Okay, it looks like background shading,
color, reverse text, and thick lines are here to stay.
To each of the rich text editors (vgroup,
race, candidate, header) we will add a background color selection
(including grayscale) and a foreground color selection. We can
support a background color for each of the text blocks, but we
still won't be able to on a word-by-word basis (because of limitations
in our RTF control). This should work well for Anoka and
similar. A windows metafile will still need to be used for
reverse "PROPOSITION" text headings when the rest of the prop
text is plain though. The
background and color features will work well for the AVTS as
well.
The thick line portion of this RCR was also
brought up recently by Jeff in his "Gems - Creating columns on the
ballot" RCR. Two requests makes quorum, so we'll see what we
can do about that too. GEMS 1.15 now allows users to select top,
bottom, left, and right lines around the race box. We used to
only control top/bottom and left/right as a pair. We can't
control the line thickness as a global since Anoka only wants the left
line to be thick. I guess that means four drop down boxes with
line widths instead of four check marks. Straightforward
enough.
We don't have a timeframe for implementing
this right now, but it is not too huge an undertaking. I
know these features are desired in other accounts for other
reasons. We are on top of primary printing season now, but we
could have something ready for the next printing window.
Let us know what kind of pressure we are talking about here, and
we'll get it done accordingly.
Ken
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