LyX ⇒ Problems with contents page

[hooman]

Hi
I'm using lyx 1.6.7-4. I have a deadline in two day and would appreciate some quick solutions. My contents page looks really distorted. I'm using the report document class. I need to know how I can change the content page font, page margin etc without it effecting the entire document.
Thanks in advance.

[meho_r]

Titletoc.

[hooman]

Thanks but my problem is that I dont know how to use these packages...

[localghost]

Thanks but my problem is that I dont know how to use these packages...

I can't imagine that this isn't documented somewhere (online help, wiki, …).


Best regards
Thorsten

[meho_r]

Thanks but my problem is that I dont know how to use these packages...

Then please specify what exactly do you want to change and provide an example .lyx file.

[hooman]

Thanks. All I need to know is how to change the page margins and font on a page without it effecting the other pages. It could be any page or .lyx file. I'm using the report document class.

[meho_r]

1. For changing margins on some pages, you may use geometry package. Put into the preamble (Document > Settings > LaTeX Preamble) \usepackage{geometry} and set parameters as you like, e.g.:

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\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{hmargin={3cm,1.5cm},vmargin={2cm,3cm}}

When you want to change margins and other settings*, use \newgeometry command in your document (Ctrl+L, and then enter the command), e.g.:

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\newgeometry{hmargin={6cm,6cm},vmargin={6cm,6cm}}

And, when you want to restore default settings (i.e.those set in the preamble), use \restoregeometry:

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\restoregeometry

Note: Both these commands automatically insert \clearpage command, which means there's a clear page break immediately after they are called.

2. For changing fonts and other properties of TOC, you may try experimenting with this example code (which goes into the preamble, together with \usepackage{titletoc}):

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\usepackage{titletoc}
\titlecontents{chapter}
              [1.5em]% left, indent
              {\bfseries}% above, formatting
              {\contentslabel{1.3em}}% before with label, stuff before title
              {\hspace*{-1.3em}}% same as above, when there's no label
              {\titlerule*[1pc]{.}\contentspage}% filler and page
              [\hrule\vspace*{6pt}]% optional, code that is following an entry

\titlecontents{section}
              [3.7em]
              {\itshape}
              {\contentslabel{2.2em}}
              {\hspace*{-2.2em}}
              {\titlerule*[1pc]{.}\contentspage}
              [\vspace*{3pt}]

In the attachment you may find an example .lyx file with these suggestion implemented.
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* Note that some settings cannot be changed on the fly. Also, for these changes to work you'll need geometry package version 5 or later. Check geometry documentation for details, section 7.