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MS Office Forum / Word / Printing and Fonts / December 2004How do I use the PRINT field code to . . .
I am using Word 2003 on Windows XP and I am trying to figure out how to use the PRINT field code. My ultimate goal is to embed postscript/pdfmark code to pass to the PDFMaker utility, which creates PDF files from Word documents. I have experience using field codes and I have read the documentation for the PRINT field code. My issue is with the /p para group flag for the PRINT field code. I either have misunderstood the documentation, or the feature is not working as advertised. I will illustrate with a simple example. Consider a simple document with only one paragraph and using the PRINT field code to print text over the paragraph as in this example: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. {PRINT \p para "wp$x 2 div wp$y 2 div moveto 45 rotate /Helvetica findfont 12 scalefont setfont 0.5 setgray (hello) show "} The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. I expected this to produce the word "hello" printed at a 45 degree angle over the center of the paragraph — instead only the regular text appears with no discernable effect of the PRINT field code. I have also tried using the "page" instead of the "para" group with success, but I really need to figure out how to use the "para" group. Thanks in advance for any help. Hi Dave, According to my the Word 2000 help documentation: para - The paragraph that contains the PRINT field. The paragraph must be at least 1 inch tall for "para" to produce a result. Try creating more text... HTH, Greg > I am using Word 2003 on Windows XP and I am trying to figure out how to use > the PRINT field code. My ultimate goal is to embed postscript/pdfmark code [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > I expected this to produce the word "hello" printed at a 45 degree angle > over the center of the paragraph - instead only the regular text appears with > no discernable effect of the PRINT field code. I have also tried using the > "page" instead of the "para" group with success, but I really need to figure > out how to use the "para" group. > > Thanks in advance for any help. Greg, First, thank you for attempting to help. Unfortunately, it does not matter how big the paragraph containing the PRINT field code with the "/p para" switch is — the postscript code snippet "wp$x 2 div wp$y 2 div moveto 45 rotate /Helvetica findfont 12 scalefont setfont 0.5 setgray (hello) show " does not yield a visible result on the printed page. However, I looked at the raw Postscript file and found the following code (produced by the PRINT field code) embedded in the file: Pscript_WinNT_Compat begin /$x mysetup def end /Pscript_WinNT_Full /ProcSet findresource dup /suspend get exec %%BeginDocument: Pscript_Win_PassThrough gsave initgraphics 88472 -246329 translate /wp$xorig 88472 def /wp$yorig -246329 def /wp$y 176342 def /wp$x 424676 def /wp$page 1 def /wp$fpage (1) def /wp$date (12/13/2004) def /wp$time (8:38 AM) def /wp$box { newpath 0 0 moveto wp$x 0 rlineto 0 wp$y rlineto wp$x neg 0 rlineto closepath } def wp$box clip newpath /wp$style (N) def /wp$top 0 def /wp$bottom 0 def /wp$left 0 def /wp$first 0 def /wp$right 0 def wp$x 2 div wp$y 2 div moveto 45 rotate /Helvetica findfont 12 scalefont setfont 0.5 setgray (hello) show grestore So, in fact the PRINT field code is producing postscript code, but the definitions of wp$xorig, wp$yorig, wp$x and wp$y seem a bit "wacky". Why is it necessary to translate the origin to 88472,-246329? The problem is that the origin and coordinates result in the desired text being off the visible page. In contrast, if I use the "/p page" switch in the PRINT field code, the following postscript code is produced: Pscript_WinNT_Compat begin /$x mysetup def end /Pscript_WinNT_Full /ProcSet findresource dup /suspend get exec %%BeginDocument: Pscript_Win_PassThrough gsave initgraphics /wp$xorig 0 def /wp$yorig 0 def /wp$y 792 def /wp$x 612 def /wp$page 1 def /wp$fpage (1) def /wp$date (12/13/2004) def /wp$time (8:38 AM) def /wp$box { newpath 0 0 moveto wp$x 0 rlineto 0 wp$y rlineto wp$x neg 0 rlineto closepath } def wp$box clip newpath /wp$top 72 def /wp$bottom 72 def /wp$left 90 def /wp$right 90 def /wp$col 1 def /wp$colx 432 def /wp$colxb 0 def wp$x 2 div wp$y 2 div moveto 45 rotate /Helvetica findfont 36 scalefont setfont 0.5 setgray (hello) show grestore This produces the desired result — the word "hello is printed at 45 degrees in gray at the center of the page. In addition, the values of wp$xorig, wp$yorig, wp$x, and wp$y make sense — for a 8 1/2 x 11 page with 72 points per inch the page width is 612 and the page height is 792. Again, the result was obtained using Word 2003. It would be really interesting to see if previous versions of Word produced identical results, but I do not have easy access to other Word versions. Any additional thoughts or advice? > Hi Dave, > [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] > > > > Thanks in advance for any help. I've never managed to get Print codes to do anything at all. Apart from the problem with numeric values that Word is providing, by putting your print instructions withing a gsave....grestore construct means that your instruction is discarded anyway. > Greg, > [quoted text clipped - 71 lines] > > This produces the desired result - the word "hello is printed at 45 degrees > in gray at the center of the page. In addition, the values of wp$xorig, > wp$yorig, wp$x, and wp$y make sense - for a 8 1/2 x 11 page with 72 points [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any help. The only problem I've had with PRINT field code in MS Word has occurred when I use the \p para switch. With regard to the gsave, initgraphics, and grestore Postscript operators see any reference on the Postscript Language, or refer to these brief notes http://www.eecs.tufts.edu/g/15/notes/adv_postscript — my point is that they are necessary and your conclusion that they result in discarding the code passed by the PRINT field code is wrong. Also, I found this reference today about the use of the PRINT field code with Word 97 and 2002 http://www.talkaboutprogramming.com/group/comp.lang.postscript/messages/92156.html The author of the message observed that PRINT field codes using the \p para switch worked in Word 97, but broke in Word 2002. It seems to me as though there was a change in Word after 97 that broke the \p para switch, or the implementation changed but the documentation for PRINT wasn't updated. Here is another observation - the coordinates in the Postscript code produced in my example that used the \p para seem to be related to page coordinates in inches by a factor of 72000. I say this because wp$x is 424676, wp$y is 176342 and the width and height of my paragraph are roughly 2.45 by 5.9 inches. My page also has top and bottom margins of 1.0 inches and left and right margins of 1.25 inches. Finally, my example illustrating the problem with the \p para switch for PRINT was made using Word 2003 on Windows XP Professional by: 1. Creating a new blank document (shortcut: Ctrl+N). 2. type: =rand(1,24) the hit enter key. This generates a paragraph containing 24 instances of the sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." 3. Move the insertion point to a point somewhere in the new paragraph text. 4. Insert the PRINT field code: a. Ctrl+F9 (inserts an empty field code) b. type: PRINT \p para "wp$x 2 div wp$y 2 div moveto 45 rotate /Helvetica findfont 12 scalefont setfont 0.5 setgray (hello) show" 5. Check the result by printing the Word document to your Postscript printer. Also, print the document to a Postscript file, i.e. Ctrl+P (opens Print dialog); select a Postscript Printer; check the "Print to File" checkbox; and hit OK. Examine the resulting Postscript file with a text editor. 6. Repeat steps 1-5 except replace "\p para" with "\p page" in step 4. Thank you. > I've never managed to get Print codes to do anything at all. Apart from the > problem with numeric values that Word is providing, by putting your print [quoted text clipped - 152 lines] > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any help. Dave, Doubt this is much help to you but after reading your posts, I thought I'd try using a version of Word 97 to see if it would print a rotate hello using the "/para" switch. Unfortunately, that didn't work either. Good luck! -Greg Greg, Would you mind posting what PostScript was produced when you used Word 97? Specifically, would you post the snippet of code between the lines "%%BeginDocument: Pscript_Win_PassThrough" and "%%EndDocument: Pscript_Win_PassThrough"? I just want to see if there has been any change in the PostScript coordinate transformations produced by Word between 97 and 2002+. Thank you. Dave > Dave, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Good luck! > -Greg Ok Dave, I'll try posting the generated PS code but, I don't see references to "%%BeginDocument: Pscript_Win_PassThrough" in my generated PS file. Do you have an FTP site where I can temporarily upload the file? Also, FYI in my previous version of Word97 I was unsuccessful in getting the "/page" or "/para" parameter to work. Whereas, in my current version of Word 2000 I was only successful in getting the "/page" parameter to work.. Regards, Greg > Greg, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Good luck! > > -Greg Greg, I do not have an FTP site. How did you generate the PostScript file from Word? Dave > Ok Dave, I'll try posting the generated PS code but, I don't see references > to "%%BeginDocument: Pscript_Win_PassThrough" in my generated PS file. Do you [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > > Good luck! > > > -Greg |
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