VMS Help DSR, DSR Commands, .SKIP  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    The .SKIP command inserts a multiple of the number of blank
    lines that has been specified by the .SPACING command. Contrast
    this with .BLANK, which inserts only the number of blank lines
    specified with the .BLANK command itself. (See .BLANK.)

    Format

      .SKIP  [[-]n]

    Abreviated format

      .S  [[-]n]

1 - Parameters

 n

    The number of .SPACING lines you want inserted. For example, if
    you have specified a .SPACING value of two lines and you enter
    .SKIP without an n value, DSR will insert two blank lines (the
    .SPACING value). If you enter .SKIP 2, DSR will insert four blank
    lines (2 times the .SPACING value), and so on.

 -n

    Specifies that the next line of text be pushed to within n lines
    of the bottom of the current page by the insertion of blank
    lines. Every line but the last one retains the line spacing
    (.SPACING value) that follows it.

2 - Default

    If you enter no value for .SKIP, and you have entered no .SPACING
    command, you get .SKIP 1.