PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Overview of TFORM Capabilities
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The following examples show how to put together a number of basic lists.
1. Here’s how to create a bulleted list:
\BEGIN LIST BULLET
\ITEM
This is the first item.
\ITEM
This is the second item.
. . .
\END LIST
When TFORM formats your output, it looks like this:
• This is the first item.
• This is the second item.
If you simply type BEGIN LIST, you’ll get a bulleted list by default.
2. To create a numeric list, simply change your BEGIN LIST command to
BEGIN LIST NUMERIC. The rest stays the same. When TFORM
formats your output it looks like this:
1. This is the first item.
2. This is the second item.
TFORM precedes each list item with a number, a period, and two
spaces; the body of the item is indented four spaces. TFORM assigns
number 1 to the first item and automatically increments the number for
each succeeding item.
3. To create an alphabetic list, simply change your BEGIN LIST command
to BEGIN LIST ALPHABETIC. Again, the rest stays the same. When
TFORM formats your output it looks like this:
a. This is the first item.
b. This is the second item.