Re: \lipsum{} ----- How did i live without it for SO long?

HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> writes:

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With the document i'm working on now... LaTeX does NOT
function properly without the   \lipsum{} text stuck at the end!!!

I have no idea what you mean by this.

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\lipsum{}
\lipsum{3}  ---- i don't get what the Arg. does.
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           >>>  3 specifies the number of paragraphs you want filled
                with this dummy text.  ------- really?   i've tried
                1,3,5 there, and the result seems the same.

You are wrong. \lipsum doesn't have an argument like this. You can however give an optional argument (or two), like \lipsum[3], which typesets the 3rd paragraph of lipsum's text, or \lipsum[1-4], which typesets the first 4 paragraphs. Read the documentation for mor info.
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