2.10 The Page Layout

 The Page menu commands determine the page layout. Any change in page layout is directly made visible in the drawing area . The page layout has effect when plain PostScript is generated either when the document is printed, previewed or exported as plain PostScript. The Page menu commands have no effect on the document when saved as Encapsulated PostScript, as this format is independent from the page layout by definition. The Page menu  contains the following entries:

•     Page Orientation. Sets the page orientation to Portrait (default) or Landscape. When the page boundaries are shown, you see that the boundaries are repositioned. This affects the orientation in which the document is printed or saved as plain PostScript.
•    Show Page Boundary. Draw or hide the page boundary. The positions of the boundaries are determined by the page size and the page orientation.
•   Page Size. Sets the page size. The current available sizes are A4 (default, 210x297 mm.), Letter (8.5x11 inches), Legal (8.5x14 inches) and Executive (7.5x10 inches). The default page size can be changed in the TCM configuration file.
•   Include Page Numbers. This is an option in the Page menu to show page numbers. Page numbers will be shown and printed when that option is on. Page numbers are normally displayed at the bottom of the page, but when the document info is displayed as a footer, page numbers are displayed at the top of the page.
•    Include Document Info. This is a toggle menu which makes it possible to show information about the document in the drawing area and on paper, because this information will be saved as plain PostScript too. This information can be added as a header or as a footer. The information consists of the document name and type, the creation date and time, the author, the current tool, the current user and the current date and time. By issuing the refresh command or by generating PostScript the information is updated (including the time strings). As an aside, the user cannot alter this information in the editor, except the document name.

The options that can be set in the Page menu are options of the editor not of the edited document. So when you save a document to file, the page settings are not saved.