Re: headers and footers again
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg9399] Re: [mg9357] headers and footers again
- From: seanross at worldnet.att.net
- Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 01:02:28 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Xah Lee wrote: > > Hi Sean, > > There's a command called something like "Show Expression". On the mac, the short-cut is command-e. So if you put the cusor in the cell, press command-e, you'll see the cell in expression form. Then you can edit it. > > Xah, xah at best.com > http://www.best.com/~xah/Wallpaper_dir/c0_WallPaper.html > Mountain View, CA, USA > > At 12:33 AM -0800 1997.11.01, seanross at worldnet.att.net wrote: > >The manual section on headers and footers says that you can see what a > >header expression would look like by using the Show Expression command. > >Has anyone actually done this? If I copy the standard header > >expression > > > >Cell[ TextData[ {ValueBox[ "FileName"]}], "Header"] > > > >into a cell in a notebook, a dialog box comes up that asks whether or > >not I want to interpret the text as a cell expression. If I say yes, > >then the expression is invisible and Show Expression just shows me the > >header expression. If I say no, then the text is wrapped in another > >cell expression and Show Expression only shows that. Changing the > >"Header" to "Text" or something else has no effect. Since there is no > >"Print Preview", how can someone compose a header or footer without > >wasting a bunch of paper? YOU HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT I AM ASKING. I ALREADY KNOW HOW TO EDIT EXPRESSIONS. I CAN EDIT THE EXPRESSION IN THE HEADERS DIALOG BOX OR I CAN CUT AND PASTE IT AND EDIT IT IN A NOTEBOOK. I WANT TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT PRINTING IT. WHEN I COPY A CELL FROM THE HEADERS DIALOG BOX IT DISPLAYS AS A BLANK CELL EVEN THOUGH SHIFT-CTRL-E ALLOWS ME TO EDIT IT. EDITING IT DOES ME NO GOOD IF I CAN'T SEE WHAT IT WILL DISPLAY LIKE. I WANT TO SEE WHAT THE CELL WILL LOOK LIKE ON THE TOP/BOTTOM OF THE PAGE WITHOUT ACTUALLY PRINTING IT.