On Feb 20, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:21:02 -0500 > Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> In one section of an article I'm working on I have several >> subsections that I want to call attention to without using headings. > > On a structured document, I'd think long and hard about using > subsections without parent sections. That's just not right. It > misrepresents the document's structure, and confuses appearance with > structure.
They are subsections of a parent section. I just don't want to give headings to them. The break in the flow of exposition and argument is not that severe. >> Currently I'm using a centered 3" line between subsections. I don't >> like the look. It's too intrusive. >> >> One possibility would be to add an extra line between subsections, >> but I think I'd like to give the break a little more emphasis than >> that. > > The prior two paragraphs don't really say exactly what you're doing. Do > you mean the line is under the text below the (wrongly used) > subsection, or something else? What I mean is that on a line between two subsections there appears a centered 3" long line. >> Any suggestions? > > Use/create environments and character styles that truly represent their > meaning -- don't use environments made for other purposes just because > they happen to look pretty good in the situation. Not being argumentative. I'm genuinely curious. Not what I'm doing in this case, but have done in others--my title is assigned the section environment, because that makes it look like I want it to look and puts it where I want it--but why not use an environment made for one purpose for another purpose if it serves that purpose? [Probably have just committed total, unforgivable lyx heresy there. ;-)] That aside, the suggestion is well-taken--at this point at least when there is no environment that suits my purpose. I'm newbie enough, though, that it's something I will need to study up on. Thanks, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net
