SetOptions with Column
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- Subject: [mg64456] SetOptions with Column
- From: Rob Munger <rob.munger at yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:12:48 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hello, all,
I am trying to use Mathematica to typeset homework assignments. I'm trying
to use GridBoxes to format multi-line equations of the following sort:
a = b
= c
= d
= e
= f
Because I use formulas like this a lot, it would be nice if I could get Mathematica to make the default alignment for the columns of GridBoxes to be "Left," instead of "Center." However, when I try to use SetOptions to accomplish this, I get:
In:
SetOptions[GridBox,ColumnAlignments->{Left}]
Options[GridBox,ColumnAlignments]
Out:
{ColumnAlignments->{Center}}
In:
SetOptions[GridBox,ColumnAlignments->Left]
Options[GridBox,ColumnAlignments]
Out:
{ColumnAlignments->{Center}}
My Mathematica abilities are somewhat limited, so I have no idea what is going wrong (or going write, as the case may be). Using Unprotect didn't help.
Any ideas?
I'm using Mathematica 5.1.0.0 on WinXP.
Rob