PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Introduction to TFORM
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NEW EVEN
NEW EVEN starts a page with the next even number following that of
the current page, incrementing the page counter accordingly. If the
current page has an even number, or if the formatted output is already
at the top of a new odd-numbered page, TFORM issues a blank odd-
numbered page before continuing the text on the next even page. If the
formatted output is already at the top of an even-numbered page, the
NEW EVEN command has no effect.
Tips
Do not include any form of the NEW command within the scope of a
KEEP command; if you do, TFORM issues an error message and
ignores the NEW command.
Be careful where you place NEW commands. If you intend to insert a
page break at a certain point, you should put the NEW command
immediately following the last line of text before the desired break. If
you leave any blank lines between that text and the NEW command,
and a natural page break occurs right after the text, TFORM starts a
new page. When it finds the NEW command, TFORM causes another
page break, even though it has placed just the blank lines on the page
before. Your NEW command thus mistakenly produces an extraneous
blank page.
The NEW command also causes a line break, and signals the beginning
of a new paragraph as well.