Alan Stone wrote:
Hi,
Some/oftentimes, the more I read the scattered documentation, the more I'm confused... and wasting my valuable time testing and trying to figure out how things work.
(1) main layout areas: keywords to \setuplayout: header text footer dimension variables: \headerheight etc (2) space above and below main layout area: keywords to \setuplayout: topspace bottomspace dimension variables: \topspace, \bottomspace (3) virtual layout areas: (used for interactive documents where one wants to keep the main text area unchanged by setting these; the virtual areas extend into the topspace and bottomspace) keywords to \setuplayout: top header text footer bottom dimension variables: \topheight, \headerheight etc the system is set up in such a way that one can easily shift the text area as well as disable header and footer Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------