PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Introduction to TFORM
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PAGE OFF
PAGE OFF turns off page numbering. TFORM continues to increment
the page counter, however, so that if you issue a later PAGE ON
command, the next page will have the correct sequential number.
PAGE int [ . int ]
PAGE int [ . int ] sets the page counter to int or int . int . TFORM
then continues to increment the page counter from that value. If you
choose the option of “point” page numbering with int . int , TFORM
increments by .01 to number subsequent pages up to int .99 or until
finding another PAGE command.
Since TFORM increments by .01, the second integer following the
decimal is taken as a stand-alone integer, that is, 2.9 is equal to 2.09
when adding or substracting from pages.
When you first start TFORM, the default condition is PAGE 1.
PAGE + int [ . int ]
PAGE + int [ . int ] adds int [ . int ] to the current value of the
page counter.
PAGE - int [ . int ]
PAGE - int [ . int ] subtracts int [ . int ] from the current value of
the page counter. If the page count becomes less than zero, TFORM
stops incrementing it and stops printing it.