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From: dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Don Hosek)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Double spaced LaTeX
Message-ID: <2527@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 20 Oct 89 06:29:30 GMT
References: <10960@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: dhosek@jarthur.UUCP (Don Hosek)
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
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In article <10960@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> eliot@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Eliot Handelman) writes:
>Lamport pg. 155 says that "you can produce a `double-spaced' version of
>the document for copy-editing \baselinestretch to 2." Here's what I did.
>\documentstyle{article}
>\begin{document}
>\baselinestretch 2
>This is a long document
>
>\end{document}

To re-set \baselinestretch, use \renewcommand, as in
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{2}

Do not, however, attempt to use this technique to create a double spaced
paper for anything other than copy-editing. The results will be sh*t.
Ideally, you should have a document style which adjusts assorted values
appropriately for double spacing (doublespace.sty is _not_ a reasonable
solution for all but the simplest of documents). Not only should environments
like quote and quotation be modified but also spacing in lists &c. should
also be changed.

Do it right or don't do it at all.

-dh
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