7.8.2 Configuring output section formats

The names of section formats must end in Section. The default section format is named Section. Table 7-8 lists the properties you can define for sections.

Table 7-8 RTF output section properties

Section property

Valid property values

help

Any text to describe purpose or use of format

start side

right, left, or page (default); indicates which page type starts the section; page means the section starts on the next page, regardless of page type; and if first page=Yes, applies first-page headers and footers, regardless of page type

mirror margins

Yes or No; if Yes, and if document property two sided is Yes, left and right margins of each left page are exchanged, so that inner margins of both left and right pages are equal to the right page's left margin, and outer margins of both pages are equal to the right page's right margin

page number type

Num (default), UCAlpha, LCAlpha, UCRom, or LCRom; see Table 8-2

page number start

First value to use, a digit regardless of type; 1 could indicate 1, A, a, I, or i. depending on the value of page number type.

orient

portrait (default) or landscape

page wide
page high

Any CSS units for the physical page dimensions, such as in or mm.

margin left
margin right
margin top
margin bottom

Distances from the edge of the paper to the edge of the body area (which may have multiple columns), ignoring any header or footer

first space above

Distance from the normal top margin of the body area to the top margin for the first page

gutter

Width; if document property two sided =Yes, adds to the right page's left margin and the left page's right margin; if not two sided, adds to the left margin of every page;

column count

Number of columns; if more than one, columns are snaking, top to bottom, left to right

column rule

Yes or No (default); if Yes, and column count > 1, adds a single thin balck line between columns, that is just long enough to reach the bottom of the longest column content (not the bottom of the body area)

border left
border right
border top
border bottom

Names of border formats that surround the body area (see §8.2 Defining border format components) or None

border header
border footer

Yes or No; if Yes, the page border also surrounds the header and footer, not just the body area

header top

Distance from top edge of page to top of header

footer bottom

Distance from bottom edge to bottom of footer

first page

Yes or No; if Yes, use the first-page header and footer, if any

header first
footer first

Names of header and footer formats for first pages (see §7.8.3 Configuring page header and footer formats) or None; used only if first page=Yes

header left
footer left

Names of header and footer formats for even pages, if document property two sided =Yes, or None

header right
footer right

Names of header and footer formats for odd pages, if document property two sided =Yes, or for all pages if two sided =No, or None

These are the default section properties:

[Section]
start side = right
mirror margins = yes
page number type = Num
page number start = 1
orient = portrait
page wide = 8.5in
page high = 11in
margin left = 1in
margin right = 0.75in
margin top = 1in
margin bottom = 0.75in
gutter = 0
column count = 1
column gap = 0
column rule = no
border top = None
border bottom = None
border left = None
border right = None
border header = yes
border footer = yes
header top = 0.25in
footer bottom = 0.25in
first page = yes
first space above = 1in
header first = FirstHeader
footer first = FirstFooter
header left = LeftHeader
footer left = LeftFooter
header right = Header
footer right = Footer

Previous Topic:  7.8.1 Establishing default properties for output pages

Next Topic:  7.8.3 Configuring page header and footer formats

Parent Topic:  7.8 Configuring page layouts for RTF output

Sibling Topics:

7.8.1 Establishing default properties for output pages

7.8.3 Configuring page header and footer formats

7.8.4 Forcing page and column breaks

7.8.5 Configuring border formats for output pages

7.8.6 Configuring a title page (an example)

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