Emphasis is given when a legal requirement dictates the appearance of text. The following types of emphasis are available:
- Bold – Bolds the text within the emphasis element.
- Italics – Makes the text within the emphasis element italics.
- Underline – Underlines the text within the emphasis element.
- Strikethrough – Use this option when a statutory requirement exists, and no other way exists to meet the requirement. It places a strikethrough on the text within the emphasis element.
- ALL CAPS – Use this option rather than typing the content in all caps. It changes all the text within the emphasis element to ALL CAPS.
- Small Caps – Use this option when possible in the place of All Caps (not all Eform outputs support Small Caps at this time). It changes all text within the emphasis element to Small Caps.
- Font Size Small – This option reduces the font size for all text within the emphasis element to be two point sizes smaller than the base font size of the document.
- Font Size Large - This option increases the font size for all text within the emphasis element to be two point sizes larger than the base font size of the document.
- Custom Font Size – Rather than setting the font size in relation to the base font size this allows you to explicitly set the font size required. This will be used when a regulation or statute requires a specific font size (ex. 16pt). The stylesheet will use the appropriate font to achieve the true height value that is entered.
- Custom Font Color – In instances where font color requirements should exist as something other than the standard Black (Red). This option allows the user to set the font color to Black, Red, or White. (The Black and White options would typically only be used when the text appears in a shaded table cell and the user wants to override the font color the stylesheet uses by default.)
- Title Font – This option changes the font use for body text from a Serif font to SansSerif (the same font used for titles in the document). This is used for captions for data fields or other areas where the appearance of a title (without the bolding or period) is required.
- KeepTogether – In certain cases content breaks from one line of a document to the next An example of this is words like fee(s) where the (s) ends up on the next line. This occurs with the § symbol being separated from the statute number. Applying this KeepTogether option on the text that should stay together will force all of the text to move to the next line.
Do not use the following for future content development even though current content exist that use these. Use the above emphasis attributes instead.
- Critical – for content that has major compliance implications. Based on the stylesheet , it is formatted as bold and Small Caps.
- Emphatic – for content that deserves added attention and which is important for compliance. Based on the stylesheet . It is formatted with a bold typeface.
- Informational – content that deserves some added attention, but there are no significant compliance risks if the emphasis is not noticed. Based on the stylesheet , it is formatted with italics.
