The layouts package enables the display of various elements of a
document's layout including: the general page layout; disposition
of floats; layout of paragraphs, lists, footnotes, table of contents, 
and sectional headings; font boxes.
Facilities are provided for a document designer to experiment with
the layout parameters.

Changes in version v2.6 (2002/06/09)
o Expanded page layout options

Changes in version v2.5a (2002/03/24)
o Fixed problem with footer size on page diagrams

Changes in version v2.5 (2001/11/11)
o Cleaner seperation between generic and designed layouts
o Added controls over the appearance of pictures
o Lengths may be printed using any TeX unit (except scaled point)

Changes in version v2.4 (2001/04/30)
o Added switch for drawing marginal notes
o Added support for the memoir class page layout


Changes in version v2.3 (1999/03/06)
o Added tabulation of actual layout values.
o Corrected the ToC layout.
o Reduced the number of counters used.

    The distribution consists of the following files:
README          (this file)
layouts.ins     (Source extractor file)
layouts.dtx     (Package source)
layman.tex      (LaTeX source for the User Manual)
layman.ps       (User Manual in PostScript)
layman.pdf      (User Manual in PDF)

    The distribution is provided under the terms of the LaTeX
Project Public License (LPPL).

    To install the package:
o run: latex layouts.ins (which will generate layouts.sty)
o run: latex layman (twice) and print for the user manual
o Move layouts.sty to a location where LaTeX will find it
  (typically in a local texmf tree at /tex/latex/layouts)
  and refresh the file database. See the FAQ on CTAN at
  /help/uk-tex-faq or http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq for more 
  information on this.
  
    For a printed version of the package source:
o run: latex layouts.dtx
  If you want an index run: makeindex -s gind.ist layouts
o run: latex layouts.dtx
o Print layouts.dvi for a hardcopy of the package source

2002/06/09
Peter Wilson
peter.r.wilson@boeing.com