+You might try to use a pagebreak to ensure that a figure or table appears
+ at the top of a page.
+ This is, of course, the wrong way to do it.
+ LyX gives you a way of automatically ensuring that your figures and tables
+ appear at the top of a page [or the bottom, or on their own page] without
+ having to worry about what precedes or follows your figure or table.
+ See sections
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{sec:figures}
+
+\end_inset
+
+ and
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{sec:tables}
+
+\end_inset
+
+ and read about
+\family sans
+Floats
+\family default
+ to learn more.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Blanks/Spaces
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+A blank is a blank? Not in good typography.
+ While you might be used to press the space key anytime you want to separate
+ two words in ordinary word processors, LyX offers you more spaces: Spaces
+ of different width and spaces which can or cannot be broken at the end
+ of a line.
+ The following sections will show you some examples where those spaces are
+ useful.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsubsection
+Inter-word Space
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \label{sec:normblank-lbreak-horline}
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Some languages (e.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+g.\InsetSpace \space{}
+English) have the typographical convention to add extra
+ space after an end-of-sentence punctuation mark, and LyX honors those conventio
+ns (see section\InsetSpace ~
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{sec:abbrev}
+
+\end_inset
+
+).
+ Sometimes, you want a normal space nevertheless.
+ In this case, insert one with
+\family sans
+\bar under
+I
+\bar default
+nsert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Special\InsetSpace ~
+F
+\bar under
+o
+\bar default
+rmatting\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Inter-
+\bar under
+w
+\bar default
+ord\InsetSpace ~
+Space
+\family default
+or with
+\family sans
+C-M-Space.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsubsection
+Protected Space
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \label{sec:protblank-lbreak-horline}
+
+\end_inset
+
+The protected space: It is used to tell LyX (and LaTeX) not to break the
+ line at that point.
+ This may be necessary to avoid unlucky linebreaks, like in:
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Quote
+A good documentation should weight no more than 1
+\newline
+kg.
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Obviously, it would be a good thing to put a protected space between
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+1
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ and
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+kg
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ A protected space is set with
+\family sans
+\bar under
+I
+\bar default
+nsert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Special\InsetSpace ~
+F
+\bar under
+o
+\bar default
+rmatting\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Protected
+\bar under
+\InsetSpace ~
+S
+\bar default
+pace
+\family default
+or with
+\family sans
+C-Space.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsubsection
+Thin Space
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \label{sec:thinblank-lbreak-horline}
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+A
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+thin space
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ is a blank which has half the size of a normal space (and it is also
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+protected
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+).
+ The typographical conventions in a lot of languages propose the use of
+ thin spaces in cases where normal spaces would be too wide, for instance
+ inside abbreviations:
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Quote
+D.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+E.
+ Knuth has developped our beloved typesetting program, i.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+e.\InsetSpace \space{}
+TeX.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+You can insert a thin space with
+\family sans
+\bar under
+I
+\bar default
+nsert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Special\InsetSpace ~
+F
+\bar under
+o
+\bar default
+rmatting\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+
+\bar under
+T
+\bar default
+hin\InsetSpace ~
+Space
+\family default
+or with
+\family sans
+C-S-Space.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsubsection
+More Spaces
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Apart from the ones described, there are still some more spaces.
+ Although LyX supports them natively, they can only be reached via the
+\emph on
+minibuffer
+\emph default
+.
+ To get them, just type
+\family typewriter
+space-insert <command>
+\family default
+ into the minibuffer, where
+\family typewriter
+<command>
+\family default
+ is one of the following:
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+\align center
+\begin_inset Tabular
+<lyxtabular version="3" rows="9" columns="3">
+<features>
+<column alignment="center" valignment="top" leftline="true" width="0">
+<column alignment="center" valignment="top" leftline="true" width="0">
+<column alignment="center" valignment="top" leftline="true" rightline="true" width="0">
+<row topline="true" bottomline="true">
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\series bold
+command
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\series bold
+width
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" rightline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\series bold
+protected?
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+</row>
+<row topline="true">
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\family typewriter
+normal
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+1/3\InsetSpace ~
+em
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" rightline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+no
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+</row>
+<row topline="true">
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\family typewriter
+protected
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+1/3\InsetSpace ~
+em
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" rightline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+yes
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+</row>
+<row topline="true" bottomline="true">
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\family typewriter
+thin
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+1/6\InsetSpace ~
+em
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" rightline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+yes
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+</row>
+<row bottomline="true">
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\family typewriter
+enspace
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+0.5\InsetSpace ~
+em
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" rightline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+yes
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+</row>
+<row bottomline="true">
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\family typewriter
+enskip
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+0.5\InsetSpace ~
+em
+\end_layout