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If the locale is set to en-US, the date appears on the page as April 1, 2016. Setting the locale to
fr-CA makes this text appear as 1 avril 2016. Setting it to zh-CN will print 2016年 4月 1日 .
The locale can also be used in scripts; see "Writing your own scripts" on page722 and
"Standard Script API" on page1100.
Changing the locale
By default, the locale is the same as the operating system's locale setting. To change this
setting for the currently open template:
1.
On the menu, select Edit > Locale.
2. Use the drop-down to select how the locale is to be set for the current template:
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Select System Locale to use the operating system's locale settings. The operating
system's locale is set in the Region settings of the control panel. Note that when
output is generated on a different operating system, that operating system's locale
will be used.
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Select Explicit Locale to specify a static locale which will remain static for this
template, whichever server the template is used on. Use the Locale drop-down to
select a specific locale. The locales comprise a language code followed by a 2-
letter country code (de-DE, zh-CN, fr-CA, fr-FR, etc), as defined by the
international standards ISO-639-1 and ISO 3166.
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Select Data Field to use a data field from the record. The locale will be record-
specific in this case. Use the drop-down to select a field within the current Data
Model that contains the locale. This field must be a string and contain the exact
locale to be used, such as "en" or "fr-CA". It cannot be an alias such as "english" or
"french". The locale supports language codes (en, fr, etc), as well as language
codes followed by a 2-letter country code (de-DE, zh-CN, fr-CA, fr-FR, etc). The
language codes are defined by ISO-639-1. The 2-letter country code as defined by
ISO 3166.
3.
Click OK to apply the setting. The setting will be saved with the template.
Spacing
Boxes, tables, paragraphs and many other elements have a margin and padding.
The margin is the white space around an element, outside the border. It is used to position an
element in relation to the other elements, by putting more space between the element and its
surrounding elements.
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