Re: problem new version of LyX
Margaret Wojcicki wrote: Hi, I have been using the previous version of LyX (1.3.6) up until recently when LyX 1.4.4 was installed. I am running into some issues that I did not have before when getting a PDF (or any other type of file) from the source. The document is made up of a master document and chapter documents included in the master. I have been using particular layouts that meet my thesis requirements. The problem is that the resulting PDF does not perform page breaks properly. The pages continue to be written all the way to the bottom and some text is lost. I have tried to adjust the document settings margins (the bottom field) to no effect. When I adjust the size of the page it only prints the complete pages to PDF when I make the height of the page 350 mm which is not solution to my problem. If anyone has run into the same problem or has any ideas on how it can be resolved, please let me know. I haven't seen this, but then I never write anything long enough to require a master document and separate chapter documents. (My thesis predated word processing ... and typewriters ... and the ball-point pen ...) That said, I'm wondering if something in the preamble of one of the chapters, or in the layout of a chapter (if the chapter uses a different document class/layout than the main document) is screwing things up. Can you make the problem go away by omitting one particular chapter? If so, I would look at its preamble. If not, can you pare the document down to a small version that exhibits the problem and post that here? Maybe one of us can poke at it until it confesses its sins. /Paul
RE: problem new version of LyX
Margaret Wojcicki wrote: Hi, I have been using the previous version of LyX (1.3.6) up until recently when LyX 1.4.4 was installed. I am running into some issues that I did not have before when getting a PDF (or any other type of file) from the source. The document is made up of a master document and chapter documents included in the master. I have been using particular layouts that meet my thesis requirements. The problem is that the resulting PDF does not perform page breaks properly. I haven't seen this, but then I never write anything long enough to require a master document and separate chapter documents. (My thesis predated word processing ... and typewriters ... and the ball-point pen ...) That said, I'm wondering if something in the preamble of one of the chapters, or in the layout of a chapter (if the chapter uses a different document class/layout than the main document) is screwing things up. Can you make the problem go away by omitting one particular chapter? If so, I would look at its preamble. Thanks for your reply Paul. I actually had some assistance from a fellow LyX user and it was in fact a problem in the preamble as you suggested. I was using the a4package and for some reason it functions differently than it did for previous versions. Getting rid of the package and manually setting up the appropriate margins and page sizes, fixed the problem. I am not sure what the issue with the a4package is but I will continue to work with this manual approach for now. Cheers, Maggie If not, can you pare the document down to a small version that exhibits the problem and post that here? Maybe one of us can poke at it until it confesses its sins. /Paul
Re: problem new version of LyX
Margaret Wojcicki wrote: Hi, I have been using the previous version of LyX (1.3.6) up until recently when LyX 1.4.4 was installed. I am running into some issues that I did not have before when getting a PDF (or any other type of file) from the source. The document is made up of a master document and chapter documents included in the master. I have been using particular layouts that meet my thesis requirements. The problem is that the resulting PDF does not perform page breaks properly. The pages continue to be written all the way to the bottom and some text is lost. I have tried to adjust the document settings margins (the bottom field) to no effect. When I adjust the size of the page it only prints the complete pages to PDF when I make the height of the page 350 mm which is not solution to my problem. If anyone has run into the same problem or has any ideas on how it can be resolved, please let me know. I haven't seen this, but then I never write anything long enough to require a master document and separate chapter documents. (My thesis predated word processing ... and typewriters ... and the ball-point pen ...) That said, I'm wondering if something in the preamble of one of the chapters, or in the layout of a chapter (if the chapter uses a different document class/layout than the main document) is screwing things up. Can you make the problem go away by omitting one particular chapter? If so, I would look at its preamble. If not, can you pare the document down to a small version that exhibits the problem and post that here? Maybe one of us can poke at it until it confesses its sins. /Paul
RE: problem new version of LyX
Margaret Wojcicki wrote: Hi, I have been using the previous version of LyX (1.3.6) up until recently when LyX 1.4.4 was installed. I am running into some issues that I did not have before when getting a PDF (or any other type of file) from the source. The document is made up of a master document and chapter documents included in the master. I have been using particular layouts that meet my thesis requirements. The problem is that the resulting PDF does not perform page breaks properly. I haven't seen this, but then I never write anything long enough to require a master document and separate chapter documents. (My thesis predated word processing ... and typewriters ... and the ball-point pen ...) That said, I'm wondering if something in the preamble of one of the chapters, or in the layout of a chapter (if the chapter uses a different document class/layout than the main document) is screwing things up. Can you make the problem go away by omitting one particular chapter? If so, I would look at its preamble. Thanks for your reply Paul. I actually had some assistance from a fellow LyX user and it was in fact a problem in the preamble as you suggested. I was using the a4package and for some reason it functions differently than it did for previous versions. Getting rid of the package and manually setting up the appropriate margins and page sizes, fixed the problem. I am not sure what the issue with the a4package is but I will continue to work with this manual approach for now. Cheers, Maggie If not, can you pare the document down to a small version that exhibits the problem and post that here? Maybe one of us can poke at it until it confesses its sins. /Paul
Re: problem new version of LyX
Margaret Wojcicki wrote: Hi, I have been using the previous version of LyX (1.3.6) up until recently when LyX 1.4.4 was installed. I am running into some issues that I did not have before when getting a PDF (or any other type of file) from the source. The document is made up of a master document and chapter documents included in the master. I have been using particular layouts that meet my thesis requirements. The problem is that the resulting PDF does not perform page breaks properly. The pages continue to be written all the way to the bottom and some text is lost. I have tried to adjust the document settings margins (the bottom field) to no effect. When I adjust the size of the page it only prints the complete pages to PDF when I make the height of the page 350 mm which is not solution to my problem. If anyone has run into the same problem or has any ideas on how it can be resolved, please let me know. I haven't seen this, but then I never write anything long enough to require a master document and separate chapter documents. (My thesis predated word processing ... and typewriters ... and the ball-point pen ...) That said, I'm wondering if something in the preamble of one of the chapters, or in the layout of a chapter (if the chapter uses a different document class/layout than the main document) is screwing things up. Can you make the problem go away by omitting one particular chapter? If so, I would look at its preamble. If not, can you pare the document down to a small version that exhibits the problem and post that here? Maybe one of us can poke at it until it confesses its sins. /Paul
RE: problem new version of LyX
> >Margaret Wojcicki wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have been using the previous version of LyX (1.3.6) up until recently >when >> LyX 1.4.4 was installed. I am running into some issues that I did not >have >> before when getting a PDF (or any other type of file) from the source. >The >> document is made up of a master document and chapter documents included >in >> the master. I have been using particular layouts that meet my thesis >> requirements. >> >> The problem is that the resulting PDF does not perform page breaks >properly. >I haven't seen this, but then I never write anything long enough to >require a master document and separate chapter documents. (My thesis >predated word processing ... and typewriters ... and the ball-point pen >...) That said, I'm wondering if something in the preamble of one of >the chapters, or in the layout of a chapter (if the chapter uses a >different document class/layout than the main document) is screwing >things up. > >Can you make the problem go away by omitting one particular chapter? If >so, I would look at its preamble. Thanks for your reply Paul. I actually had some assistance from a fellow LyX user and it was in fact a problem in the preamble as you suggested. I was using the a4package and for some reason it functions differently than it did for previous versions. Getting rid of the package and manually setting up the appropriate margins and page sizes, fixed the problem. I am not sure what the issue with the a4package is but I will continue to work with this manual approach for now. Cheers, Maggie > >If not, can you pare the document down to a small version that exhibits >the problem and post that here? Maybe one of us can poke at it until it >confesses its sins. > >/Paul
