[Tugindia] Centering a Section title

[kvmadhav]

hi,
why dont you try this out. it always works out for me...for a change try
using gedit.
\begin{center}
\pageheading{introduction}
\end{center}

regards
madhav
On 08/02/2008, David Owen <twychicky at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, Everyone,
> Thanks for the help. I have two more little problems:
> 1)   I have tried to center on a page,  say,  the title "Introduction" by
> using
> \centerline{\section{Introduction}}
> but it does not work. I am using Winedt and it gives the message
> "Something's wrong. Perhaps a missing \item".
> If I use
> \centerline{  \bf{ Introduction} }
> this does not give me what I want.
> Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
>
> 2) Can someone tell me how to leave a space of say, 3.5cm, at the top of
> the
> first page of a document but leave a margin of 4cm on all other pages?
> Thanks again for everything.
> D.O.
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Madhav Kopalle
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