We are using Lyx for automatically formated PDF creation at my job.
We ended up putty \begin{sloppy} at the very beginning of the document, and
closing off with \end{sloppy} as the very last thing.
It seems rather strange for the default behavior of latex to have text
over-run the margins (IMHO)On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Steve Litt <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > See the forwarded message... > > Once again I've been called upon to come to the defense of TeX/LaTeX/LyX > from > various InDesign fans and the like, so I need to give this guy a definitive > answer. Personally, when LyX fails to justify, I don't worry about it, but > these guys are more particular. > > I already suggested starting the paragraph with \sloppy and ending it with > \fussy. Will that work? Is there anything else he can do? Is there a > package > he can include to guarantee justification when there's hyphenation? > > Thanks > > SteveT > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > Subject: [Pub-forum] Lyx justification problem > Date: Wednesday 24 November 2010 > > To: "Publisher's Forum" <[email protected]> > > John or Steve: > I guess you are the two TeX authorities but anybody else can pop in with an > answer. > > I have just installed Lyx on a MacBook and have tried to format some test > copy. Everything is fine except that whenever a hyphenated word appears at > the end of a line it is not properly justified. The hyphenated word just > hangs out in the margin. > > Have you encountered this problem and what is the solution? > Thanks for any help from anyone. > > -- --- - Learn to speak Cherokee: http://www.cherokeelessons.com/ - Cherokee Language Help BBS/Chat: http://www.cherokeelessons.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=6 - Cherokee Lessons PDF made with: http://www.lyx.org/
