- Improve bigfloat behavior.

- Add Hyphenation package.
- Make margin figure caption ragged right/left depending on page.

Graphics.sty

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 % Graphics package for including images
 	\RequirePackage{graphicx}
 	\RequirePackage[hypcap=true]{caption}
+	\RequirePackage{calc}
 	
 	\newcommand{\ig}[2][0.5in]{
 		\includegraphics[keepaspectratio,width=#1]{#2}
@@ -23,10 +24,10 @@
 	\newcommand{\centerfigw}[4][\textwidth]{\cfig{#2}{#3}{#4}{\includegraphics[keepaspectratio,width=#1]}}
 
 	\newcommand{\bigfig}[4][1in]{%
-		\bigfloat[#1]{%
+		\bigfloat[#1]{figure}{%
 			\captionsetup{type=figure}%
-			\includegraphics[keepaspectratio,width=\bfFigureWidth]{#2}%
+			\includegraphics[keepaspectratio,width=\textwidth]{#2}%
-			\captionof{figure}{#4}%
+			\centering\captionof{figure}{#4}\par%
 			\label{fig:#3}%
 		}%
 	}

Hyphenation.sty

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
+\ProvidesPackage{PrimeTeX/Hyphenation}[2025-07-11]
+
+\hyphenation{
+	over-view
+}

Layout.sty

@@ -10,30 +10,19 @@
 %#region
 	\RequirePackage[pass]{geometry}
 	\RequirePackage{calc}
-	\RequirePackage{ifoddpage}
+	\RequirePackage{changepage}
 
 	\newlength{\contentwidth}
 	\setlength{\contentwidth}{\textwidth+\marginparsep+\marginparwidth}
 
-	\newlength{\bfFigureWidth}
+	\newcommand{\bigfloat}[3][1in]{%
-	\newlength{\bfMarginOffset}
+		\begin{#2}[htp]%
-	\newcommand{\bigfloat}[2][1in]{%
+			\begin{adjustwidth*}{-#1}{-#1}%
-		\setlength{\bfFigureWidth}{#1*-2+\paperwidth}%
+				\begin{minipage}{#1 * 2 + \textwidth}%
-		\checkoddpage%
+					#3%
-		\ifoddpage%
-			\setlength{\bfMarginOffset}{-1in+#1-\oddsidemargin}%
-		\else%
-			\setlength{\bfMarginOffset}{-1in+#1-\evensidemargin}%
-		\fi%
-		\begin{figure}[ht]%
-			{\leavevmode%
-				\put(\bfMarginOffset,0in){%
-					\begin{minipage}{\bfFigureWidth}%
-						#2%
 				\end{minipage}%
-				}%
+			\end{adjustwidth*}%
-			}%
+		\end{#2}%
-		\end{figure}%
 	}
 %#endregion
 
@@ -52,3 +41,17 @@
 	\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
 	\setlength{\parskip}{2ex plus 0.5ex minus 0.5ex}
 %#endregion
+
+\renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.9}	% max fraction of floats at top
+\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{0.8}	% max fraction of floats at bottom
+%   Parameters for TEXT pages (not float pages):
+\setcounter{topnumber}{2}
+\setcounter{bottomnumber}{2}
+\setcounter{totalnumber}{4}     % 2 may work better
+\setcounter{dbltopnumber}{2}    % for 2-column pages
+\renewcommand{\dbltopfraction}{0.9}	% fit big float above 2-col. text
+\renewcommand{\textfraction}{0.07}	% allow minimal text w. figs
+%   Parameters for FLOAT pages (not text pages):
+\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.7}	% require fuller float pages
+% N.B.: floatpagefraction MUST be less than topfraction !!
+\renewcommand{\dblfloatpagefraction}{0.7}	% require fuller float pages

Manual.cls

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 \RequirePackage{PrimeTeX/Graphics}
 
+\RequirePackage{PrimeTeX/Hyphenation}
+
 \RequirePackage{PrimeTeX/Index}
 
 \RequirePackage{PrimeTeX/Layout}

MarginNotes.sty

@@ -35,14 +35,27 @@
 		}[#1]%
 	}
 
+	\RequirePackage{changepage}
+	\RequirePackage{ifthen}
+
 	\newcommand{\mfig}[5][0pt]{%
 		% This strut ensures that the margin figure is counted as part of the 
 		% following paragraph and is vertically aligned with it.
 		\strut% 
 		\marginnote{%
+			\checkoddpage%
+			\ifthenelse{\boolean{oddpage}}{%
 				\captionsetup{%
 					type	= figure,%
 					font	= {color=marginTextColor},%
+					justification = raggedright,%
+				}%
+			}{%
+				\captionsetup{%
+					type	= figure,%
+					font	= {color=marginTextColor},%
+					justification = raggedleft,%
+				}%
 			}%
 			{\centering#5{#2}\par}%
 			\captionof{figure}{#4}%