>> I've often been able to use \begin{sloppy} and \end{sloppy} to make>> LaTeX less pedantic about where to break a line, and thereby cure both >> these warnings and the extra space. >Read this "essential guide to LaTeX2e usage" >http://mirror.ctan.org/info/l2tabu/english/l2tabuen.pdf > >which lists among "the most severe mistakes in using LaTeX2e": >Section 1.8: "Should I use \sloppy?" (the answer is: "Frankly speaking, the >\sloppy switch should not be used at all.") > >They suggest this preamble code, which works very well for me: >\tolerance 1414 >\hbadness 1414 >\emergencystretch 1.5em >\hfuzz 0.3pt >\widowpenalty=10000 >\vfuzz \hfuzz >\raggedbottom >Jürgen What is the meaning of tolerance and emergencystretch. I need a flexibilty in the page height (really text height) because I have some problems with prematures page break for a few milimeters but I don`t know how to get it. Is tolerance or emergencystretch the way for get it? Marcelo
