Text Formatting ⇒ how to find cause of inability to double space

[jamaas]

I'm writing a manuscript for a journal called Oxford Biostatistics and they supply a class file. However when I use this file I'm unable to successfully change any of the formatting to double spacing, to print a copy for editing by co-authors. Could someone tell me how to find the cause of the problem in the class file, or better still how to temporarily overcome it so I can temporarily double space some of the text?

Thanks
J

Ubuntu 12.10
current texlive
bio.cls

attempting using

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\setspace

\doublespace

\begin{document}

lots of text

\end{document}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Perhaps post a real piece of code, which is compilable (minimal working example) and post the class file as attachment. bio.cls is not a standard class.

I guess instead of \setspace you mean \usepackage{setspace}.

Except that, the code above is correct. Just post a short example which shows the inability, so we don't need guesswork.

Stefan

[jamaas]

Thank you, some of this new to me but will do my best. I will attempt to attach bio.cls file.

Thanks
J

Example latex code

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\RequirePackage{fix-cm}
\documentclass[a4paper,english]{bio}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{pdflscape}
\usepackage{changepage}
\usepackage{polyglossia}

\doublespace

\begin{document}


Lets see if we can type some material and double space it or is there something in the bio class file that is forcing it to be single spaced.  This is really annoying.  I think it must be something in the class file that is forcing it to do this?

\end{document}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

I found the solution in the class file source. You could simply use the oupdraft option instead of setspace and \doublespacing:

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\documentclass[a4paper,english,oupdraft]{bio}

Stefan

[jamaas]

Well spotted, thanks a bunch. Is it common for many class files to have "draft" option?
Big help, thanks again!

J

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Yes, it's common, for example the standard classes, such as article, book and report, support the draft option, for visualizing bad line breaks, by

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\DeclareOption{draft}{\setlength\overfullrule{5pt}}

The bio class does the same. It adds its own oupdraft option, for a different purpose, here double spacing.

draft (and final) options are also supported by packages, such as

• graphicx: with draft, images are not printed
• hyperref: with draft, all hypertext features are turned off
• listings: with draft, no printing of external listings, but showing captions and generating labels

Stefan