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Page layout<br />

top<br />

header<br />

left left text right right<br />

edge margin text margin edge<br />

contents<br />

index<br />

comm<strong>an</strong>ds<br />

text<br />

definitions<br />

colofon<br />

footer<br />

bottom<br />

Figure 33.1<br />

The page layout.<br />

If you w<strong>an</strong>t to look at your page layout you c<strong>an</strong> type the comm<strong>an</strong>d \showframe <strong>an</strong>d<br />

process one page or the whole file. The areas are shown in a number of frames.<br />

The comm<strong>an</strong>d \showsetups shows the values of the parameters. A combination of both<br />

comm<strong>an</strong>ds is \showlayout.<br />

The values of the layout parameters are available as comm<strong>an</strong>ds (see table 33.2). This<br />

enables you to work more accurately when defining measures of columns, figures <strong>an</strong>d<br />

tables. A few of these parameters are explained in table 33.1.<br />

If you w<strong>an</strong>t to define the width of a column or the height of a figure you c<strong>an</strong> do it relative<br />

to the \makeupwidth or \makeupheight. Ch<strong>an</strong>ges in page width or page height will alter<br />

columns <strong>an</strong>d figures proportionally.<br />

\placefigure<br />

[here]<br />

[fig:stepgable]<br />

{A stepgable.}<br />

{\externalfigure[hass19g][width=.6\textwidth]}<br />

exit<br />

search +<br />

go back<br />

– +<br />

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