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Title:DOCUMENT T1.0
Notice:**New notesfile (DOCUMENT.NOTE) now available (see note 897)**
Moderator:CLOSET::ADLER
Created:Mon Feb 09 1987
Last Modified:Thu Oct 31 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:897
Total number of notes:4397

815.0. "REPORT.TWOCOL title page runs to 2nd page" by CASEE::CLARK (Ward Clark) Mon Aug 17 1987 19:54

    The first reply to this note is the title page from a REPORT.TWOCOL
    document.  I'm having a problem trying to get this title page to print
    on one page.  The centered date (last line of the page) keeps running
    onto page "ii".

    I have a similar title page, with a shorter abstract, that takes only a
    single page.

    By comparing the vertical spacing of these two samples, it's clear that
    the problem lies in the (apparent) variable glue between the various
    segments of the title page, that is, title-glue-author-glue-byline-
    glue-abstract-footertext.

    The problematic title page has much more glue (white space) between
    each segment, far more than is needed for the single-line date that
    flows to the 2nd page.  Specifically, the problematic abtract begins
    4 lines lower than the abstract on the successful title page.

    I realize that if I remove more text from the abstract, the problem
    will eventually go away.  I'd rather find out what the real problem is
    and find a less painful workaround.

    -- Ward

    P.S.  The problem would also go away if REPORT.TWOCOL created a
    full-width title page like REPORT does.
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815.1TWO-PAGE-TITLE.SDMLCASEE::CLARKWard ClarkMon Aug 17 1987 20:1457
<DOCTYPE>(report.twocol)

<FRONT_MATTER>

<TITLE_PAGE>

<TITLE>(HyperInformation: \ The Need)

<RUNNING_FEET>(HyperInformation: The Need)

<AUTHOR>(Douglas Rayner (CASEE::Rayner))

<SIGNATURES>
<BYLINE>(Issued by The CASEE Group, VBE, Valbonne, France)

<ABSTRACT> 

    <P> This document supports the development of a HyperInformation system for
    VMS. It first discusses the problems caused by the information explosion,
    particularly navigation within the information universe.  It then discusses
    new approaches to navigation in an electronic information space.  In
    conclusion, it argues for the development of a system that will provide
    this new style of accessing information in a VAX/VMS environment. 

    <P> For a discussion of the features of a full-function HyperInformation
    system, refer to the following documents: 

    <LIST>(UNNUMBERED) 

    <LE> <EMPHASIS>(HyperInformation: Concepts and Capabilities) 

    <LE> <EMPHASIS>(HyperInformation: A Proposed Architecture) 

    <ENDLIST> 

    <P> If a HyperInformation system were available today, reviewers could
    attach their comments directly to the appropriate sections of this
    document.  Since such a system is not currently available, reviewers of
    this document are invited to record their comments in the CASEE::MEMEX
    Conference. 

<ENDABSTRACT> 

<CENTER_LINE>(For Internal Use Only)
<CENTER_LINE>(� 1987 Digital Equipment Corporation)
<CENTER_LINE>(July 29, 1987)

<ENDTITLE_PAGE>

<ENDFRONT_MATTER>

<HEAD1>(T<LOWERCASE>(he) I<LOWERCASE>(nformation) E<LOWERCASE>(xplosion) 
	<LOWERCASE>(and) A<LOWERCASE>(ttendant) P<LOWERCASE>(roblems)) 

<P> Over forty years ago Vannevar Bush identified the problems inherent in a
modern world which has accumulated so much information that it is becoming
almost unmanageable.
815.2Glue is fixedCLOSET::ANKLAMFri Aug 21 1987 13:2714
    
    The 'glue' between the elements isn't, unfortunately, variable.
    It's fixed space, and the elements used (<author> and <abstract>)
    each provide generous spacing surrounding them. At present, the
    only doctype dimension parameter in these elements that will affect
    the spacing is the \midabstractvskip dimension. Setting this to
    0pt in a local design file will make this text fit on the page
    (but just barely) !
    
    I think that what we want to do in the future is to make some of
    these spaces be truly variable glue, and allow them to shrink.
    
    patti
815.3byline-to-abstract glue is variableCASEE::CLARKWard ClarkTue Aug 25 1987 04:5613
    .2>  The 'glue' between the elements isn't, unfortunately, variable.
    .2>  It's fixed space, and the elements used (<author> and <abstract>)
    .2>  each provide generous spacing surrounding them. 

    I compared several REPORT.TWOCOL title pages and it seems that most of
    the glue is indeed fixed.

    However, the glue between the byline and the abstract varies.  In the
    example in .1, the abstract is 1� line lower than on other title pages.
    This extra space is more than enough for the last line (the date) which
    floats to page 2.

    -- Ward