Thread: [MiKTeX] Getting Started (a few questions)
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From: Matt H. <iwa...@ge...> - 2008-09-29 18:07:23
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Hi all, Apologies if this post repeats, I don't think my last one got through (to me or the archives). I'm writing an assignment for university and decided to do it with MikTex and the LEd editor. I've used LaTeX a few times before but never really got into it or understood it. Now I have a few questions. I'm using the PhD memoir template and there's a few things I'd like to change: 1) How can I stop it generating blank pages after the ToC and short chapters? I wouldn't mind just taking out the blank pages after printing, except it messes up the page numbering. 2) I'm typing several paragraphs in a chapter, I append \\ to the end of the first paragraph and the next one is started on a new line in the right place. The second paragraph also has the first line indented neatly. How can I get the first paragraph to have the same indentation? 3) How can I change the spacing of some things, like the big space before the chapter headers, I would like to reduce that space. Also the spacing between list items. I think thats about all my questions for now, I would be so grateful if someone could give me some tips. Thanks Matt |
From: Ulrike F. <li...@ni...> - 2008-09-30 07:57:44
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am Montag, 29. September 2008 um 20:09 schrieb Matt Harrison: > I'm writing an assignment for university and decided to do it with > MikTex and the LEd editor. > I've used LaTeX a few times before but never really got into it or > understood it. Now I have a few questions. Your question are about LaTeX and not specific to miktex. You should better ask them at a newsgroup like comp.text.tex. > I'm using the PhD memoir template and there's a few things I'd like to > change: > 1) How can I stop it generating blank pages after the ToC and short > chapters? I wouldn't mind just taking out the blank pages after > printing, except it messes up the page numbering. \documentclass[openany]{...} But you should be aware that chapters will then open at left pages too, something that is not usual in twoside book layout. > 2) I'm typing several paragraphs in a chapter, I append \\ to the end of > the first paragraph Don't do this! Paragraphs are ended with an empty line *not* with \\. > and the next one is started on a new line in the right place. The > second paragraph also has the first line indented neatly. How can I > get the first paragraph to have the same indentation? http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=secindent > 3) How can I change the spacing of some things, like the big space > before the chapter headers, I would like to reduce that space. Depends on your class. http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=secthead > Also the spacing between list items. http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=complist -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Ulrike Fischer mailto:li...@ni... |