On Thursday 26 March 2009 04:22:55 pm Adrian Diaz wrote: > Friends > > When i write in the lyx editor my thesis i write the > words without any problem. > Sometimes, when i see my thesis in pdf format some words > appear separated by a short line: for example > > in the lyx edito: thanks > in pdf format: tha- > nks > > do you known how i can manage? > > __________________________________________________ > D O T E A S Y - "Join the web hosting revolution!" > http://www.doteasy.com Lyx is not a pure text editor but rather a front end to the TeX (LaTeX) typesetting program.
Take a look at any book by a major publisher. The text will be in a block, with even margins and the left and the right. TeX of any form will do this automatically unless you say otherwise. To achieve this even margin effect without wide gaps between words some words at the ends of lines will need to be hyphenated. I assume that is what you are seeing. There are commands to control this. If you want a ragged right margin insert at the top of the document: \raggedright You can still have some hyphenation occurences so the command to prevent that is \hyphenpenalty 10000 The default setting is \hyphenpenalty 50 I would consult with your advisor as to what format is preferred, and whether hyphenation should be discouraged or eliminated altogether. -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com
