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From: CXT105@PSUVM.BITNET (Christopher Tate)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Drawing line to top edge of page with Word
Message-ID: <89294.142921CXT105@PSUVM.BITNET>
Date: 21 Oct 89 18:29:21 GMT
References: <2514@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu>
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In article <2514@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu>, goz@cca.ucsf.edu (Goz Lyv) says:

>I'm creating a letterhead for our Microsoft Word 4.0 users; it will be
>printed on their LaserWriters.  As part of the letterhead, I want to
>create a vertical line starting about 2 inches from the top of the
>page, running right to the top edge.  Since I'm creating some other
>PostScript code for the letterhead, I thought coding this in PostScript
>would be the easiest way.
>
>However, I run into the clipping boundary that I guess is being
>enforced by the 6.0 Laser Prep file.  The vertical line is cut off
>about 1/3 inch from the edge of the page.  Does anyone have any ideas
>how I can extend the clipping boundary to the top edge of the page to
>get around this?  Thanks for any suggestions!
>
>-Goz Lyv (goz@vm.ucsf.edu)

The top margin on the LaserWriter is a *hardware* margin; the printer simply
cannot print within about 1/3 inch of the edges of the page (all of them, I
believer).

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