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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-linespace.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-linespace.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7c8fcd08f22 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-linespace.html @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label linespace</title> +</head><body> +<h3>Double-spaced documents in LaTeX</h3> +<p>A quick and easy way of getting inter-line space for copy-editing is +to change <code>\</code><code>baselinestretch</code> - <code>\</code><code>linestretch{1.2}</code> (or, +equivalently <code>\</code><code>renewcommand{<code>\</code><code>baselinestretch</code>}{1.2}</code>) may +be adequate. Note that <code>\</code><code>baselinestretch</code> changes don't take +effect until you select a new font, so make the change in the preamble +before any font is selected. Don't try changing <code>\</code><code>baselineskip</code>: +its value is reset at any size-changing command so that results will +be inconsistent. +<p>For preference (and certainly for a production document, such as a +dissertation or an article submission), use a line-spacing package. +The only one currently supported is <i>setspace</i> (do <em>not</em> +be tempted by <i>doublespace</i> - its performance under current +LaTeX is at best problematical). <i>Setspace</i> switches off +double-spacing at places where even the most die-hard official would +doubt its utility (footnotes, figure captions, and so on); it's very +difficult to do this consistently if you're manipulating +<code>\</code><code>baselinestretch</code> yourself. +<p>Of course, the real solution (other than for private copy editing) is +<em>not</em> to use double-spacing at all. Universities, in particular, +have no excuse for specifying double-spacing in submitted +dissertations: LaTeX is a typesetting system, not a +typewriter-substitute, and can (properly used) make single-spaced text +even more easily readable than double-spaced typewritten text. If you +have any influence on your university's system (for example, through +your dissertation supervisor), it may be worth attempting to get the +rules changed (at least to permit a "well-designed book" format). +<p>Double-spaced submissions are also commonly required when submitting +papers to conferences or journals. Fortunately (judging by the +questions from users in this author's department), this demand is +becoming less common. +<p>Documentation of <i>setspace</i> appears as TeX comments in the +package file itself. +<dl> +<dt><tt><i>setspace.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/setspace/setspace.sty">macros/latex/contrib/setspace/setspace.sty</a> +</dl> +<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=linespace">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=linespace</a> +</body> |