Adobe ® FrameMaker ® 7.0 MIF Reference Online Manual Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Acrobat Reader, Adobe Type Manager, ATM, Display PostScript, Distiller, Exchange, Frame, FrameMaker, InstantView, and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Apple, PowerBook, QuickTime, Mac, Macintosh and Power Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. HP- UX is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.. Sun and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Unix is a registered trademark and X Window System is a trademark of The Open Group. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. © 2002 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. iii Contents Introduction Why use MIF? . 1 Using this manual . 1 Style conventions . 2 Overview of MIF statements . 2 MIF statement syntax . 4 Using MIF Statements Working with MIF files . 9 Creating a simple MIF file for FrameMaker . 11 Creating and applying character formats . 21 Creating and formatting tables . 23 Specifying page layout . 31 Creating markers . 36 Creating cross-references . 36 Creating variables . 38 Creating conditional text . 40 Including template files . 43 Setting View Only document options . 45 Applications of MIF . 47 Debugging MIF files . 50 Other application tools . 51 Where to go from here . 51 MIF Document MIF file layout . 52 Statements MIFFile statement . 53 Control statements . 54 Macro statements . 55 Conditional text . 56 Paragraph formats . 58 Character formats . 62 Tables . 68 Color . 77 Variables . 80 Cross-references . 81 iv Global document properties . 82 Pages . 99 Graphic objects and graphic frames . 101 Text flows . 119 Text insets (text imported by reference) . 127 Publishers . 133 MIF Book File Statements MIF book file overview . 135 MIF book file identification line . 136 Book statements . 136 MIF Statements for Structural element definitions . 144 Structured Documents Attribute definitions . 147 and Books Format rules . 148 Format change lists . 154 Elements . 161 XML data for structured documents . 164 Preference settings for structured documents . 164 Text in structured documents . 167 Structured book statements . 168 MIF Messages . 171 MIF Equation Statements Document statement . 173 Math statement . 177 MathFullForm statement . 178 MIF Asian Text Asian Character Encoding . 198 Processing Statements Combined Fonts . 199 Kumihan Tables . 202 Rubi text . 212 v Examples Text example . 216 Bar chart example . 217 Pie chart example . 221 Custom dashed lines . 222 Table examples . 224 Database publishing . 227 MIF Messages General form for MIF messages . 234 List of MIF messages . 234 MIF Compatibility Changes between version 6.0 and 7.0 . 237 Changes between version 5.5 and 6.0 . 238 Changes between version 5 and 5.5 . 239 Changes between versions 4 and 5 . 240 Changes between versions 3 and 4 . 244 Facet Formats for Facets for imported graphics . 248 Graphics Basic facet format . 249 Graphic insets (UNIX versions) . 251 General rules for reading and writing facets . 256 EPSI Facet Format Specification of an EPSI facet . ..