+), you can use any package you want — although you will not have WYSIWYM
+ support for that package's features.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Importing \SpecialChar LaTeX
+ Documents —
+\family typewriter
+tex2lyx
+\family default
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset label
+LatexCommand label
+name "sec:tex2lyx"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+You can import a \SpecialChar LaTeX
+ file into \SpecialChar LyX
+ by using the
+\family sans
+File\SpecialChar menuseparator
+Import\SpecialChar menuseparator
+LaTeX
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+(plain)
+\family default
+ menu in \SpecialChar LyX
+.
+ This will call the program
+\family typewriter
+tex2lyx
+\family default
+ which will create a file foo.lyx from the file foo.tex.
+ \SpecialChar LyX
+ will then open that file.
+ If the translation does not work, you can try calling
+\family typewriter
+tex2lyx
+\family default
+ from the command line, possibly using fancier options.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Even when the translation does work,
+\family typewriter
+tex2lyx
+\family default
+ may not translate everything, though it does handle most legal \SpecialChar LaTeX
+.
+ It will leave things it does not understand in \SpecialChar TeX
+ mode; so, after translating
+ a file with
+\family typewriter
+tex2lyx
+\family default
+, you can look for the red text and manually edit it to get it right.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\family typewriter
+tex2lyx
+\family default
+ has its own documentation (manpage), which Unix/Linux users can access
+ via the console command
+\family typewriter
+man
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+tex2lyx
+\family default
+.
+ The manpage describes which \SpecialChar LaTeX
+ commands and environments are not supported,
+ what bugs you might run into (and how to get around them), and how to use
+ the various options.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+It is important to understand that
+\family typewriter
+tex2lyx
+\family default
+ can only translate files whose document class is
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset