trying to get a handle on margins

2001-04-28 Thread Chris Green
I'm a new Lyx user ( version 1.1.6 from Mandrake 8.0 )and when I use the article layout, I seem to get the margins to act correctly. The article layout has 1.5" left and right margins when I would really like only 1" margins. In the User Guide, I found: setlength{hoffset}{-0.5 in} setlength{v

Re: trying to get a handle on margins

2001-04-28 Thread Jones
The easiest way to set margins is in Layout->Document->Paper. If you need to use the commands, then here are some stabs: > In the User Guide, I found: > > setlength{hoffset}{-0.5 in} > > setlength{voffset}{-0.5 in} Did you type setlength... or \setlength? Did you type voffset or did you type

Re: trying to get a handle on margins

2001-04-28 Thread Chris Green
Christopher M (Jones) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The easiest way to set margins is in Layout->Document->Paper. If you need to > use the commands, then here are some stabs: Ahhh I completely missed that dialog > > You would still need an '\' in the braces, as in {\hoffset} Ah. I was looking