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ecbm@cc.newcastle.edu.au (Bruce McFarling) writes:

> 	I've just started using LaTeX. I'm trying to get an article
> into the format required by the Journal of Economic issues. Key
> elements:
> 
> - uses Harvard style citations, except with brackets, as in
> 
> 	[Schumpeter 1966 (1931), pp. 35--67]

As an alternative to your solution, you could use either the Harvard
package or the natbib package.  If necessary, to control the form of
the bibliography you can use the makebst package to create your own
.bst file.  These are all available from CTAN ftp servers and mirrors.


> - I prefer widow and orphan control. Suggestions?

LaTeX does have widow and orphan control.  However, default settings
and pagebreaking often lead to problems.  You can control this by
various settings, ideally in a style or class file, alternatively in
the preamble of your document.  The first thing to do is usually to
use \raggedbottom and allow the page length to vary by one line by
something like the following.

\setlength{\topskip}{1\topskip \plus 1\baselineskip}

If this is not sufficient then you can increase the penalties
associated with widows and orphans.  This influences the page breaking
algorithm so that the chance of widows and orphans is decreased.  The
default settings are quite low.  Try something like the following
(10000 is infinite and usually overkill).

\widowpenalty=9999              % Almost no widows at bottom of page.
\clubpenalty=9996               % Almost no orphans at top of page.

> - I need ENDNOTES not FOOTNOTES. How do you do that in LaTex? I
> checked out ``LaTeX Line by Line'' and ``LaTeX Users Guide'', but
> don't see anything that will help. Is it in the LaTeX companion
> (that's out, but I could get it recalled)? Or is there something that
> explains this somewhere online?

The usual answer is to use the endnotes package, I had a look at the
Companion and that is what they recommend.  I don't know if there is a
more recent answer, but there is a document on the CTAN archives that
lists any changes to the companion answers.

The nearest CTAN mirror to you would be ctan.unsw.edu.au, to find
others try `finger ctan@ctan.unsw.edu.au'.

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