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In article <1992Apr11.175827.24679@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, ritley@uiucmrl.bitnet writes:
> Apologies if this is a FAQ....This regards Plain TeX, not LaTex....
> 
> I often prepare documents which include a number of "\topinserts" on various
> pages, so that I can later paste figures into the blank areas appearing on the
> final output.
> 
> It would be _fantastic_ if I could specify all the these "\topinserts"
> (and other insertions, such as in the middle of the page) at the beginning of
> my document; for example, the following would be great:
> 	\top{10 cm}{1}      %for 10cm insertion on page 1
> 	\top{5 cm}{6}     %for 5 cm insertion on page 6
> 	(etc. etc.)
> 
My NEWSLETTER macros do something like this (however, they work only
in multi-column mode).  Essentially, your \output routine must be
responsible for determining if something's on the page and where it
should go.

If you want to see my approach (which isn't all that hot but it
works), my NEWSLETTER macros are available via anonymous ftp from
niord.shsu.edu (in [.NEWSLETTER], I think) or via mail from
FILESERV@SHSU.EDU and FILESERV@WKUVX1.BITNET (send the command SEND
NEWSLETTER in the *body* of a mail message to either FILESERV).

Hunter
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Hunter Goatley, VMS Systems Programmer, Western Kentucky University
goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET, 502-745-5251