[Tugindia] Line spacing question

[Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरो]

The replies helped me too. Thanks, everyone! FN

2009/6/24 Derek Cordeiro <cordeiroderek at gmail.com>

> Thanks for the replies. It is really appreciated.
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:51 AM, E. Krishnan<ekmath at asianetindia.com>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Derek Cordeiro wrote:
> >
> >> How do I set a line spacing in LaTeX that corresponds to a 1.5 line
> >> spacing in Word/OOo? The setspace package together with
> >> \onehalfspacing does not generate the same line spacing(Word/OOo
> >> generates more space). How do I replicate the same spacing in LaTeX?
> >> (I have specifications given to me as a word document)
> >
> >
> > If you want to change the interline spacing for an entire document, then
> you
> > can just give the command
> >
> >     \renewcommand{\baselinestreth}{x}
> >
> > where x is a number you can experiment with. This is a standard LaTeX
> > feature and does not need any additional package.
> >
> > The package "setspace" comes in handy when you want different
> > interlinespacing at different parts of the document. Apart from the
> commands
> > like \onehalspacing and environments like
> > \begin{onehalfspace}...\end{onehalfspace}, this package has also commands
> > like \setstretch{x} for setting interlinespacing of your choice for the
> > entire document and also the environment
> \begin{spacing}{x}...\end{spacing}
> > to do this for parts of the document, where x, as before, is a number you
> > can play around with.
> >
> >
> > THe introductory part of the file sespace.sty itself gives all this
> > information. The package does not seem to have separate documentation.
>
>


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