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<H1>2.7. Attributes</H1>
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<H2><A NAME="Introduction">2.7.1. Introduction</A></H2>
<P>Attributes can be used to specify custom formatting, hypertext targets and jumps, indexing information, etc. For example:</P>
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  Note[label='Important: ';size=&quot;16pt&quot;]
  Life is too short to drink bad wine.
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<P>The result is:</P>
<P STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><HR WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="Left">
<STRONG>Important: </STRONG>Life is too short to drink bad wine.
<HR WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="Left"></P>
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<H2><A NAME="Syntax">2.7.2. Syntax</A></H2>
<P>Paragraphs and phrases can be given attributes via the syntax below:</P>
<PRE>
  style&quot;[&quot;attributes&quot;]&quot; text
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<P>where the syntax of <EM>attributes</EM> is:</P>
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  name1[&quot;=&quot;expression1]&quot;;&quot; name2[&quot;=&quot;expression2] ...
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<P>If an attribute name is given without a value, the default value is 1. Like style names, attribute names are:</P>
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<LI>sequences of letters, digits and &quot;_&quot;
<LI>case-sensitive.</UL>
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<H2><A NAME="Commonly used attributes">2.7.3. Commonly used attributes</A></H2>
<P>Some commonly used attributes are given below.</P>
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<TR CLASS="heading">
<TD>
<STRONG>Name</STRONG>
</TD>
<TD>
<STRONG>Purpose</STRONG>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR CLASS="group">
<TD>
<STRONG>Paragraphs:</STRONG>
</TD>
<TD>
<STRONG>&nbsp;</STRONG>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
label
</TD>
<TD>
prefix label (e.g. Note:)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
notoc
</TD>
<TD>
take this heading out of the table of contents
</TD>
</TR>
<TR CLASS="group">
<TD>
<STRONG>Phrases:</STRONG>
</TD>
<TD>
<STRONG>&nbsp;</STRONG>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
id
</TD>
<TD>
hypertext target tag
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
jump
</TD>
<TD>
URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to jump to
</TD>
</TR>
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