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From: Barry.Chern@f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Barry Chern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Effect of setting text tool properties
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Date: 8 Sep 89 08:27:10 GMT
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Isaac Kohane writes:
>set textAlign to center
>        type "Foo"
>         set textAlign to right
>         type "Bar"
>         unlock screen
>
>then both Foo and Bar end up right aligned.
 
The simple sad answer is that HyperCard only allows one style per field.
Whatever size, style and aligment of text you specify last is what the
whole field will look like. Try your scripts putting each style into a
different field.


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