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From: andy@ecrcvax.UUCP (Andrew Dwelly)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: A TeX beginner's question
Message-ID: <430@ecrcvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-Sep-87 03:33:57 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 11 03:33:57 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 12-Sep-87 16:06:12 EDT
Reply-To: andy@ecrcvax.UUCP (Andrew Dwelly)
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Keywords:\vskip ????


I recently started using TeX on a Vax running 4.3, and a qms laser printer
for output. There are no other users here at the moment so I am posting 
this question to the net instead.

If I start a new page with a \vskip command, to move a title halfway down
a page, TeX seems to ignore it, and sets the title at the top of the page.

On the other hand if I print something and then \vskip, it works perfectly.

So, \eject
    \vskip 200mm
    Title

fails (eg Title is at the top of the page), but

   \eject
   dummy text
   \vskip 200mm
   Title

seems to work exactly as expected. What am I doing wrong ????.

I am away for a week, and besides I'm sure this is obvious so please mail me
with any answers.

thanks very much
				Andy.