SECTION
CREATING PAGE FORMATS WHAT THIS SECTION SHOWS YOU:
@How to Set the Left and Right Margins
@HOW to Determine the Page Length, and the Number
of Lines Per Page, and the Top and Bottom Margins
*How to Control Line Spacing
@Superscripts and Subscripts
@Setting and Using Vertical and Horizontal Tabs
In Section 4, we showed you the wide range of printing capabilities
offered by your printer. Now let’s take a look at how you can fit these
elements into a good-looking format that’s right for you. Actually,
your word processing program will probably perform most of the
functions you’ll read about in this section. But if you ever need to
set any of these parameters, the necessary instructions are given in
the following pages. By the way, you will also be able to use the
macro instruction (described in Section 4) for the formatting com-
mands set out in this section.
n SETTING THE LEFT AND RIGHT MARGINS
As you learned in Section 1, you can control the left margin of your
document by moving either the cut sheet guide or the adjustable
tractor feed guides. The power-on default setting for the left margin
is always at the same far left position, so you know where printing
will begin if you use either of these methods. Your word processor
will automatically set the right margin for you.
However, you can-if you wish-set the left and right margins to
your own specifications by sending the proper codes (Table 5-1).
These instructions will remain in effect until you either turn off the
printer or send new codes to cancel them. In the codes illustrated