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Record 1 2002-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

A word processing formatting control that moves the printing or display point to the left one escapement unit as defined to provide character alignment in proportionally spaced text.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

Control de formato del procesamiento de palabras que mueve el punto de impresión o de visualización una unidad hacia la izquierda, según se ha definido, para proporcionar la alineación de los caracteres en un texto de espacios proporcionados.

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