#### 7.6.1 Naming and defining text formats

Define text formats in a text-format configuration file referenced from your project configuration file (or from another text-format template) as follows:

    [Templates]
    ; Formats = path to file specifying properties of text formats.
    Formats = path/to/mytextformats.ini

See §7.2 Working with format configuration files.

When you define a new character format, give it a name that ends in Char. The Char suffix is required for character format names. Any format defined in a configuration file accessed via [Templates]Formats is considered to be a paragraph format unless the name ends in Char.

The conventional suffix for paragraph format names is Para; however, paragraph format names do not require a suffix.

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Sibling Topics:

7.6.2 Specifying default properties for character 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