LyX ⇒ Quick Newbie Question

[Tristanm]

I've glanced through the tutorials, but have been unable to find an answer. Since I'm new to LyX, I'm still getting used to how everything works. Since I'm writing a college paper, I need to stick

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right aligned at the top of the page. Unfortunately, the closest I can get is

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That extra space needs to go. How would I go about doing this?

[fatra2]

Hi there,

Since you say that you are new to LaTeX, you might want to understand the compiler's point of view. Since its early beginning, LaTeX was design for you to write your document without having to worry about the topography of your document. Therefore, the LaTeX compiler follows very strict topographic rules. So if I can make one suggestion: "don't worry about the layout of your doucment, LaTeX will always make it look better and more professional than what you can ever make".

That said, if you truly want to reduce the space between the two, you can always use:

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You might need to tweek the whole thing, by changing the amount of space to take away in \vspace. Remember that \vspace without negative sign will add some space, and with the negative sign will take that space away.

Cheers