The Advanced dialog

To access this dialog:

Use these settings to adjust the format specification, output format, rotation, security, and paragraph settings of a field definition or value identifier definition. The default settings are taken from the field profile or value identifier profile.

Format

Specifies the format of the field. The field format must match the format specification in the Value box of the Field learning dialog.

Output format

No change

Transfer alphabetic characters without changing their case.

Uppercase

Transfer in uppercase. Change all lowercase letters to uppercase for transfer.

Lowercase

Transfer in lowercase. Change all uppercase letters to lowercase for transfer.

Initial capitals

Capitalize only the first letter. Change upper- or lowercase letters if needed.

Abc

Rotate the field 90, 180 or 270 degrees before interpreting it. This option is useful for fields that are printed vertically in the margin of an invoice, for example. It is not available for value identifiers, which must be horizontal.

Security

Change the security level for this field in Interpret.

Paragraph

Enable paragraph

Increases the interpretation accuracy of fields located within paragraphs of text such as addresses..

ExampleCompany Inc.
Other Street 234
P.O. Box 999
Other City, XX 23456

<-- Specify Left aligned and First row.
<-- Specify Left aligned and Number of rows from top = 2.
<-- Optional line – deselect Enable paragraph.
<-- Specify Left aligned and Last row for the city, and Right aligned and Last row for the postal code.

Tip: If the Paragraph setting does not result in acceptable address capture, try the procedure described in Capturing addresses.

Left aligned

The text in the paragraph is left aligned.

Right aligned

The text in the paragraph is right aligned.

First row

The field is located on the first line of the paragraph.

Number of rows from top

The field is located X lines from the top of the paragraph, where X is the number you type in the box. Number 1 is the second line, and so on.

Number of rows from bottom

The field is located X lines from the bottom of the paragraph, where X is the number you type in the box. Number 1 is the second line from the last, and so on.

Last row

The field is located on the last line of the paragraph.