HP Integrity NonStop H-Series - Manual (Page 237)

Adding White Space to the Text
Adjusting the Text
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Adding White Space to
the Text
Most of the breaks in text in your edit file occur when you insert a blank
line by pressing the
RETURN or ENTER key. For example, you use blank
lines to define the beginning and end of paragraphs.
You can add larger areas of white space to your document by using the
SPACE command. This command tells TFORM to move the paper a certain
distance. The value you enter tells TFORM how many lines down to move
the paper. For example:
\SPACE 4 LINES
\SPACE 6.5
Value
Command
Unit of measurement
(assumes lines if none entered)
SPACE always inserts single-spaced lines, no matter what line spacing
you’re using in the document. If you enter SPACE 5, for example, you get
five single-spaced lines, even if you’re printing a double-spaced document.
The SPACE command is useful if you want to leave some white space at the
top of a page—for example, to include an illustration. Normally, TFORM
discards any blank lines when they occur at a page break. The SPACE
command, however, always produces white space, even at the top of a new
page.
Note Do not use the SPACE command to separate paragraphs in your edit file. TFORM views the
empty lines created by SPACE as text. Therefore, features that work on paragraphs, such
as joining or paragraph styling commands, treat the areas before and after the white space
as part of a continuous paragraph.
A SPACE command at the beginning of a paragraph overrides the STYLE
PARAGRAPHS GAP setting.