Thank you Richard, We are almost there, now I got both the 'Introduction' and the 'Section' left-aligned but for some reason 'Chapter' is still in the center. I just Copy&Paste'd what you sent in to the 'LaTeX Preamble', is this all what I have to do?
Thank you again. Mike Rechard. --- Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7.5pc\relax > \begingroup > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > \leavevmode \hskip-\leftskip > \rlap{\vbox [EMAIL PROTECTED] > \centerline{\normalsize\mdseries > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > \vskip 3pc}}\hskip\leftskip\fi > #1\par \endgroup > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > \vskip\skip@ } > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7.5pc\relax > \begingroup > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > #1\par \endgroup > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > \vskip\skip@ } > > I think that should work. > > I'm just looking in amsbook.cls, finding the chapter > definition > (\newcommand\chapter) and tracing through it until I > find some offending > "\centering" commands I can remove. > > Richard > > Mike Rechard wrote: > > Thank you much for your help, redefining the > 'section' > > class worked fine however as you mentioned I need > one > > more step to make all things work. > > Would it be possible to redefine the 'Chapter's as > > well? the same way you did for section part. > > The thing is that, I am in the middle of writing > my > > thesis and just realized that the university rule > is > > to have all the heading titles (including > chapters) be > > left-aligned and they seem to be very picky about > > this, so now I can say that I am in trouble with > this > > and need help (especially I need to use AMS due to > > math contests). > > I think part of my problem is that I don't know > Latex > > otherwise I guess I could modify the source after > all > > but now I don't know what to do. > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > > > sincerlely, > > > > Mike Rechard > > MKS reSearcher > > > > --- Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >> > >>> Richard> As I said, though, I doubt that's > really > >>> > >> the formatting you > >> > >>> Richard> want. As you note, the amsbook class > >>> > >> centers the headings. > >> > >>> Richard> That's AMS style. > >>> > >>> Richard, what we should do about that is disable > >>> > >> the alignments that > >> > >>> are not authorized in the paragraph dialog. This > >>> > >> information is > >> > >>> available in the class, we only have to write > the > >>> > >> code to actually > >> > >>> disable the lists entries. See: > >>> http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1550 > >>> JMarc > >>> > >>> > >> Right. If you can point me at the right place to > >> look in the code, I'll > >> have a peek. > >> > >> Richard > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> > > > ================================================================== > > > >> Richard G Heck, Jr > >> Professor of Philosophy > >> Brown University > >> http://frege.brown.edu/heck/ > >> > >> > > > ================================================================== > > > >> Get my public key from > >> http://sks.keyserver.penguin.de > >> Hash: 0x1DE91F1E66FFBDEC > >> Learn how to sign your email using Thunderbird > and > >> GnuPG at: > >> http://dudu.dyn.2-h.org/nist/gpg-enigmail-howto > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > The fish are biting. > > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search > Marketing. > > > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php > > > > > -- > ================================================================== > Richard G Heck, Jr > Professor of Philosophy > Brown University > http://frege.brown.edu/heck/ > ================================================================== > Get my public key from > http://sks.keyserver.penguin.de > Hash: 0x1DE91F1E66FFBDEC > Learn how to sign your email using Thunderbird and > GnuPG at: > http://dudu.dyn.2-h.org/nist/gpg-enigmail-howto > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097