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diff --git a/doc/user/str_marg b/doc/user/str_marg index 0f9f75d..e2eba2d 100644 --- a/doc/user/str_marg +++ b/doc/user/str_marg @@ -55,24 +55,26 @@ similar to the @Code "@InitialBreak" setup file option. @PP @Code "@MarginNoteHGap" determines how far away from the adjacent text column the margin note will appear; the default -value is 0.5 centimetres. @Code "@MarginNoteVGap" is the minimum +value is 0.5 centimetres. Notice that, by this definition, margin +notes will appear in the page body margin (Section {@NumberOf margins}) +if there is one. @Code "@MarginNoteVGap" is the minimum vertical separation between margin notes (i.e. it determines how far downwards a note will be shifted to avoid the previous one). @Code "@MarginNoteWidth" determines the width of the column in which margin notes (both left and right) are set; the default value of 1.5 centimetres is suited to the 2.5 centimetre page margins -that are the default, but if you widen the page margins you will be -able to increase @Code "@MarginNoteWidth" too. +that are the default, but if you widen the page or page body margins +you will be able to increase @Code "@MarginNoteWidth" too. @PP -Left notes extend into the left margin a total distance of -@Code "@MarginNoteHGap" plus {@Code "@MarginNoteWidth"}, and it is -up to you to make sure that this does not put them off -the page. Similar remarks apply to right notes. And since notes -are never shifted to the next page, only downwards, there is also -a risk that a note will be shifted off the bottom of the page, if -it is very long or if preceding notes obstruct it. Again, it is -up to you to avoid this problem by keeping your notes small and not -too close together. +Left notes extend into the left margin (including the left page body +margin) a total distance of @Code "@MarginNoteHGap" plus +{@Code "@MarginNoteWidth"}, and it is up to you to make sure that this +does not put them off the page. Similar remarks apply to right +notes. And since notes are never shifted to the next page, only +downwards, there is also a risk that a note will be shifted off the +bottom of the page, if it is very long or if preceding notes obstruct +it. Again, it is up to you to avoid this problem by keeping your notes +small and not too close together. @PP Margin notes inside footnotes, figures and tables work well. Margin notes in multi-column documents are disastrous unless used very |