Text Formatting ⇒ 1. new page 2. sans serif whole document

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hi everyone
1. how do I force latex to start my subsection on a new page?
I put \newpage above \subsection{CAL variables}
but it's not working.

2. can someone tell me where to look for if I would like to make the whole thesis font sans serif. I know how to make \textsf{xx} but which command is it for the whole thesis. I did look at the formatting notes but got confused.

thanks very much
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[frabjous]

These problems, and especially the first one, are hard to diagnose without a minimal working example to test with. You could try \clearpage but most likely if \newpage wasn't working, there's something your document class or set up preventing it from working right, and we'd need to see those and the context to see why.

From the second issue, the standard way is to use something like:

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\renewcommand*{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}

in your preamble, but again, there may be peculiarities of your particular document class or packages, etc., that would prevent that from working right. A minimal working example is really a must.

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hi frabjous
\clearpage pushed the section to another page!
it worked thanks very much

the \renewcommand line that you sent me, should that be put in the .sty file?
thank you so much
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[frabjous]

the \renewcommand line that you sent me, should that be put in the .sty file?
thank you so much
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What .sty file did you have in mind? You should just be able to put it in the preamble of your document.

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hi again frabjous
I'm using a thesis template; that's why I ask about the mathphdthesis.sty file.
All the commands are there.
thanks very much again
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to Frabjous
thanks a lot
the \renewcommand*{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} worked
I put it in the thesis.tex

much appreciated
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