PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Introduction to TFORM
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Although you don’t have to number footers consecutively, TFORM
does print them in numeric order (if you define footers 1 and 3, for
example, TFORM prints footer 3 right below footer 1).
If you want a blank footer, you must explicitly define it (for example,
FOOTER 2 “ || “). If you enter a FOOTER command with no title
TFORM eliminates that footer line, freeing up more space for text.
The first appearance of a FOOTER command or a HEADER command
(whichever comes first), even if blank, establishes the horizontal and
vertical pitch (whatever is in effect at the time) of all footers and
headers for the remainder of the document, even if pitch changes occur
in the text region.
TFORM always prints single-spaced footers, regardless of the interline
spacing in the text region of the page.
You can define each of the fields of a footer title in a separate
FOOTER command if you wish. Already defined fields in subsequent
commands must be empty; if a field contains a space, it wipes out the
previous field definition and replaces it with a space.
You can change any or all existing fields of a footer by entering a new
FOOTER command where you want the footer to change. The previous
string or strings in the title fields are replaced when TFORM finds a
new FOOTER command for an already defined footer. If you only want
to change one or two fields of the three, do not specify a space (or any
other character) for the other fields (see preceding tip). For example,
enter FOOTER “||NEWTEXT” to redefine just the third field of a
title .
The FOOTER command also causes a line break and signals the start of
a new paragraph.
To create a blank page with a header and a footer specify a SPACE
command on the first page. But to get the following pages to print with
headers and footers, either text must appear on those pages or you
must specify a SPACE command on each page.