Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-10-16 Thread Herbert Voss
Rudi Gaelzer wrote: In that case, how can you save the desired page settings in a template or layout file, so that you can use them on any document you're writing? it is no problem to insert an external preamble. E.g.: first line in your Format->Document->Preamble \input pramble.tex and in pramble.

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-10-13 Thread José Abílio Oliveira Matos
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 04:49:48PM -0200, Rudi Gaelzer wrote: > > In that case, how can you save the desired page settings in a template or layout > file, so that you can use them on any document you're writing? Taking advantage of the lyx templates. Lets us assume for simplicity a spheric co

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-10-13 Thread Rudi Gaelzer
On Sunday 15 August 2004 11:19, Herbert Voss wrote: > Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > e.g. insert to the preamble th line > > > > \setlength{\textwidth}{7.5in} > > never use this way of setting layout parameters. Do _everything_ > with the geometry package or better via the LyX menues. > > Herbert In that ca

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Stefano Franchi wrote: > Now I only have to find out how to format citations in a truly > "Humanities" fashion with Chicago style (publisher requirement). > Unfortunately it seems that Jurabib has provisionally dropped the > chicago style (according to Jurabib homepage), so I

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-17 Thread Stefano Franchi
Thanks to all for the suggestions. A summary for anyone interested and/or facing a similar problem: 1. Don't use standard class book but rather koma--script book or memoir classes for the added flexibility 2. Either use the Geometry package for maximum flexibility in setting page layout or lea

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
Stefano Franchi wrote: Hi all, I am asked by a publisher to submit a book length manuscript in camera-ready form and unfortunately they don't provide LaTeX classes. In fact, they have given me Microsoft Word instructions :-( Well, at least they let you use whatever you want, and don't re-typ

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-15 Thread Herbert Voss
Uwe Stöhr wrote: e.g. insert to the preamble th line \setlength{\textwidth}{7.5in} never use this way of setting layout parameters. Do _everything_ with the geometry package or better via the LyX menues. Herbert

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-15 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Stefano Franchi wrote: I am asked by a publisher to submit a book length manuscript in camera-ready form and unfortunately they don't provide LaTeX classes. In fact, they have given me Microsoft Word instructions :-( I think I can use the Book class in LyX to do everything they want, Better use

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-15 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Stefano Franchi wrote: I am asked by a publisher to submit a book length manuscript in camera-ready form and unfortunately they don't provide LaTeX classes. In fact, they have given me Microsoft Word instructions :-( I think I can use the Book class in LyX to do everything they want, Better use

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 15 Aug 2004, Stefano Franchi wrote: > thanks for the remark, but I *read* Rich's suggestion carefully. In > fact I had already tried out what he suggested before bothering the list > with the question. It does not work because what LyX understands for > "margins" in the Layout>Docume

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-14 Thread Stefano Franchi
Hi John, thanks for the remark, but I *read* Rich's suggestion carefully. In fact I had already tried out what he suggested before bothering the list with the question. It does not work because what LyX understands for "margins" in the Layout>Document>Margins dialogue is the white space betwee

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, John Coppens wrote: > Read the instructions from Rich _carefully_. At the place he indicates, > you change the margins, so this way you can determine the size of the text > block... Page width - left margin - right margin = text width. Same for > vertical. > Note that the pag

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-14 Thread John Coppens
On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:59:45 +1200 Stefano Franchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Rich, > > thank for the suggestion, but my problem is not changing the paper > > size. I need to change the size of the text block. I do not really > care about the paper size and I was hopeful that

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-13 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Stefano Franchi wrote: > thank for the suggestion, but my problem is not changing the paper > size. I need to change the size of the text block. I do not really care > about the paper size and I was hopeful that LaTex/LyX could work out all > the other parameters (left

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-13 Thread Stefano Franchi
Hi Rich, thank for the suggestion, but my problem is not changing the paper size. I need to change the size of the text block. I do not really care about the paper size and I was hopeful that LaTex/LyX could work out all the other parameters (left and right margin, inner additional margin, et

Re: Changing text height and width?

2004-08-13 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Stefano Franchi wrote: > The text on the page must be exactly 4.5" x 7.5" from the top of the > running head to the bottom of the last text line (there are no footers). Stefano, Layout->Document->Paper. Select "Custom" then enter the values above in the other two data entr

Changing text height and width?

2004-08-13 Thread Stefano Franchi
Hi all, I am asked by a publisher to submit a book length manuscript in camera-ready form and unfortunately they don't provide LaTeX classes. In fact, they have given me Microsoft Word instructions :-( I think I can use the Book class in LyX to do everything they want, but I can't find out how