In preamble add
\usepackage{sectsty}
\chapterfont{\centering}
Similarly, you can add
\sectionfont{\centering}, etc.
Sectsty is a standard LaTex package usually found in
.../texmf/Tex/latex/misc
at least in my tetex installation.
Bill
On Wednesday 02 June 2004 12:06 am, Francisco J. Le�n wrote:
> Hi, i am using the "book" layout and it shows like this:
>
> Chapter 1
>
> The Title
>
> Text................
>
> I need Chapter 1, the title to be centered instead of aligned to the
> left.
>
> The subtitles are shown in bold, i need them to _not_ be bold
>
> Also in the first page of the chapter it uses a margin of about 6
> centimeters, i need it to be smaller than 4cm.
>
> I have tried doing a custom layout and putting it in my home dir's
> layout dir inside my .lyx dir, for example:
>
> Style Chapter
> TopSep 4
> LabelString Capitulo
> End
>
> But it doesn't work (and i have checked that i was in fact using my
> custom layout)
>
> Can someone teach me how to do this changes? I am lost.
