker, emboss 3D, engrave 3D, outset, inset, groove, ridge, dashed, hidden | The type of border used around the side of the element |
| Color | 000000 to FFFFFF | The hexadecimal
color of the border on the side of the text in the element Note: Do
not set color to transparent for
all borders.
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| Width | 0 to 30 | The number of pixels the width of the border of the side of the element is. |
Color properties
In the All properties tab, these properties are located in the section.
| Type | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Background color | 000000 to FFFFFF | The hexadecimal color of the element background. |