On Thursday 12 March 2009, rettie wrote: > Hello everyone! I use Lyx 1.6.1 on Arch linux and I've been having trouble > with a .png image in a figure of mine, this one specifically: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Terephthalic-acid-2D-skeletal.png > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Terephthalic-acid-2D-skeletal.png > > It converts to pdf fine but as soon as I print it a black box appears over > the image. Has anyone else had this problem? I've tried various printers > with no luck. Also, the image came out fine when I used Word and made a pdf > file. Has anyone else had this problem? Thanks in advance!
This image has a transparent background -- I'm sure that's the problem. Convert it to one with a white background (using any image editing program) and it should be fine. > Another quick question: the default margins for the article class are > large, but I've always liked them because I hate crowded pages. Are there > any real benefits of the margins this size? I remember someone told me it's > something to do with the average number of words on a line, though this > could have been a lie... haha if there's a science behind it I wouldn't > dare change it! If lines have too many characters in them, the eye has trouble going automatically to the start of the next line. A rule of thumb is about 80 characters per line, and the default margins are chosen (by LaTeX, not LyX) to limit lines to this length. -- Les ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
