General ⇒ need some tips and tricks

[metebalci]

I am writing my thesis at the moment and I need some help since I dont have a class file. These are simple questions that I know how to do in ms word:

- how to select font, such as Times or Arial ?
- how to modify font size in normal text, in tables, in figures etc ?
- how to disable splitting words at the end of the text ?
- how to modify the spacing between lines ? between paragraphs ? and before a title and after a title (when using chapter, section, subsection and subsubsection).
- how to eliminate displaying "chapter X" when using \chapter ? I only need to display the chapter number and the text like "I. Introduction".

Thanks in advance.

Mete

[localghost]

Simple questions mostly have simple answers. You will have to read many documentations of classes and packages, but you will get these answers.

1. Take a look at the fntguide and study the documentations of psnfss, pxfonts, txfonts and mathdesign for example.
2. Take a look at l2short or refer to literature for beginners.
3. Take a look at l2short. (What reasons are there against hyphenation?)
4. Take a look at l2short, the setspace package and the sectsty package.
5. Take a look at KOMA Script. The setting regarding the chapters is predefined there. It also provides settings regarding the points mentioned (by yourself) under point four.

As you see, a lot of stuff is waiting for you. Be aware of the fact that LaTeX is a typesetting system and not a word processor like MS Word. If you want to realise very individual wishes, stay with Word. Otherwise you will get pretty good results with LaTeX. Good luck!