PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Introduction to TFORM
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Tips
The PAGE command is effective only if you have made provision for
printing page numbers by putting the page-number character, #, in a
title. Refer to the HEADER or FOOTER command for a description of
title and how to use the # character in the title.
If you enter a PAGE command at the beginning of a page, it takes effect
with that page; if any text has already appeared on that page, however,
the PAGE command has no effect until the next page. Note that certain
commands, such as SPACE and TITLE, create text.
If you enter a PAGE OFF command and do not want to resume with the
correct sequential numbers when you turn page numbering back on,
use the PAGE int [. int ] command. This command overrides the
sequential numbering feature and resets the page counter with the
number you want TFORM to use when resuming page numbering.
Up to 99 “point” pages can be inserted after a given page without
disturbing the original page numbering. The presumed PAGE
command that would turn off the “point” page numbering is the next
whole-integer page number; for example, when a \PAGE 14.1
command and the intervening text is followed by a \PAGE 15
command, TFORM resumes incrementing page numbers by 1 at
page 15.
Since the default page number is 1, you can use at least PAGE –2 if you
want to stop page numbering by making the page count less than zero.