Microsoft KB Archive/63462

PostScript Commands Not Printing Over a Page Break

PSS ID Number: Q63462 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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 * Microsoft Word for the Macintosh versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1 ———————————————————————- SUMMARY =======

When a PostScript effect, like shading, is applied to a paragraph that breaks over a page boundary, it will not continue to print after the page break. The reason for this is that PostScript commands are sent to the LaserWriter on a page-by-page basis for any print operation. That is, a separate set of PostScript instructions are sent to the printer for every page of any given print job, regardless of whether user instructions are embedded in the document being printed.

For example, a common procedure is to shade a paragraph using PostScript. If the shaded paragraph wraps to the next page, only the portion of the paragraph that appears on the same page as the PostScript instructions for shading will have the shading applied.

To have the instructions appear to apply to a whole paragraph that occurs across a page boundary, use the following instructions:


 * 1) From the Edit menu, choose Preferences, and turn on the Show Hidden Text option.
 * 2) Select your PostScript instructions, and choose Copy from the Edit menu.
 * 3) From the Edit menu, choose Preferences, and turn off the Show Hidden Text option.
 * 4) From the Document menu, choose Repaginate Now to get a true representation of your page breaks.
 * 5) Place your cursor below the dotted line (the page break) that occurs in the middle of the paragraph in question.
 * 6) Insert a manual page break by pressing SHIFT+ENTER.
 * 7) Without moving the insertion point, choose Paste from the Edit menu.

At this point, no page break will be showing on screen in Galley View, since it is formatted with the PostScript style, but the desired effect will be achieved. You can check your page break by choosing Page View from the Document menu or Print Preview from the File menu.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Word offers special PostScript instructions for commands to be applied only to the paragraph immediately following them. If this paragraph continues to the next page, the PostScript instructions applied to the beginning of the paragraph are not carried over to the next page; instead, they simply stop at the end of the page they begin on.

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