#### 7.6.2 Specifying default properties for character formats

You can establish default properties for character formats, and then use the based property to apply those properties to other character formats.

To specify default properties for character output formats (for example):

    [Char]
    help = Default character format for an inline element
    category = CharacterFormats
    display = inline
    ; Use Verdana; if not available, use another sans serif font:
    font name = Verdana, sans serif
    ; Make the characters 10 points in size:
    font size = 10pt

Character format Char is the default format for any inline element to which a format name has not been assigned. The property values listed here for Char are the default values. Unless you want to specify a different value for a particular property, you do not have to include these property settings for a character format you define.

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Sibling Topics:

7.6.1 Naming and defining text formats

7.6.3 Specifying default properties for paragraph formats

7.6.4 Understanding based vs. inline properties for paragraph formats

7.6.5 Specifying inline properties for paragraph and character formats

7.6.6 Specifying block properties for paragraph formats

7.6.7 Configuring list formats

7.6.8 Assigning border properties to paragraph formats

7.6.9 Configuring character formats for HTML links

7.6.10 Specifying tab positions for RTF paragraph styles