PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Introduction to TFORM
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If you want a blank header, you must explicitly define it (for example,
HEADER 2 “ || “). If you enter a HEADER command with no title ,
TFORM eliminates the header line, freeing up more room for text.
The first appearance of a HEADER command or a FOOTER command
(whichever comes first), even if blank, establishes the horizontal and
vertical pitch—whatever is in effect at the time—of all headers and
footers for the remainder of the document, even if pitch changes occur
in the text region.
TFORM always prints single-spaced headers, regardless of the interline
spacing in the text region of the page.
You can define each of the fields of a header title in a separate
HEADER command if you wish. Already defined fields in subsequent
commands must be empty; if a field contains a space, it wipes out the
previously defined field and replaces it with a space.
You can change any or all existing fields of a header by entering a new
HEADER command where you want the header to change. The
previous string or strings in the title fields are replaced when
TFORM finds a new HEADER command for an already-defined
header. If you only want to change one or two fields of the three, do
not specify a space (or any other character) for the other fields (see the
preceding tip). For example, enter HEADER “||NEWTEXT” to
redefine just the third field of a title .
The HEADER command also causes a line break and signals the start of
a new paragraph.