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SUBSCRIPT CHARACTER [1 record]

Record 1 2003-09-29

English

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

A word processing formatting control that causes the display position or printing position to move down approximately one-half the normal single line space increment with no horizontal motion.

CONT

The subscript character is a latching control that requires a superscript character to cause the printing or display point to return to the previous horizontal alignment.

French

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

Spanish

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

Control de formato en el procesamiento de palabras que hace que la posición de visualizacion o de impresión descienda aproximadamente la mitad del incremento de espacio de una línea normal sin producir un movimiento horizontal.

CONT

El carácter de subíndice es un carácter de cierre que requiere que otro carácter de índice superior haga que el punto de visualización o impresión vuelva al alineamiento horizontal previo.

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