ROWS

Syntax

rows n

Description

This keyword specifies the number of output rows to use for the form or report.  The placement of each line is calculated to accommodate this many rows within the printable area of the paper.  For example, with letter paper, the printable area is about 10.5 inches; rows 66 will cause each line to be 10.5/66 inches high.  If present, this value will override any calculation based on the lpi keyword.

The number of rows (n) can be any value up to 255.  It will default to 66 if no rows, lpi, or page keywords are present.

Note there is an important distinction between the page and rows commands. Rows refers to output scaling, whereas page defines the number of text lines to read per page from the input stream.  However, if a page command is used, and a rows command is not, then the rows defaults to the value of the page command.

Examples:

rows 80 will set the line height to accommodate 80 rows per page.

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