Re: Line Spacing and Page Layout
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- Subject: [mg92903] Re: Line Spacing and Page Layout
- From: Keflavich <keflavich at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:23:35 -0400 (EDT)
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On Oct 9, 4:34 am, Bob F <deepyog... at gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 8, 4:37 am,Keflavich<keflav... at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, I'm trying to prepare a handout for a class using mathematica, but > > I'm having a hard time controlling the formatting of each piece of > > text. The handout is a few pages longer than I would like simply > > because the spacing between equations is excessive. > > > I tried to modify the line spacing using the Options > > Inspector:Formatting Options:Text Layout Options:Line Spacing, but > > there doesn't seem to be any way to modify the value. All I can do i= s > > set or unset the option with whatever value is present, and that seems > > to have no effect on the document. > > > Also, in some of my pure text sections, mathematica puts line breaks > > in very strange places, resulting in inconsistent line lengths. Is > > there any way to control paragraph formatting of that sort? > > > Thanks, > > Adam > > Adam, > > What version of Mathematica are you using and on what OS? I am using > V6.0.3 on a Mac OS X and changing the LineSpacing parameter works as > expected by just clicking on the value and changing either or both of > the arguments. Is the cell editable? Look at the "Editable" parameter > in OptionInspector. And you also have to have the "Set" box checked. > And click on the "Apply" button at the top of the window or click on > another parameter to make the change be applied to the cell(s) > HTH...If it doesn't post some specific code so we can see exactly what > you trying to do. > > -Bob v6.0.1.0 on Mac. I had "Set" checked and everything that matched the word "editable" set to true. I can set the line spacing, which has an effect, but I can't change the values. Thanks for your help, Adam