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    StyleWriter II Margins: Word Processor Line Layout Code 6/93
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6/21/93
6/21/93

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    Article Created: 21 June 1993



    I am using WordPerfect and printing to a StyleWriter II. I have set
    each margin (top/bottom/left/right) to exactly one inch.

    The application shows everything at the proper margins, however when
    printed, the top and bottom margins are off. The top margin is off by
    1/16th of an inch. I would assume this is within tolerance. The
    bottom margin however, is 1/4 of an inch off, so the bottom margin is
    actually 1 and 1/4 inches.



DISCUSSION


    On the StyleWriter II, 1/16th of an inch is the acceptable tolerance
    all the way around (top/bottom/left/right).

    The 1/4 of an inch blank space on the bottom (in addition to the
    margin) occurs because another line of text can't fit in that area.
    Each application's line layout code determines how tall a line of text
    is, and then decides whether or not it will fit into the remaining
    space at the bottom of the page. This can be verified rather easily
    by changing all of the text in a page to 4 Point text. With 4 Point
    text, the height of a line is very small, so there should be little or
    no white space left at the bottom, except for the 1/16th of an inch
    tolerance from the margin.

    Other word processors also demonstrate the same margin problems. It
    seems that word processors use similar line layout calculations. A
    possible resolution to this problem can be implemented in the
    applications themselves by taking into account that the last line of
    text doesn't need any inter-line spacing below it. With this in mind,
    the "theoretical" height of the last line would be less, and one more
    line could be printed.



Document Information
Product Area: Printers
Category: StyleWriters
Sub Category: StyleWriter II

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