Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

On 2013-11-02, Mark Horton wrote: Thanks for that, the documentation for this is also good, and the whole lot seems to operate at a higher level. So I experimented, first I tried editing the preamble…. \usepackage{scrpage2} \usepackage{titlesec} \setkomafont{chapter}{\ttfamily

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

On 2013-11-02, Mark Horton wrote: Thanks for that, the documentation for this is also good, and the whole lot seems to operate at a higher level. So I experimented, first I tried editing the preamble…. \usepackage{scrpage2} \usepackage{titlesec} \setkomafont{chapter}{\ttfamily

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

On 2013-11-02, Mark Horton wrote: > Thanks for that, the documentation for this is also good, and the whole lot > seems to operate at a higher level. So I experimented, first I tried > editing the preamble…. > \usepackage{scrpage2} > \usepackage{titlesec} > \setkomafont{chapter}{\ttfamily

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

Steve Litt slitt at troubleshooters.com writes: On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:43:02 + (UTC) Mark Horton mark.horton001 at yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi I am a beginner in Lyx and understand a bit about the principles of Latex. I understand the advantages of a fixed layout and have seen some code

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

Steve Litt slitt at troubleshooters.com writes: On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:43:02 + (UTC) Mark Horton mark.horton001 at yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi I am a beginner in Lyx and understand a bit about the principles of Latex. I understand the advantages of a fixed layout and have seen some code

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

Steve Litt troubleshooters.com> writes: > > On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:43:02 + (UTC) > Mark Horton yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > Hi I am a beginner in Lyx and understand a bit about the principles > > of Latex. I understand the advantages of a "fixed" layout and have > > seen some code to create

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Mark Horton wrote: All I would like to do is 2 little adjustments to the standard book layout. It looks fine on A4 paper but when dropping down to A5 paper the space around the Chapter heading text is too big and the Chapter heading text is too big. Mark, Look in

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

On 2013-10-29, Mark Horton wrote: Hi I am a beginner in Lyx and understand a bit about the principles of Latex. I understand the advantages of a fixed layout and have seen some code to create a simple one. However it looks like a very steep learning curve. All I would like to do is 2

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:43:02 + (UTC) Mark Horton mark.horton...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi I am a beginner in Lyx and understand a bit about the principles of Latex. I understand the advantages of a fixed layout and have seen some code to create a simple one. However it looks like a very steep

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:55:08 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Mark Horton wrote: All I would like to do is 2 little adjustments to the standard book layout. It looks fine on A4 paper but when dropping down to A5 paper the space around the

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Mark Horton wrote: All I would like to do is 2 little adjustments to the standard book layout. It looks fine on A4 paper but when dropping down to A5 paper the space around the Chapter heading text is too big and the Chapter heading text is too big. Mark, Look in

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

On 2013-10-29, Mark Horton wrote: Hi I am a beginner in Lyx and understand a bit about the principles of Latex. I understand the advantages of a fixed layout and have seen some code to create a simple one. However it looks like a very steep learning curve. All I would like to do is 2

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:43:02 + (UTC) Mark Horton mark.horton...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi I am a beginner in Lyx and understand a bit about the principles of Latex. I understand the advantages of a fixed layout and have seen some code to create a simple one. However it looks like a very steep

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:55:08 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Mark Horton wrote: All I would like to do is 2 little adjustments to the standard book layout. It looks fine on A4 paper but when dropping down to A5 paper the space around the

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Mark Horton wrote: All I would like to do is 2 little adjustments to the standard "book" layout. It looks fine on A4 paper but when dropping down to A5 paper the space around the Chapter heading text is too big and the Chapter heading text is too big. Mark, Look in

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

On 2013-10-29, Mark Horton wrote: > Hi I am a beginner in Lyx and understand a bit about the principles of Latex. > I understand the advantages of a "fixed" layout and have seen some code to > create a simple one. However it looks like a very steep learning curve. > All I would like to do is 2

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:43:02 + (UTC) Mark Horton wrote: > Hi I am a beginner in Lyx and understand a bit about the principles > of Latex. I understand the advantages of a "fixed" layout and have > seen some code to create a simple one. However it looks like a very

Re: Beginners need to tweak layout

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:55:08 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Mark Horton wrote: > > > All I would like to do is 2 little adjustments to the standard > > "book" layout. It looks fine on A4 paper but when dropping down to > > A5 paper the space