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29 LyX Documentation Table of Contents
42 Differences between LyX and Other Word
55 LaTeX (and why do I care)?
59 Navigating the Documentation
63 The Format of the Manuals
72 Contributing to the LyX Project
83 Contributing fixes and new features
87 Contributing to the Documentation
91 Reporting Errors in the Manuals
94 Joining the Documentation Team.
99 LyX Frequently Asked Questions with Answers
104 Introduction and General Information
111 That's fine, but is it useful?
117 Does LyX run on my computer?
120 How much hard disk space does LyX need?
123 Is LyX really Open Source?
131 Where should I look on the World Wide Web for LyX stuff?
134 Where can I get LyX material by FTP?
137 What mailing lists are there?
140 Are the mailing lists archived anywhere?
143 Okay, wise guy! Where are they archived?
147 Compatibility with other word/document processors
151 Can I read/write LaTeX files?
154 Can I read/write Word files?
157 Can I read/write HTML files?
161 Obtaining and Compiling LyX
172 Where are precompiled binaries?
176 Questions about Evil Red Text (IMPORTANT!)
180 What is Evil Red Text (aka ERT)?
183 How do I enter Evil Red Text?
186 The new ERT inset is really inconvenient !
189 Is there an alternative?
193 Questions Related to Using LyX
201 How do I get rid of the date under the title?
204 How do I change the spacing in an Itemize/\SpecialChar \-
205 Enumerate/\SpecialChar \-
206 Description list environment
210 How do I number equations by section?
213 Is it possible to do this for figures and tables as well?
216 How do I change to footnote numbers to symbols (star, dagger, etc.)?
219 How do I kill widows and orphans?
222 How do I get a formatted list which starts with e.g.
227 How do I count words in LyX?
230 How do I insert a fixed amount of horizontal space?
233 How can I make citations show up as [1,2,3,6] or [1-3,6] rather than [1][2][3][6
238 Figure related questions
242 What is the difference between a
243 \begin_inset Quotes eld
247 \begin_inset Quotes erd
251 \begin_inset Quotes eld
255 \begin_inset Quotes erd
261 How do I get LyX to put the figure exactly where I want it?
265 \begin_inset Quotes eld
268 Too many unprocessed floats
269 \begin_inset Quotes erd
276 Math related questions
280 How do I put normal text inside a mathematical equation?
283 How do I make a cube root (or higher)?
288 Questions Related to Running LyX
292 How do I convert LyX files to LaTeX from the command line?
295 How do I create PDF files from my LyX document?
298 Why do the fonts in my document look so bad in
305 Why doesn't my latest and greatest version of Ghostscript render EPS inline
310 Questions Related to LyX on Windows
314 Why do the menus and the toolbar flicker ?
318 How to get further assistance
322 You still haven't answered my question!
325 I want to mail someone about my problem.
329 What to put in a request for help.
333 Administrative information and acknowledgments
341 Formats in which this FAQ is available.
345 Authorship and acknowledgments.
348 Disclaimer and Copyright.
353 Prùvodce programem LyX
392 RozdÃly mezi LyXem a jinými textovými procesory
405 Vá¹ prvnà dokument v LyXu
409 PsanÃ, prohlþenà a tisk
415 WYSIWYM: Mezery v LyXu
429 Ostatnà styly: Ver¹e, citace, a jiné
433 Textové tøÃdy a ¹ablony: psanà dopisù
436 ©ablony: psanà dopisu
452 Dal¹à mo¾nosti znaèek
456 Poznámky pod èarou a poznámky na okraji
468 Pohyb kurzoru v rovnici
482 Øecká pÃsmena a symboly
485 Mocniny, zvýraznìnà a oddìlovaèe
491 Re¾im TeX : Limity, log, sin a jiné
501 VÃceøádkové rovnice
507 Dal¹à významné mo¾nosti LyXu
510 LyX pro u¾ivatele LaTeXu
517 Import dokumentù v LaTeXu---
522 Konverze dokumentù v LyXu do LaTeXu
579 Basic File Operations
582 Basic Editing Features
595 Using LyX with Other Programs
599 Importing ASCII files
602 Cut and Paste Between LyX and Other X Programs
607 LyX Setup and Supporting Applications
617 Setting Up the X Keyboard
642 Modifiers and Mode_switch
645 Helpful Hints and Tips
652 Dvips and Ghostscript
662 Ghostscript, Xdvi and Ghostview
683 The Various Document Classes
697 Fine-tuning the Defaults
700 Paper Size, Orientation, and Margins
707 Paragraph Indentation and Separation
714 Global Indentation Method
720 Changing Line Spacing
724 Paragraph Environments
749 Changing the Numbering
871 What You Can and Can't Nest
874 Nesting Other Things: Tables, Math, Floats, etc.
877 Usage and General Features
889 Example #1: The Six-fold Way and Mixed Nesting
892 Example #2: Inheritance
895 Example #3: Labels, Levels, and the
906 Example #4: Going Bonkers
911 Fonts and Text Styles
921 Using Different Character Styles
932 Printing and Previewing
944 Viewing the PostScript® Version with
953 A Few Words about Typography
957 Hyphens and Hyphenation
964 Abbreviations and End of Sentence
979 Floats: Tables, Figures, Footnotes and Margin Notes
991 Figures and Imported Graphics
1021 What can be placed inside a table cell?
1024 Cut & Paste in Tables
1027 Multiple lines in cells
1034 Table of Contents and other Listings
1038 The Table of Contents
1041 List of Figures, Tables and Algorithms
1046 Mathematical Formulae
1054 Navigating a Formula
1060 Exponents and Subscripts
1084 The math editor for LaTeX users
1088 Brackets and decorations
1094 Arrays and Multi-line Equations
1097 Equation Numbering and Labels
1100 User defined macros in math mode
1104 Directions on using macros
1134 Enabling AMS Support
1152 URLs (Uniform Resource Locators)
1155 Specifying Short Titles with Optional Arguments
1160 Spacing, pagination and line breaks
1164 Extra Horizontal Space
1167 Extra Vertical Space
1170 Changing Paragraph Alignment
1187 Spellchecker Options
1205 International Support
1212 Keyboard mapping configuration
1223 Extended LyX Features
1237 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1240 Help! LyX generated an unreadable
1245 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1251 Translating LaTeX files into LyX
1254 Inserting LaTeX Code into LyX Documents
1259 LyX and the LaTeX Preamble
1263 About the LaTeX Preamble
1266 Changing the Preamble
1279 Example #3: Paragraph Indentation
1282 Example #4: This Document
1287 LyX and LaTeX Errors
1295 Preparing a Bibliography with BibTeX
1308 Cross-References Between Files
1318 Fancy Headers and Footers
1324 Wrapping Text Around Figures
1333 Removing Extra Column Space
1336 Changing the Column Separator Character
1339 Making a Decimal Point Aligned Column
1342 A Better Decimal-Alignment Solution
1346 Itemize Bullet Selection
1363 Special Document Classes
1371 What these layouts provide
1397 Supported environments
1400 Commands not supported by LyX
1403 Figure and Table Floats
1420 Starting a New Paper
1423 Finishing Your Paper
1426 Comments On Specific Commands
1430 Things that work as expected
1433 Things that work, but require more comment
1436 Things not implemented, use ERT
1439 Things that cannot be implemented
1443 FAQs, Tips, Tricks, and Other Ruminations
1447 Getting LyX and AASTeX to cooperate
1450 LaTeX error processing a table
1461 Things I could have done, but didn't
1479 Preparing a paper for submission
1496 Preparing a paper for submission
1500 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1504 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1507 of the Kluwer package
1520 article (koma-script), report (koma-script), and book (koma-script)
1523 letter (koma-script)
1526 The new letter class: letter (koma-script v.2)
1577 Bugs and things to remember
1614 Paragraph Environments
1618 Supported Environments
1621 Quirks of the New Environments
1627 Making a Presentation with
1703 Supported Environments
1706 Building a Set of Foils
1710 Give It a Title Page
1716 Theorems, Lemmas, Proofs and more
1725 Page Headers and Footers
1749 Latex8 (IEEE Conference Papers)
1759 Supported Environments
1762 Differences Between Screen and Paper
1766 Hollywood (Hollywood spec scripts)
1779 Paper size and Margins
1802 Paper size and Margins
1829 Article (mwart), book (mwbk) and report (mwrep)
1844 Basic features and restrictions
1852 Importing and Exporting Alternate File Formats
1861 Importing Other Formats
1875 Exporting Other Formats
1882 Device Independent Files
1901 Why does the text look so bad when viewed with Acrobat Reader?
1910 boldsymbol{} command work when I use pslatex?
1917 Is it possible to do write latex code which is processed only when running
1923 How can I make URLs clickable ?
1931 The Complete reLyX Description
1953 What reLyX Can Handle
1956 What reLyX Can't Handle --- But it's OK
1959 What reLyX Handles Badly --- a.\SpecialChar ~
1967 What LyX Can't Handle
1983 Implementation Details:
2015 LyX Features needing Extra Software
2019 Using LyX with SGML-Tools (aka LinuxDoc)
2026 Preparing and using a LinuxDoc document
2033 Output from LinuxDoc
2037 Using the paragraph environments in LinuxDoc
2041 The Structure of a LinuxDoc Document
2044 The LinuxDoc Paragraph Environments
2047 Other document features
2050 Cross references and HTML
2054 Using the LinuxDoc Sgml scripts
2059 Troubleshooting LinuxDoc
2077 Version Control in LyX
2105 Revert To Last Version
2120 Literate Programming
2127 Literate Programming
2135 LyX and Literate Programming
2139 Generating documents and code (weaving and tangling)
2151 Colors customization
2157 Secrets of the LaTeX Masters
2163 Tricks for Footnotes and Margin Notes
2194 Columns inside columns
2203 Paragraph Environment
2208 Extra Space Between Table Rows
2214 Non-standard Paragraph Shapes
2221 Customizing LyX: Features for the Advanced User
2227 LyX configuration files
2239 Automatically generated files
2245 Files you don't want to modify
2248 Other files needing a line or two...
2252 Your local configuration directory
2255 Running LyX with multiple configurations
2270 Using the dialog for the first time
2277 DPI setting and Font Zoom
2280 Font definition commands
2297 Converters, Formats and Viewers
2300 ASCII export options
2311 The autodetected settings
2318 Internationalizing LyX
2324 Selecting an alternative language for the user interface
2331 Translating the graphical user interface (text messages).
2334 Translating the documentation.
2338 International Keyboard Support
2342 Defining Own Keymaps: Keymap File Format
2346 International Keymap Stuff
2361 Saving your Language Configuration
2366 Installing New Document Classes, Layouts, and Templates
2374 Installing a new LaTeX package
2381 Supporting new document classes
2399 Declaring a new text class
2403 General text class parameters
2413 Specific Paragraph Layouts
2432 Including External Material
2442 The external material dialog
2448 The external template configuration file
2451 The substitution mechanism
2465 Starting the LyX Server
2468 Normal communication
2474 The simple LyX Server Protocol
2477 8 \start_of_appendix
2504 ayout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
2543 Standard math bindings