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Not Getting As Many Lines Per Page As Expecte
DocumentID: 626493
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:41:37 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: The customer is using a paper size of 7.75" x 5" and top and bottom margins of .29" and .25" and is not getting as many lines per page as expected. The customer advances line three to the 4.32" line position and presses Enter, which should take the cursor to 4.57". Instead, the cursor drops to the second page. The user believes there is .25" left on the first page. Solutions: The key to this answer lies in understanding the Baseline On code, and how it is treated in WordPerfect. Baseline On is a printer function and only comes into effect when the document is printed. At the time of printing the document, all lines on the page are moved up, via printer function, the distance of the line height.

The customer's paper size was 7.75" x 5"; therefore, the page length was 5". The customer advanced down to line 4.32". WordPerfect measures the lines from the top of the line and not the bottom, even with Baseline On. Therefore, when the customer is at line 4.32" with a line height of .25", the bottom of the line the customer is currently at is position (4.32+.25)= 4.57". This means that if the user presses Enter, the next line would start at line 4.57" and add line height .25" to get the end line position of 4.82". Notice with a page length of 5" minus the bottom margin of .25", the bottom of page is reached at 4.75". Therefore, the program cannot fit another line on the page and starts the next page. This is the way the program is designed to work.

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