PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Overview of TFORM Capabilities
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4. If you want to create a superscript or a subscript, type:
\UP ( your text \)
or:
\DOWN ( your text \)
TFORM prints superscript or subscript text one-half line above or
below the current line, respectively. These commands only work on
certain printers. If your printer can’t handle superscripts or subscripts,
TFORM issues a warning message and prints the text normally.
Controlling the
Printed Output
To accommodate binding or hole punching of your document, you might
want to offset the text on your page by some amount. TFORM lets you do
this with the PRINT OFFSET command. When you send your document to
the printer, you can also have only certain pages printed by using the
PRINT PAGES command.
Print Offset
The PRINT OFFSET command tells TFORM to shift the whole text area of
your page by the amount of space you specify. You should put the PRINT
OFFSET command at the very beginning of your file, before any text.
Here is an example of using the PRINT OFFSET command with the STYLE
commands at the start of a file:
\STYLE FORM WIDTH 8.5
\STYLE MARGIN LEFT 0.5
\STYLE MARGIN RIGHT 1
\PRINT OFFSET ALL ODD 0.5
These commands tell TFORM to put a 1/2-inch left margin and a 1-inch
right margin on even-numbered pages (the offset is 0 by default), and to
push odd-numbered pages to the right half an inch to produce a 1-inch left
margin and a 1/2-inch right margin. The keyword ALL tells TFORM to
include page 1 when offsetting the odd pages.