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From: hermann@loria.crin.fr (Miki HERMANN)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: frequently asked questions
Message-ID: <1513@loria.crin.fr>
Date: 28 Feb 90 08:35:34 GMT
References: <1990Feb25.182757.23500@cs.rochester.edu> <22450@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <814@lectroid.sw.stratus.com>
Reply-To: hermann@loria.crin.fr (Miki HERMANN)
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In article <814@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> lmann@bigbootay.sw.stratus.com (Mann) writes:
>You almost might want to have different people maintain answers to
>different types of questions:
>
>	1. LaTeX users (how do I doublespace?)
>
>	2.  TeX users (how do I set up a bibliography for a book?)
>
>	3.  Wizards and gurus (how do I make pk files?)
>
>	4.  Metafont hackers (how can I port Pandora?)
>
>I don't know much about 1, 3, or 4, but I can sure help with
>the second type of question!

The solution of the first question is  easy. It requires  only to read
Lamport's  LaTeX manual properly (Rule  of thumb: If  it does not work
for  the  n-th  time, read the  reference manual!). The explanation is
given   on  the page   155.  The \baselinestretch   parameter does the
required work.  You can use it in the following way:

AFTER the \documentstyle..., but BEFORE \begin{document} you write

	\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{2}

for doublespaced documents. As it is explained in  the manual, you can
use a decimal number (1.5, 2, 3.14, etc) for \baselinestretch.

Miki HERMANN
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