On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 23:08 +0000, Nate Mullins wrote: > Hello, > > My name is Nate Mullins and I am a graduate student at the University of > Utah. I have written my Master's thesis in Lyx but am experiencing some > formatting issues that neither my academic advisor nor I have been able to > resolve: > > 1. How do I reformat the table of contents? Specifically, I a) need a > double space inserted between the chapter title and section titles and b) > need to enlarge the font from Default to Large.
You will need to redefine the [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] commands,
like
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{2.3em}}
This will override the existing defs. Put it in a file that you \input
from your preamble.
An example is here:
http://www.tug.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pitthesis/pittstd.clo
Another here (note the vertical skips):
http://www.uah.edu/gradschool/thman/latex_files/THESIS95.STY
Yes, it's hell :-)
If your university doesn't have a standard thesis documentclass,
somebody should write one...
> 2. I have some tables that won't fit the page horizontally unless I make
> the font really small (too small). I need to enlarge the font, but would
> you suggest I a) orient the tables to Landscape and span them multiple
> pages or b) make the columns narrower?
Doesn't longtable do this?
> 3. Page bottom margins are set to 1" but on some pages, the text goes
> below 1" (to about 0.75"). I don't understand why--seems to be a bug.
>
> 4. Widow/orphan control is not working consistently.
>
> 5. How do I get a figure/graphic to start a new page? If a page break
> needs to be inserted, do I insert a "top" or "bottom" page break?
You would be better off placing them in a figure float. The right mouse
will then give you a context menu to control placement.
> 6. How do I get Lyx to triple space between figures and subsequent text
> (not the caption)? Currently it is double spaced and I don't know how to
> change it.
\textfloatsep, \dbltextfloatsep etc. But if you're using floats, it
should take care of itself.
> 7. How do I eliminate the triple space between the end of one section (or
> subsection) and the next section heading? Lyx seems to arbitrarily place
> triple spaces here and there and I don't want them.
Redefine stuff... it's LaTeX that does this, not LyX. So you redefine
section etc. like this
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
{-3.5ex [EMAIL PROTECTED] -1ex [EMAIL
PROTECTED] -.2ex}%
{2.3ex [EMAIL PROTECTED]
{\normalfont\Large\bfseries}}
> 8. Currently there is a triple space between the References page heading
> and the first listed reference. I need to change to double space but see
> no way to do this.
Same thing. The header is probably Section or Chapter type.
> I will greatly appreciate any help.
>
> Regards,
> Nate
I strongly recommend you scan through the existing document classes if
there is any that meet your needs. Or scrounge the Internet for thesis
classes of other universities that you could adapt. Otherwise you're in
for a LaTeX programming job :-(
BTW your advisor doesn't happen to be Tim Garrett?
- Martin
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