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From: jg@prg.ox.ac.uk (Jeremy Gibbons)
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Subject: Re: Problem centering Postscript graph on page
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Date: 9 Apr 91 13:36:11 GMT
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In-reply-to: rstanton@portia.Stanford.EDU's message of 3 Apr 91 07:14:28 GMT

In article <1991Apr3.071428.28423@leland.Stanford.EDU>
rstanton@portia.Stanford.EDU (Richard Stanton) writes:


> I have some Postscript graphs, in landscape mode, generated using Quattro Pro.
> I want to have them vertically centered on the output page, and to accomplish
> this, I tried the command:
> 
> \vfill
> \centerline{\psfig{figure=...,height=8in}}
> \vfill\eject

Glue is ignored after page breaks. You need to make sure there is something
non-discardable at the top of the page before the glue:

> \vbox{}\vfill
> \centerline{\psfig{figure=...,height=8in}}
> \vfill\eject

Jeremy

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