set_margin

Written by Balazs Halasy, 05/14/2004 Updated 05/04/2005 by Balazs Halasy

Summary

Sets the page margins or line spacing.

Usage

pdf( set_margin, hash( [ left,       left_margin,  ]
                       [ right,      right_margin, ]
                       [ top,        top_margin,   ]
                       [ bottom,     bottom_margin,]
                       [ x,          x_offset,     ]
                       [ y,          y_offset,     ]
                       [ line_space, line_space    ] ) )

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
left	float	Left page margin.	No.
right	float	Right page margin.	No.
top	float	Top page margin.	No.
bottom	float	Bottom page margin.	No.
x	float	Page x offset.	No.
y	float	Page y offset.	No.
line_space	float	Line space size.	No.

Description

This function sets the page margins of the current and following pages. The "left", "right", "top", and "bottom" parameters specify the distances from the edges. The parameters "x" and "y" specify a point on the current page where the new margin starts. For the next pages, the parameters "x" and "y" are ignored and thus the margins will affect the entire area of the upcoming pages. The "line_space" parameter specifies the amount of white space between each line. The default margins are configured in the "pdf.ini" file.

Examples

Example 1

{pdf( 'set_margin', hash( 'left', 370, 'right', 100 ) )}
{pdf( 'text', 'The text written on this page is presented in a small column.
The space between each new line is also adjusted.'|wash( 'pdf' ) )}