PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Introduction to TFORM
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LEVEL FORMAT int
LEVEL FORMAT int defines the format in which you want
TFORM to print the section title for a level int section.
BEFORE int
The BEFORE int modifier specifies the number of blank lines you
want TFORM to provide before printing the section title. If the
section happens to fall at a page break, TFORM doesn’t provide
those lines (thus avoiding excessive white space at the top of a
page). If you want those blank lines to appear, insert a SPACE
command, which TFORM always obeys.
AFTER int
The AFTER int modifier specifies the number of blank lines
TFORM is to provide after printing the section title. If you enter a
number less than zero, TFORM prints a “run-in” heading; the
format of such a heading is the title, then a period and two blanks,
and finally the first sentence of the section text.
PAGE ODD
The PAGE modifier specifies that the section is to begin on a new
page. The optional ODD argument forces the new page to be odd,
causing TFORM to increment the page counter accordingly and to
eject a blank page if necessary. If you use the PAGE option and
specify a BEFORE spacing of zero, the section begins at the top of
the page; if you combine a BEFORE int command with a value
greater than zero and the PAGE option as well, the section starts
int lines down from the top of the page.