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 <fig>
 
The fig tag creates a figure. A figure is one or more lines of text
displayed exactly as given. The tag turns off formatting, so lines do not
wrap. In the help source file, the figure must start with the fig tag and
end with the /fig tag. The figure can contain a figcap tag specifying the
figure caption.
 
This tag does not use parameters.
 
Comments
 
A figure is displayed using proportional fonts. Since different letters in a
proportional font have different widths, aligning letters in the source file
does not guarantee that the letters will align when displayed.
 
Any tab character in a figure is interpreted as a single character and does
not align text on the next tab stop.
 
Tags that normally cause word-wrapping (such as p, note, and parml) do not
cause word-wrapping when used in a figure.
 
Example
 
This example uses the fig tag to start a 3-column table:
 
    <fig>
        Key     Label   Action
        ------     ---------   -----------
        F1      Green   Sets text color to green.
        F2      White   Sets text color to white.
 
    <figcap>Key Chart
    </efig>
 
When displayed, the example looks like this:
 
    Key     Label   Action
    ---     -----   ------
    F1      Green   Sets text color to green.
    F2      White   Sets text color to white.
 
Key Chart
 
See Also
 
 /fig, figcap
 
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