On Friday 01 May 2009 02:23:04 pm Thomas Løcke wrote: > 2009/4/29 Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com>:
> > Now I'm going to give you some very controversial advice, and many will > > argue with it. DO NOT use the facilities of your document class for your > > frontmatter -- instead use custom styles and ERT (inserted LaTeX code) to > > fine-tune your front matter exactly how you want it. There's nothing > > sadder than the guy who picks a document class to get the frontmatter > > just right, and then has to live with that document class's > > ideosyncracies throughout the book. Personally, I always start with the > > plain old Book document class, and use a layout file to add the features > > I need. > > I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean: If I don't use any of > the styles of a document class, why use the class in the first place? > Or am I missing something? I meant don't use them for your FRONTMATTER. By all means use them for your MAINMATTER. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
