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| Section 8: THE STYLE SHEET |
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CONTENTS
8.1 Obtaining a Style Sheet
8.2 Elements of a Style Sheet
8.3 Using a Style Sheet
8.1 OBTAINING A STYLE SHEET
A "Style Sheet" is a set of publisher instructions, usually stored as a
separate disk file, which establish the page layout and format for
publishing a document. Preparing or selecting a suitable style sheet is
normally the first step in publishing a document.
The Publisher has a default style sheet, which is stored in the file
SETUP.TAG. If this is chosen, no action is needed to insert or
"include" this style sheet in the document file: it will be adopted
automatically by the Publisher, in the absence of instructions to the
contrary.
Users may create their own style sheets, using a suitable text editor to
create a new instruction file and insert the necessary set of tags,
bearing in mind that if the selection of some particular option or value
is left unspecified, the Publisher will adopt the option or value
specified in the default file SETUP.TAG.
8.2 ELEMENTS OF A STYLE SHEET
All page layout measurements used by the Publisher are measured from the
TOP LEFT CORNER of the page, which is called the "origin" of the page.
The options and measurements normally specified in a complete style
sheet are as follows.
1. Margins and Page Interior
EXAMPLE: the tag:
<margin top=1.0in left=0.75in bottom=10.0in right=7.75in><qz>
defines a page interior 7 inches wide and 9 inches long, with a top
margin of one inch, and a left margin of three-quarters of an inch.
If letter-size paper is being used, the right and bottom margins
will be three-quarters of an inch and one inch, respectively.
2. Font and Column Measure
EXAMPLE: If the page interior is 7 inches wide, the tags line:
<Trajan10m><column measure= 3.375in gutter=0.25in><qz>
or, alternatively,
<Trajan10m><column count=2 gutter=0.25in><qz>
will spcify a page printed in Trajan 10 point medium (regular) type,
in two columns 3.375 inches wide, separated by quarter-inch gutter.
At run time, the Publisher will automatically lay out columns and
gutters as specified on a page, and will start a new page whenever
necessary. Of course, if the column structure is specified by means
of the column measure (width), the specified column measure must not
exceed the width of the page interior.
3. Leading (Line and Paragraph Spacing)
EXAMPLE: the tag
<leading line=12pt para=3pt><qz>
specifies an line leading of 12 points (suitable for 10-point type)
and a paragraph leading (extra vertical space between paragraphs) of
3 points.
4. Header and Footer Drop (Location)
EXAMPLE: the tag line
<margin header=0.75in footer=10.5in><qz>
will cause the top of the running header (if one is defined) to be
located 0.75 inches below the top of the page, and will cause the
top of the running footer (if one is defined) to be located 10.5
inches below the top of the page.
5. Folio (Page Numbering)
EXAMPLE: the instructions
<footer>
<PN><QC>
<end>
will cause the folio (page number) to be printed at the bottom
center of each page, at the position designated as the footer drop.
Page numbering starts at 1 unless the user initializes it to some other
value "n" by means of the tag <PN=n>, and appears in conventional Arabic
numerals unless the user selects Roman numerals by means of the tag
<folio roman=1 case=n> where "n" is `0' for lower case and `1' for upper
case.
The <PN> tag must be placed inside a header or footer: the <PN=n> tag
would normally be placed in the initialization sequence, and in any
event must be located outside the header and footer definitions.
6. Paragraph Style
EXAMPLES: the tag <IP1.27cm> or <IP.5in> will cause the text to be
published in standard paragraphs, with the first line of each
paragraph indented one-half inch on the left, and no other
indentations. Similarly, the tag <IH1.27cm> or <IH.5in> will cause
the text to be published in hanging paragraphs, with the first line
of each paragraph starting at the left margin of the column, and all
other lines indented one-half inch on the left.
8.3 USING A STYLE SHEET
There are two methods of using a style sheet:
1. The contents of the style sheet may be copied into the document file
at the beginning, before any printable text; or
2. The contents of the style sheet may be stored in a separate disk
file, which may be "included" at the beginning of the document file,
before any printable text. EXAMPLE: if the style sheet is stored in a
file named STYLE.ONE, it may by utilized by placing the tag
<include style.one> at the beginning of the document file.
Method (2) is generally preferable, since it results in a shorter
and simpler document file, and permits the same style sheet to be
used for many documents without cluttering up the computer disk with
multiple copies of it.