PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Overview of TFORM Capabilities
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Creating a Table of Contents
When you use LEVEL commands, TFORM stores each heading you enter
with the LEVEL int command (LEVEL 1 “title”, LEVEL 2 “title”, and so on).
Unless you force a partial table of contents, TFORM automatically generates
a table of contents for each section, using all the stored heads, at the end of
its processing run.
The LEVEL CONTENTS command controls the format of the table of
contents; you can also refer to the description of the CONTENTS command
to learn about adding extra headings to the table of contents and forcing a
partial table of contents.
Creating Lists The LIST command lets you create many different types of lists. You can
have alphabetic lists, numeric-sequence lists (using Roman numerals as
well as Arabic), and bulleted lists. You can even have lists in special
ordering formats that you define. A list can also contain other lists within
it. The numbers, bullets, or letters of the alphabet that you use to order
your lists are called labels; the things that you list are called items.
TFORM separates list items by a gap (one blank line, by default, or however
many you specify) and can indent entire items (including the labels) on
either or both sides by an amount of space that you define.
To create any list, you follow these basic guidelines:
1. Begin the list with a BEGIN LIST command.
2. Precede every list item with an ITEM command.
3. End each list with an END LIST command.
TFORM uses the BEGIN LIST command to determine what label to use for
the list. You add one of several keywords to specify different kinds of
labels—bullets, numerals, and so on. The ITEM command tells TFORM to
print the label before the accompanying text. The END LIST tells TFORM
that it has reached the end of the current list.