> Helge Hafting wrote:
> >>In the float, use a \vspace command with a negative argument
> >>to get to the edge of paper. (i.e. you cancel the effect of the margin.)
> >>Then you insert a graphich big enough to cover the page.
> >>
> >
> >hmm, this seems to affect only text not picture.
> >any other idea ?
> >pavel
> >
> No need for another idea - this works, i tested it.
> There is probably some minor error - perhaps you have a linefeed
> or something between the ERT and the figure? They should be
> right next to each other, as in the attached demo document.
> (Made with lyx 1.5.0, but the trick should work for lyx 1.3 and 1.4 too.)
i had checked noindent paragraph inside the float and after that
\vspace dont work. thanks for the hints, its ok now.
> The figure is sized so the width is 100% of page size, so it will
> fit exactly.
>
> The margin is cancelled by ERT: \hspace{-1in}\hspace{-\oddsidemargin}
> and then the figure follows immediately after the ERT - on the
> same line. This works!
>
> Now, filling the whole page from top to bottom might be a little
> trickier, as latex may have trouble placing a float that
> is bigger than the text area. If you get such problems, use
> \raisebox which can lie to latex and give a fake height so latex
> thinks it fits. Don't make the fake height too small, or latex
> will overlap text (or other floats) over your figure.
> \textheight is probably a
> good fake height - the float will occupy the entire text area
> on that page.
>
> You will need \raisebox (or \vspace*) anyway to get above the top margin.
> See the following webpage for information about latex page
> layout and the names of various margin measurements.
> http://amath.colorado.edu/documentation/LaTeX/reference/layout.html
pavel
