Up until now, you have seen how formulas calculate and return numeric results. However, formulas can also be used to display text. The following example demonstrates how to create a formula that appends text with Keyword tokens to return information:

 

 

1. Insert a plot and a text box on a layout page. Open the Custom Token window and dock it.

2. Click on (Add) in the docked Custom Token window.

3. Edit New Custom Token to read "Appending Text".

4. Choose the Data Source of the token by either of the following methods:

•right-click in the Formula area (lower pane of Custom Tokens window), choose Insert Token from the pop-up menu, double-click Keyword, and choose a plot from the Data Source category

•drag and drop the desired plot from your layout into the lower pane of the Custom Tokens window, and double-click Keyword token

5. Select the Keyword category of the Create Keyword dialog, and click the ellipsis to bring up the Please select a keyword dialog.

6. Select $FIL and click OK to exit the Please select a keyword dialog and then OK again to exit the Create Keyword dialog.

7. Enter the following after the keyword token: <space> was created on <space>

8. Add the $DATE keyword (similar to steps 4–6). The Formula field should resemble Figure 19.38.

 

 

 

 

9.  Insert the Custom Token you have just created into the Text Box by either of the following methods:

•right-click on the Text Box, choose Insert Token from the pop-up menu, select Appending Text from Custom (clicking on the triangle next to Custom to expand the list, necessary), and click the Insert button, or

•drag and drop Appending Text from the Custom Token List (upper pane of the Custom Tokens window) to an empty spot on your layout or to an existing Text Box.

 

The Text Box should now resemble Figure 19.39.