List of available typesetting text options

These are the options available to writers and readers for controlling the look of typeset pages or page collections.

surtitle
author name appears on cover of books, reports and optionally in articles
title
appears on cover and in page header (books and reports) or footer (articles)
short
short title (optional) appears on book page header
subtitle
appears on cover and in page footer of books and reports
copyright
printed before © on book title verso page
date
day of print caption on book title verso page

document

vreferror
deprecated
cover
article cover page or alignment of cover text
coverstyle
font style for cover heading text
titlepage
layout style for book title page
halftitle
treatment of book half-title page
preface
print preface before the table of contents
colorlinks
use colour to denote hyperlinks
toc
generate a table of contents for an article or book chapter
tablelist
generate a list of tables
figurelist
generate a list of figures
dottedtoc
set toc page numbers flush right

page

space
interline spacing
return
include or omit letter return address
colophon
include or omit colophon
pagesize
ISO or US standard
trim
show trimming marks
duplex
format pages to print 2 sided
watermark
appears on every page
marginshift
format pages with wide outer margins
chappg
page numbers with chapter number prefix
parasep
separation between paragraphs

heading

bookmarks
pdf bookmarks setting
chapterstyle
style for chapter heading text in books
autonumber
depth of numbered sections
sectionnewpage
major sections start on a new page
ucsection
major section headings are uppercase or other style
headingcolor
use specified colour for heading text
headingstyle
font style for section heading text

body

blockcolor
colour of div class=block
justification
text justified or ragged right
bodystyle
font style for body text
hrstyle
dingbat character for horizontal rules
hrrepeat
use 3 dingbat characters
urlstyle
use a typewriter font for url text
fontset
predefined collections of sans and serif fonts
fontsize
point size of body text

float

chapterbib
print references after each chapter
cfloatlist
generate a list of custom floats
cfloatcols
number of columns in custom floats
cfloatname
prefix for custom float number
cfloatstyle
style for custom floats
floathere
allow figures, tables or custom floats to be placed here
imagesize
make all images smaller (includes side captions option)
wrapfloat
wrap text around framed images

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