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  <refentry id="function.pdf-begin-page">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>pdf_begin_page</refname>
    <refpurpose>Start new page [deprecated]</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1 role="description">
    &reftitle.description;
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>bool</type><methodname>pdf_begin_page</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>pdfdoc</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam><type>float</type><parameter>width</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam><type>float</type><parameter>height</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Add a new page to the document. &return.success;
     The <parameter>width</parameter> and <parameter>height</parameter> are
     specified in points, which are 1/72 of an inch.
    </para>
    <para>
     This function is deprecated since PDFlib version 6, use <function>pdf_begin_page_ext</function> instead.
    </para>
    <para>
     <table>
      <title>Common Page Sizes in Points</title>
      <tgroup cols="2">
       <thead>
        <row>
         <entry>name</entry>
         <entry>size</entry>
        </row>
       </thead>
       <tbody>
        <row>
         <entry>A0</entry>
         <entry>2380&cross;3368</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>A1</entry>
         <entry>1684&cross;2380</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>A2</entry>
         <entry>1190&cross;1684</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>A3</entry>
         <entry>842&cross;1190</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>A4</entry>
         <entry>595&cross;842</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>A5</entry>
         <entry>421&cross;595</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>A6</entry>
         <entry>297&cross;421</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>B5</entry>
         <entry>501&cross;709</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>letter (8.5"&cross;11")</entry>
         <entry>612&cross;792</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>legal (8.5"&cross;14")</entry>
         <entry>612&cross;1008</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>ledger (17"&cross;11")</entry>
         <entry>1224&cross;792</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>11"&cross;17"</entry>
         <entry>792&cross;1224</entry>
        </row>
       </tbody>
      </tgroup>
     </table>
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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