On Tuesday 02 May 2006 04:37 pm, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Jeroen Boydens wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I motivated a colleague to switch from WinWord to LyX, with success. > > Thanks to the lyx developers! > > Now he runs into a problem with the automatic generated header. As you > > can see in the attached *.pdf the header is correctly generated on pages > > 1,2,4,5. But on page 3 the header flips over the paper side. Adjusting > > the paragraph title is not the desired solution. > > > > Is there a possibility to make LyX split the header, so the second part > > is below the first headerline? > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Jeroen > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > I hope you mean that adjusting the paragraph title where it occurs in > the text is not desired (but shortening it in the header is acceptable). > If so, the trick is to position the cursor at the very beginning of > the title, type > > optional-insert > > in the minibuffer (which opens an inset labeled 'opt'), then type a > short title into the inset. The short title is used in the header. > > /Paul
Thanks Paul, Here's my next question. In my latest book, "Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting", the Part title appears in the header of the verso (even) page, and the chapter title appears on the recto (odd) header. Two of my other books have the chapter title on the recto header and the section title on the verso header. Can I use your technique to shorten the header appearance of part and chapter titles too, and if so, would the shortened titles appear in the table of contents? On a similar note, my book "Manager's Guide to Technical Troubleshooting" uses lines of different thicknesses to give the reader cues about the hierarchy. Sections are preceded by a black block almost as tall (thick) as a capital letter. Subsections are preceded by a thick black line about half the height of a lower case letter. Subsubsections are preceded by a hairline. Paragraphs and subparagraps are just the Book document class defaults. All three lines are the same length -- only the thickness (height) varies. In my opinion it really works out well. If anyone wants to see the LaTeX code, I'll post it. Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Author: * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist * Manager's Guide to Technical Troubleshooting * Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore http://www.troubleshooters.com/utp/tcourses.htm
