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Fixed height graphic & page breaks [Memoir] 4 164 (12/9/2009 7:49:29 PM) comp.text.tex Thanks to input here the issue of getting a fixed space (two lines) containing a graphic was solved... (implemented code below). There is one puzzling problem though: without the \needspace of 3 lines the ... Julian

Special Help Please :) 13 125 (12/4/2009 3:08:55 PM) comp.text.tex In view of the expertise available here Lars Madsen suggested that I explain what I am doing... I am happy to do that in the hope that you can see the wood for the trees. I have not written at length before ... Julian

Memoir - adjustwidth - indentation 5 151 (12/3/2009 11:19:59 PM) comp.text.tex How can one force indentation within an adjustwidth environment? Or how would one define a similar environment that allowed one to use \indent or \noindent and respected the indentation previously in force... Julian

Graphic (in figure) splitting paragraph [?Memoir issue?] 21 27 (12/3/2009 1:30:17 PM) comp.text.tex In the attached example the graphic has jumped from the bottom of p2 to the top of p3 where it now sits between lines 1 & 2 of the paragraph it is supposed to precede. I would be quite happy for the graphic to... Julian

Horizontal alignment affecting paragraph spacing? 2 29 (11/30/2009 2:44:17 PM) comp.text.tex What very stupid thing am I doing wrong/overlooking... Lines 10-12 are the way I expect them all to appear... could someone explain this behaviour? Thanks \documentclass[final,twoside,openright,showtrims,10pt... Julian

How to: Position text on the line to make multi-line patterns? 9 22 (11/30/2009 1:58:24 PM) comp.text.tex I am trying to create shapes with multiple lines of (centered) text like the illustration below in which words in all caps are to appear, and words in lower case are not; obviously the alignment doesn't work pr... Julian

Centering & Margins - left/rightskip conflict? 18 38 (11/30/2009 10:59:05 AM) comp.text.tex What is the problem with centering text within temporarily widened margins? There seems to be a conflict between \leftskip and \rightskip and the centering environment and the centering command. "Can you help... Julian

Horizontal position control Grrr! 1 26 (11/30/2009 10:57:48 AM) comp.text.tex I am trying to precisely control the relative placement of words on several adjacent lines (see the output of the attached MWE) [NB the MWE is also the MWE for a separate question; this question refers to p1 of... Julian

Memoir - Footskip awol (and Memoir's textheight adjustments) 5 224 (11/20/2009 1:33:08 PM) comp.text.tex As shown in the MWE below I set the textblock height to be 537pt (when processed it comes out at 538pt) but I do not seem to have the specified \footskip. When I had spec'd the textheight as (45 lines of 1... Julian

Memoir (thx for the update) - Chapters & Headers 2 164 (11/17/2009 11:07:34 AM) comp.text.tex First, thanks to Lars Madsen for the Memoir update... (I had to say that first because the next question might be annoying... ) I'm trying to put a chapter title in a header, but what I do not understan... Julian

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Graphic (in figure) splitting paragraph [?Memoir issue?] 21 27 (12/3/2009 1:30:17 PM) comp.text.tex In the attached example the graphic has jumped from the bottom of p2 to the top of p3 where it now sits between lines 1 & 2 of the paragraph it is supposed to precede. I would be quite happy for the graphic to... julianidostuff (33)

Horizontal alignment affecting paragraph spacing? 2 29 (11/30/2009 2:44:17 PM) comp.text.tex What very stupid thing am I doing wrong/overlooking... Lines 10-12 are the way I expect them all to appear... could someone explain this behaviour? Thanks \documentclass[final,twoside,openright,showtrims,10pt... julianidostuff (33)

How to: Position text on the line to make multi-line patterns? 9 22 (11/30/2009 1:58:24 PM) comp.text.tex I am trying to create shapes with multiple lines of (centered) text like the illustration below in which words in all caps are to appear, and words in lower case are not; obviously the alignment doesn't work pr... julianidostuff (33)

Centering & Margins - left/rightskip conflict? 18 38 (11/30/2009 10:59:05 AM) comp.text.tex What is the problem with centering text within temporarily widened margins? There seems to be a conflict between \leftskip and \rightskip and the centering environment and the centering command. "Can you help... julianidostuff (33)

Memoir Class - per chapter page counting 5 27 (11/13/2009 2:34:11 PM) comp.text.tex How would I find the page # within a chapter so that e.g. in the footer I could have Ch1 p1 (not what I want to do but it makes the idea clear.) Thanks ... julianidostuff (33)

Memoir trim marks - centre marks not working 8 43 (11/13/2009 2:31:24 PM) comp.text.tex Confession: I've been at LaTeX etc. for two whole weeks now... Question: how does one get the centre/middle trimmarks to appear? The showtrims option is included in the document class, corner trims are fine (t... julianidostuff (33)