Re: Using LyX for a book

[Anthony Campbell]

On 15 Feb 2009, L Duperval wrote:
 On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:54 -0600, Les Denham wrote:
 
  On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote:
  Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it
  and you should find the answer to all of your problems.
  
  I'll second that.  The Memoir documentation is beyond just
  documentation: it is a superb monograph on page layout, book design, and
  typography.
  
  Les
 
 
 Thanks to all. I started RTFM'ing (duh!) and in the first pages of 
 chapter 5 I realized that I could use the [ebook] option to get what I 
 want. Everything is working now, as I expected.
 
 Now, to sit down and actually write...
 
 L
 

I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous
three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell
me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to
somewhere that discusses this)?

Anthony


-- 
Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk 
Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, 
and sceptical articles)

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Anthony Campbell wrote:

I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous
three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell
me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to
somewhere that discusses this)?


All the bells and whistles the Memoir class offers.

See http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/memman.pdf

/Konrad

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Anthony Campbell]

On 17 Feb 2009, Konrad Hofbauer wrote:
 Anthony Campbell wrote:
 I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous
 three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell
 me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to
 somewhere that discusses this)?

 All the bells and whistles the Memoir class offers.

 See http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/memman.pdf

 /Konrad

Thanks for the link.


-- 
Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk 
Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, 
and sceptical articles)

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Steve Litt]

On Tuesday 17 February 2009 04:44:08 am Anthony Campbell wrote:
 On 15 Feb 2009, L Duperval wrote:
  On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:54 -0600, Les Denham wrote:
   On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote:
   Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it
   and you should find the answer to all of your problems.
  
   I'll second that.  The Memoir documentation is beyond just
   documentation: it is a superb monograph on page layout, book design,
   and typography.
  
   Les
 
  Thanks to all. I started RTFM'ing (duh!) and in the first pages of
  chapter 5 I realized that I could use the [ebook] option to get what I
  want. Everything is working now, as I expected.
 
  Now, to sit down and actually write...
 
  L

 I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous
 three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell
 me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to
 somewhere that discusses this)?

 Anthony

Hi L Duperval,

I'm going to give you a viewpoint that's uniquely mine, and you can take from 
it what you will.

In my opinion, the main thing isn't WHICH document class you use for writing a 
book, it's CONSISTENTLY starting with the SAME document class so that you can 
learn it inside and out. I used Memoir once as a starting point, and if I 
remember correctly, I used Book as the starting point all the rest of my 
books.

Now that I'm starting to get good at the Book document class, I'm using that 
exclusively.

As Anthony says, Memoir has a lot of bells and whistles that make several 
things easier. As I remember, custom headers were easier with Memoir. There 
are also a couple things about Memoir which make it incompatible with some 
packages so you have to work around those incompatibilities if you need those 
features. Once again, I think as long as you're really good with one Document 
Class, you can get the layout you want in a book.

As Les says, the Memoir documentation is second to none. It's a must-read for 
anyone writing a book, regardless of Document Class. Most of it is simply 
good typography and layout. Before reading the Memoir documentation, I used 
to format my books with .75 inch side margins and a 1 inch gutter margin. The 
reader had to re-find each line. Yech! The Memoir docs told me exactly how 
wide your lines should be, and why.

In my opinion, and a lot of peoples' mileage varies, one should never choose a 
document class to accommodate the desired frontmatter. In my opinion 
frontmatter should be fingerpainted with custom environments and ERT, making 
little or no use of the document class's features. The fingerpainting takes 
about 6 hours, which is often a lot less than it takes to wrestle your 
document class into submission, and always less time than it takes to learn a 
new document class. The fingerpainting comes out EXACTLY how you wnat it, 
with no settle fors. In my opinion, the part of the book that needs 
consistency throughout is the mainmatter, so the mainmatter should be the 
only section considered when choosing a document class.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Les Denham]

On Tuesday 17 February 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote:
 I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous
 three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell
 me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to
 somewhere that discusses this)?

Just read the Memoir manual 
(/usr/share/doc/tetex-3.0_p1-r6/latex/memoir/memman.pdf on my system).

-- 
Les

~~
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Anthony Campbell]

On 15 Feb 2009, L Duperval wrote:
 On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:54 -0600, Les Denham wrote:
 
  On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote:
  Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it
  and you should find the answer to all of your problems.
  
  I'll second that.  The Memoir documentation is beyond just
  documentation: it is a superb monograph on page layout, book design, and
  typography.
  
  Les
 
 
 Thanks to all. I started RTFM'ing (duh!) and in the first pages of 
 chapter 5 I realized that I could use the [ebook] option to get what I 
 want. Everything is working now, as I expected.
 
 Now, to sit down and actually write...
 
 L
 

I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous
three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell
me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to
somewhere that discusses this)?

Anthony


-- 
Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk 
Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, 
and sceptical articles)

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Anthony Campbell wrote:

I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous
three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell
me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to
somewhere that discusses this)?


All the bells and whistles the Memoir class offers.

See http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/memman.pdf

/Konrad

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Anthony Campbell]

On 17 Feb 2009, Konrad Hofbauer wrote:
 Anthony Campbell wrote:
 I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous
 three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell
 me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to
 somewhere that discusses this)?

 All the bells and whistles the Memoir class offers.

 See http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/memman.pdf

 /Konrad

Thanks for the link.


-- 
Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk 
Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, 
and sceptical articles)

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Steve Litt]

On Tuesday 17 February 2009 04:44:08 am Anthony Campbell wrote:
 On 15 Feb 2009, L Duperval wrote:
  On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:54 -0600, Les Denham wrote:
   On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote:
   Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it
   and you should find the answer to all of your problems.
  
   I'll second that.  The Memoir documentation is beyond just
   documentation: it is a superb monograph on page layout, book design,
   and typography.
  
   Les
 
  Thanks to all. I started RTFM'ing (duh!) and in the first pages of
  chapter 5 I realized that I could use the [ebook] option to get what I
  want. Everything is working now, as I expected.
 
  Now, to sit down and actually write...
 
  L

 I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous
 three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell
 me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to
 somewhere that discusses this)?

 Anthony

Hi L Duperval,

I'm going to give you a viewpoint that's uniquely mine, and you can take from 
it what you will.

In my opinion, the main thing isn't WHICH document class you use for writing a 
book, it's CONSISTENTLY starting with the SAME document class so that you can 
learn it inside and out. I used Memoir once as a starting point, and if I 
remember correctly, I used Book as the starting point all the rest of my 
books.

Now that I'm starting to get good at the Book document class, I'm using that 
exclusively.

As Anthony says, Memoir has a lot of bells and whistles that make several 
things easier. As I remember, custom headers were easier with Memoir. There 
are also a couple things about Memoir which make it incompatible with some 
packages so you have to work around those incompatibilities if you need those 
features. Once again, I think as long as you're really good with one Document 
Class, you can get the layout you want in a book.

As Les says, the Memoir documentation is second to none. It's a must-read for 
anyone writing a book, regardless of Document Class. Most of it is simply 
good typography and layout. Before reading the Memoir documentation, I used 
to format my books with .75 inch side margins and a 1 inch gutter margin. The 
reader had to re-find each line. Yech! The Memoir docs told me exactly how 
wide your lines should be, and why.

In my opinion, and a lot of peoples' mileage varies, one should never choose a 
document class to accommodate the desired frontmatter. In my opinion 
frontmatter should be fingerpainted with custom environments and ERT, making 
little or no use of the document class's features. The fingerpainting takes 
about 6 hours, which is often a lot less than it takes to wrestle your 
document class into submission, and always less time than it takes to learn a 
new document class. The fingerpainting comes out EXACTLY how you wnat it, 
with no settle fors. In my opinion, the part of the book that needs 
consistency throughout is the mainmatter, so the mainmatter should be the 
only section considered when choosing a document class.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Les Denham]

On Tuesday 17 February 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote:
 I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous
 three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell
 me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to
 somewhere that discusses this)?

Just read the Memoir manual 
(/usr/share/doc/tetex-3.0_p1-r6/latex/memoir/memman.pdf on my system).

-- 
Les

~~
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Anthony Campbell]

On 15 Feb 2009, L Duperval wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:54 -0600, Les Denham wrote:
> 
> > On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote:
> >> Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it
> >> and you should find the answer to all of your problems.
> > 
> > I'll second that.  The Memoir documentation is beyond just
> > documentation: it is a superb monograph on page layout, book design, and
> > typography.
> > 
> > Les
> 
> 
> Thanks to all. I started RTFM'ing (duh!) and in the first pages of 
> chapter 5 I realized that I could use the [ebook] option to get what I 
> want. Everything is working now, as I expected.
> 
> Now, to sit down and actually write...
> 
> L
> 

I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous
three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell
me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to
somewhere that discusses this)?

Anthony


-- 
Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk 
Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, 
and sceptical articles)

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Anthony Campbell wrote:

I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous
three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell
me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to
somewhere that discusses this)?


All the bells and whistles the Memoir class offers.

See 

/Konrad

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Anthony Campbell]

On 17 Feb 2009, Konrad Hofbauer wrote:
> Anthony Campbell wrote:
>> I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous
>> three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell
>> me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to
>> somewhere that discusses this)?
>
> All the bells and whistles the Memoir class offers.
>
> See 
>
> /Konrad

Thanks for the link.


-- 
Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk 
Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, 
and sceptical articles)

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Steve Litt]

On Tuesday 17 February 2009 04:44:08 am Anthony Campbell wrote:
> On 15 Feb 2009, L Duperval wrote:
> > On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:54 -0600, Les Denham wrote:
> > > On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote:
> > >> Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it
> > >> and you should find the answer to all of your problems.
> > >
> > > I'll second that.  The Memoir documentation is beyond just
> > > documentation: it is a superb monograph on page layout, book design,
> > > and typography.
> > >
> > > Les
> >
> > Thanks to all. I started RTFM'ing (duh!) and in the first pages of
> > chapter 5 I realized that I could use the [ebook] option to get what I
> > want. Everything is working now, as I expected.
> >
> > Now, to sit down and actually write...
> >
> > L
>
> I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous
> three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell
> me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to
> somewhere that discusses this)?
>
> Anthony

Hi L Duperval,

I'm going to give you a viewpoint that's uniquely mine, and you can take from 
it what you will.

In my opinion, the main thing isn't WHICH document class you use for writing a 
book, it's CONSISTENTLY starting with the SAME document class so that you can 
learn it inside and out. I used Memoir once as a starting point, and if I 
remember correctly, I used Book as the starting point all the rest of my 
books.

Now that I'm starting to get good at the Book document class, I'm using that 
exclusively.

As Anthony says, Memoir has a lot of bells and whistles that make several 
things easier. As I remember, custom headers were easier with Memoir. There 
are also a couple things about Memoir which make it incompatible with some 
packages so you have to work around those incompatibilities if you need those 
features. Once again, I think as long as you're really good with one Document 
Class, you can get the layout you want in a book.

As Les says, the Memoir documentation is second to none. It's a must-read for 
anyone writing a book, regardless of Document Class. Most of it is simply 
good typography and layout. Before reading the Memoir documentation, I used 
to format my books with .75 inch side margins and a 1 inch gutter margin. The 
reader had to re-find each line. Yech! The Memoir docs told me exactly how 
wide your lines should be, and why.

In my opinion, and a lot of peoples' mileage varies, one should never choose a 
document class to accommodate the desired frontmatter. In my opinion 
frontmatter should be fingerpainted with custom environments and ERT, making 
little or no use of the document class's features. The fingerpainting takes 
about 6 hours, which is often a lot less than it takes to wrestle your 
document class into submission, and always less time than it takes to learn a 
new document class. The fingerpainting comes out EXACTLY how you wnat it, 
with no "settle fors". In my opinion, the part of the book that needs 
consistency throughout is the mainmatter, so the mainmatter should be the 
only section considered when choosing a document class.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Les Denham]

On Tuesday 17 February 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> I'm about to start setting up my fourth book in Lyx (1.6.1). My previous
> three were done using the Book class in 1.5.x. Can someone kindly tell
> me what would be the advantages of using Memoir (or point me to
> somewhere that discusses this)?

Just read the Memoir manual 
(/usr/share/doc/tetex-3.0_p1-r6/latex/memoir/memman.pdf on my system).

-- 
Les

~~
Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

Re: Using LyX for a book

[L Duperval]

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:54 -0600, Les Denham wrote:

 On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote:
 Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it
 and you should find the answer to all of your problems.
 
 I'll second that.  The Memoir documentation is beyond just
 documentation: it is a superb monograph on page layout, book design, and
 typography.
 
 Les


Thanks to all. I started RTFM'ing (duh!) and in the first pages of 
chapter 5 I realized that I could use the [ebook] option to get what I 
want. Everything is working now, as I expected.

Now, to sit down and actually write...

L



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Re: Using LyX for a book

[L Duperval]

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:54 -0600, Les Denham wrote:

 On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote:
 Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it
 and you should find the answer to all of your problems.
 
 I'll second that.  The Memoir documentation is beyond just
 documentation: it is a superb monograph on page layout, book design, and
 typography.
 
 Les


Thanks to all. I started RTFM'ing (duh!) and in the first pages of 
chapter 5 I realized that I could use the [ebook] option to get what I 
want. Everything is working now, as I expected.

Now, to sit down and actually write...

L



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Get free public speaking and communication tips
by registering at http://www.duperval.com

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Re: Using LyX for a book

[L Duperval]

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:54 -0600, Les Denham wrote:

> On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote:
>> Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it
>> and you should find the answer to all of your problems.
> 
> I'll second that.  The Memoir documentation is beyond just
> documentation: it is a superb monograph on page layout, book design, and
> typography.
> 
> Les


Thanks to all. I started RTFM'ing (duh!) and in the first pages of 
chapter 5 I realized that I could use the [ebook] option to get what I 
want. Everything is working now, as I expected.

Now, to sit down and actually write...

L



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Get free public speaking and communication tips
by registering at http://www.duperval.com

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Re: Using LyX for a book

[Steve Litt]

On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:01:58 pm L Duperval wrote:
 Hi,

 I'm trying to use Memoir to create a PDF for a book. I want the book to
 be 8in/5in (I think that's the standard size for many North American
 books).

 However, I am having difficulty with the headings. In particular, the
 text becomes embedded in the headings, and I am unable to correct that.

If you're saying what I think you're saying, adjust the heading margin.

SteveT

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Typhoon]

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:58:02 -0500
Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:

 On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:01:58 pm L Duperval wrote:
  Hi,
 
  I'm trying to use Memoir to create a PDF for a book. I want the
  book to be 8in/5in (I think that's the standard size for many North
  American books).
 
  However, I am having difficulty with the headings. In particular,
  the text becomes embedded in the headings, and I am unable to
  correct that.
 
 If you're saying what I think you're saying, adjust the heading
 margin.
 
 SteveT

Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it
and you should find the answer to all of your problems.

Alan
 

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Rich Shepard]

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, Typhoon wrote:


On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:01:58 pm L Duperval wrote:



I want the book to be 8in/5in (I think that's the standard size for many
North American books).


  Measure again and I believe you'll find the page size to be 9in x 6in.

Rich

--
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Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Les Denham]

On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote:
 Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it
 and you should find the answer to all of your problems.

I'll second that.  The Memoir documentation is beyond just documentation: it 
is a superb monograph on page layout, book design, and typography.

Les

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Steve Litt]

On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:01:58 pm L Duperval wrote:
 Hi,

 I'm trying to use Memoir to create a PDF for a book. I want the book to
 be 8in/5in (I think that's the standard size for many North American
 books).

 However, I am having difficulty with the headings. In particular, the
 text becomes embedded in the headings, and I am unable to correct that.

If you're saying what I think you're saying, adjust the heading margin.

SteveT

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Typhoon]

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:58:02 -0500
Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:

 On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:01:58 pm L Duperval wrote:
  Hi,
 
  I'm trying to use Memoir to create a PDF for a book. I want the
  book to be 8in/5in (I think that's the standard size for many North
  American books).
 
  However, I am having difficulty with the headings. In particular,
  the text becomes embedded in the headings, and I am unable to
  correct that.
 
 If you're saying what I think you're saying, adjust the heading
 margin.
 
 SteveT

Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it
and you should find the answer to all of your problems.

Alan
 

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Rich Shepard]

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, Typhoon wrote:


On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:01:58 pm L Duperval wrote:



I want the book to be 8in/5in (I think that's the standard size for many
North American books).


  Measure again and I believe you'll find the page size to be 9in x 6in.

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.   |  IntegrityCredibility
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Les Denham]

On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote:
 Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it
 and you should find the answer to all of your problems.

I'll second that.  The Memoir documentation is beyond just documentation: it 
is a superb monograph on page layout, book design, and typography.

Les

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Steve Litt]

On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:01:58 pm L Duperval wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use Memoir to create a PDF for a book. I want the book to
> be 8in/5in (I think that's the standard size for many North American
> books).
>
> However, I am having difficulty with the headings. In particular, the
> text becomes embedded in the headings, and I am unable to correct that.

If you're saying what I think you're saying, adjust the heading margin.

SteveT

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Typhoon]

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:58:02 -0500
Steve Litt  wrote:

> On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:01:58 pm L Duperval wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to use Memoir to create a PDF for a book. I want the
> > book to be 8in/5in (I think that's the standard size for many North
> > American books).
> >
> > However, I am having difficulty with the headings. In particular,
> > the text becomes embedded in the headings, and I am unable to
> > correct that.
> 
> If you're saying what I think you're saying, adjust the heading
> margin.
> 
> SteveT

Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it
and you should find the answer to all of your problems.

Alan
> 

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Rich Shepard]

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, Typhoon wrote:


On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:01:58 pm L Duperval wrote:



I want the book to be 8in/5in (I think that's the standard size for many
North American books).


  Measure again and I believe you'll find the page size to be 9in x 6in.

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.   |  IntegrityCredibility
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation
 Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Using LyX for a book

[Les Denham]

On Saturday 14 February 2009 04:09:25 pm Typhoon wrote:
> Memoir comes with superb documentation. Have a careful look through it
> and you should find the answer to all of your problems.

I'll second that.  The Memoir documentation is beyond just documentation: it 
is a superb monograph on page layout, book design, and typography.

Les