From: fizzy on
I came across a Notebook, from a Mathematica textbook, that I really
like...it has a nice background color, etc. which makes it easier to see
what I'm doing....however...when you have multiple lines of code in an
Input cell , e.g. 2, the first output Cell is contiguous with the Input
cell....however, the next Output cell is about an 1/8 th of an inch
below the previous Output cell...also between them is the Notebook's
Background color...I dont like this....is there a way to either (or
both)

(1) change the spacing between the Output cells or make them
contiguous....

(2) change the background color between the Output cells only...to ,
say, white...



thanks....Jerry Blimbaum

From: David Park on
Try the CellMargins option in the style sheet?


David Park
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-----Original Message-----
From: fizzy [mailto:fizzycist(a)knology.net]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 6:12 AM
Subject: space between Output cels

I came across a Notebook, from a Mathematica textbook, that I really
like...it has a nice background color, etc. which makes it easier to see
what I'm doing....however...when you have multiple lines of code in an
Input cell , e.g. 2, the first output Cell is contiguous with the Input
cell....however, the next Output cell is about an 1/8 th of an inch
below the previous Output cell...also between them is the Notebook's
Background color...I dont like this....is there a way to either (or
both)

(1) change the spacing between the Output cells or make them
contiguous....

(2) change the background color between the Output cells only...to ,
say, white...



thanks....Jerry Blimbaum



From: Larry Adelston on
Yes, there are probably several ways to accomplish your objectives.
First, you need to edit the style definition for Output. The option
that controls the spacing above and below (as well as left and right)
is called CellMargins. And the option for setting a background color
is called Background. These are the options you will need to work
with. There may be other options that can assist you. But CellMargins
and Background are the basic building blocks.

Yours,
Larry
On May 3, 2010, at 5:12 AM, fizzy wrote:

> I came across a Notebook, from a Mathematica textbook, that I really
> like...it has a nice background color, etc. which makes it easier to
> see
> what I'm doing....however...when you have multiple lines of code in an
> Input cell , e.g. 2, the first output Cell is contiguous with the
> Input
> cell....however, the next Output cell is about an 1/8 th of an inch
> below the previous Output cell...also between them is the Notebook's
> Background color...I dont like this....is there a way to either (or
> both)
>
> (1) change the spacing between the Output cells or make them
> contiguous....
>
> (2) change the background color between the Output cells only...to ,
> say, white...
>
>
>
> thanks....Jerry Blimbaum


From: David Reiss on
Presumably the output cells are set up in that notebook to properly
align with an input cell directly above it. Adjusting the output
cell's cell margins and so on may then make its alignment with an
input cell become misaligned. But the only way to find out is to
experiment with the various settings...

--David


On May 3, 6:12 am, "fizzy" <fizzyc...(a)knology.net> wrote:
> I came across a Notebook, from a Mathematica textbook, that I really
> like...it has a nice background color, etc. which makes it easier to see
> what I'm doing....however...when you have multiple lines of code in an
> Input cell , e.g. 2, the first output Cell is contiguous with the Input
> cell....however, the next Output cell is about an 1/8 th of an inch
> below the previous Output cell...also between them is the Notebook's
> Background color...I dont like this....is there a way to either (or
> both)
>
> (1) change the spacing between the Output cells or make them
> contiguous....
>
> (2) change the background color between the Output cells only...to ,
> say, white...
>
> thanks....Jerry Blimbaum


From: David Annetts on
Hi Jerry
> I came across a Notebook, from a Mathematica textbook, that I really
> like...it has a nice background color, etc. which makes it easier to see
> what I'm doing....however...when you have multiple lines of code in an
> Input cell , e.g. 2, the first output Cell is contiguous with the Input
> cell....however, the next Output cell is about an 1/8 th of an inch
> below the previous Output cell...also between them is the Notebook's
> Background color...I dont like this....is there a way to either (or
> both)
>
> (1) change the spacing between the Output cells or make them
> contiguous....
>
> (2) change the background color between the Output cells only...to ,
> say, white...
>
1. you can alter this with CellMargins. You can set this to 0, a
number or have control over left, right, top & bottom spacing if you want.

2. Cell backgrounds are changed using the Background option. To
change the background between cells, you'll need to change this option
in the Notebook style.

I'd suggest starting with (eg.) NaturalColor.nb, and modifying styles
based on these. Remeber that you should save the notebook in the proper
place.

YMMV,

Dave.