vertical alignment (center text vertically)

[Robert Neumann]

Hello,
I'm looking for a way to center a multiline text horizontally and vertically on a page.
(I'm planing to write something like vocabulary cards). The horizontal
alignment is no problem but how to center the text vertically?
thanks
Robert

[Geoffrey Lloyd]

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Subject: vertical alignment (center text vertically)

Post by Robert Neumann
Hello,
I'm looking for a way to center a multiline text horizontally and vertically on a page.
(I'm planing to write something like vocabulary cards). The horizontal
alignment is no problem but how to center the text vertically?
thanks
Robert

In ERT put

\vspace*{\fill}

before and after you text and it will align it centrally.

Just so you understand the ERT and for future reference. On a page you can
use \vfill to provide a space on a page between objects such that they fill
the page. However if you put \vfill as the first of last thing on a page it
is removed.

However \vspace* is not removed and the \fill command makes it equivalent to
\vfill

Obviously you could also set it to a length if you didn't want it centred.

e.g. \vspace*{2cm}

Hope this helps

Geoff

[Juergen Spitzmueller]

Post by Geoffrey Lloyd

Post by Robert Neumann
Hello,
I'm looking for a way to center a multiline text horizontally and vertically on a page.
(I'm planing to write something like vocabulary cards). The horizontal
alignment is no problem but how to center the text vertically?
thanks
Robert

In ERT put
\vspace*{\fill}
before and after you text and it will align it centrally.

No need to use ERT. See attached (use the paragraph dialog to get the
vspace*{\fill}.

Jürgen

[Robert Neumann]

Post by Juergen Spitzmueller
No need to use ERT. See attached (use the paragraph dialog to get the
vspace*{\fill}.

When I use the paragraph dialog it provides me only with a vfill and not with a vfill* (I use the "variabel" in the german paragraph dialog)
Robert

[Paul A. Rubin]

Post by Robert Neumann

Post by Juergen Spitzmueller
No need to use ERT. See attached (use the paragraph dialog to get the
vspace*{\fill}.

When I use the paragraph dialog it provides me only with a vfill and not with a vfill* (I use the "variabel" in the german paragraph dialog)
Robert

Notice in Juergen's example that he checked the "Keep space" box. That
plus vfill apparently causes LyX to specify \vfill* in the LaTeX output.

Paul

[Herbert Voss]

Post by Paul A. Rubin

Post by Robert Neumann

Post by Juergen Spitzmueller
No need to use ERT. See attached (use the paragraph dialog to get the
vspace*{\fill}.

When I use the paragraph dialog it provides me only with a vfill and
not with a vfill* (I use the "variabel" in the german paragraph dialog)
Robert

Notice in Juergen's example that he checked the "Keep space" box. That
plus vfill apparently causes LyX to specify \vfill* in the LaTeX output.

the problem is that nobody really knows the sense of
"Keep space". In 99.999999% of all cases the starred version
will be ok.

Herbert