Re: Book Class Modifications

[Dekel Tsur]

On Sat, Nov 03, 2001 at 04:06:28AM -0600, Dr. Louis A. Turk wrote:
> How can I change the book class so that
> 
> 1. quotes are in a different and smaller font, and are not right indented.

Put the following in the preamble:

\renewenvironment{quote}
  {\list{}{\rightmargin\leftmargin\footnotesize}%
  \item\relax}
  {\endlist}
                                              
You can replace \footnotesize by any other font commands.

> 2. chapter headings are centered.

\usepackage{sectsty}
\chapterfont{\centering}