On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 12:31:25 -0600 wrote Christopher M. Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> A doublspaced paper, with 1in margins all around, at 12pt Times New Roman, > 1500 words, is about 5 pages in LyX. > > However, when a professor asks for a 1500 word essay, he says "1500 words > (6-7 pages)." This is a more or less consistent trend: whatever the ex[ected > page count, the word count is significantly less compared to what I do in > LyX. It makes the difference for me, between a 20 page paper, and a 25 page > paper. > > Have any other students on this list noticed this? Does LaTeX do things so > differently from the popular word processors? Yes. One possibility for spreading out the word (on more pages) would be the use of another font, e.g. the very nice (yet nonstandard) pandora fonts are much more space consuming, making a 1500 word essay using 8-10 pages, maybe. GM -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
