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Blank space on top of PDF's

Blank space on top of PDF's

Blank space on top of PDF's

(OP)
Hi All,

I'm trying to squeeze a report onto one A4 page but I find
that no matter how much I reduce the top/bottom margins in the stylesheet, there is still about 2 cm of blank space on the top of the page - and my report is needlessly going to 2 pages.
Is there a setting somewhere which I can change in order to
be able to utilize this free space? The same thing happens when I generate a postscript file and distill it later, so it must(?) be a Focus setting somewhere.....

Any hints greatly appreciated, Thanks, Peter.

RE: Blank space on top of PDF's

Check out SET PAPER=xxx (physical lines per page) and SET LINES=yyy (printed lines per page)

RE: Blank space on top of PDF's

(OP)
Thanks, Focwizard.

These had been set to the defaults but, coincidentally,
I changed them yesterday to PAPER=72 and LINES=66 to solve
another problem. This, however, has not cleared up the issue.I understood that if you were using stylesheets, as I am, that all these settings are ignored anyway and that the stylesheet is used instead. I enclose a copy of the stylesheet below.
In word processing, there is often a 'header' area at the top of the page which can be reduced, if required. Is Focus
recognising such an area and inserting it into the PDF and
PS files?

Thanks, Peter.

stylesheet:
UNITS=IN, PAGESIZE=A4, LEFTMARGIN=0.1000, RIGHTMARGIN=0.1000,                       
TOPMARGIN=0.2000, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.0001, SQUEEZE=ON,                          
ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT,$                                                         
TYPE=REPORT, FONT='Bookman', SIZE=7, COLOR=BLACK, BACKCOLOR=NONE,                   
STYLE=NORMAL, $
                                                                
TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN = CUMUL_SQTY, SIZE=7, STYLE = +BOLD+ITALIC, $               
TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN = BUD_QPERC3, SIZE=7, STYLE = +BOLD+ITALIC, $               
TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN = PRV_QPERC4, SIZE=7, STYLE = +BOLD+ITALIC, $               
TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN = CUMUL_SVAL, SIZE=7, STYLE = +BOLD+ITALIC, $               
TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN = BUD_VPERC3, SIZE=7, STYLE = +BOLD+ITALIC, $               
TYPE=REPORT, COLUMN = PRV_VPERC4, SIZE=7, STYLE = +BOLD+ITALIC, $               
                                                                                
TYPE=HEADING, FONT='Bookman', COLOR=RGB(240 118 0), SIZE=9, STYLE=BOLD,$
TYPE=TITLE, FONT='Bookman', COLOR=RGB(156 48 26),$
TYPE=SUBHEAD, FONT='Bookman', COLOR=SIENNA, SIZE=9,$
TYPE=SUBTOTAL, FONT='Bookman', COLOR=ORANGE RED, STYLE=BOLD,$
TYPE=GRANDTOTAL, FONT='Bookman', COLOR=BLACK, STYLE=BOLD,$

RE: Blank space on top of PDF's

Try SET PAGE=OFF or SET PAGE=NOLEAD.

RE: Blank space on top of PDF's

One last thing to try SET PAGE=NOPAGE

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