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[Massimiliano Gubinelli <address@hidden>]

I do not think that magnify is the right command for this. Why you do not 
reduce the font size of the document? Or the interline spacing?

Best
MG


> On 1 Apr 2023, at 22:07, Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> At a first look, the command you chose acts on selected text. Can you try 
> again, selecting text first?
> 
> I have also seen an option to the same effect under 
> Document->Font->Advanced; I haven't been able to make it work with values 
> different from the one proposed by the form (the largest factor smaller 
> than 1 is 0.9). On the other hand, Document->Magnification then choosing 
> 0.98 seemed to work.
> 
> I am a bit curious. I am taking it for granted that you do not want to 
> reduce the font point size tout-court (Lasers by A. Siegman seems to me 
> written in font 10 and still pretty readable), but given this: a different 
> strategy is also choosing a smaller font for just some sections or perhaps 
> better subsections or other suitable parts (it may be hard to reduce the 
> number of pages by 3% in this way though).
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Giovanni
> 
> On 01.04.23 22:29, Richard gomez wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I have created a book document with 847 pages, but I need to reduce this 
>> number to 820.
>> 
>> I have tried using Format / Font Effects / Magnify horizontally 
>> horizontally with a coefficient of 0.98 and the same coefficient 
>> vertically, but it didn't work.
>> 
>> Only the table of contents has been reduced, not the rest of the document.
>> 
>> How can I reduce the font size throughout the entire book?
>> 
>> My document includes chapters that are written in different TM files.
>> 
>> Thank you for your attention.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Richard Gomez