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This tutorial consists of examples and exercises.
- To get the most out of this document, you should read through the it, typing
+ To get the most out of this document, you should read through it, typing
all the little things we are telling you to type and trying out all of
the exercises to see if you get them right.
For convenience, you might want to print out the PDF version of this document.
View
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or the toolbar button
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "buffer-view"
\end_inset
-
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.
LyX will open a PDF-viewer program displaying your document as it will
look when printed.
Update
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or the toolbar button
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "buffer-update"
\end_inset
-
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and just click on the PDF-viewer window (or unminimize it) afterwards.
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Undo
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(toolbar button
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "undo"
\end_inset
-
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) over and over again.
If you undo too much, just select
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Redo
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(toolbar button
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "redo"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
) to get it back.
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Cut
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(toolbar button
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "cut"
\end_inset
-
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),
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Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Copy
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(toolbar button
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "copy"
\end_inset
-
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), and
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Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Paste
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(toolbar button
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "paste"
\end_inset
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-
\begin_inset Graphics
filename ../images/paste.png
scale 75
Replace
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(toolbar button
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-show findreplace"
\end_inset
-
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) to search.
In the dialog, search with the
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Style
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dialog (toolbar button
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-show character"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
).
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List
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- environment is a variation on the
+ (also named
+\family sans
+Labeling
+\family default
+) environment is a variation on the
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Description
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Environment
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box (
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "layout Itemize"
\end_inset
-
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).
LyX writes a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
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Standard
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- environment (or just use the key binding,
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-Alt+P
-\begin_inset space ~
+ environment (or just use the key binding
+\begin_inset Info
+type "shortcut"
+arg "layout Standard"
\end_inset
-S
-\family default
).
\end_layout
Environment
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box (
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "layout Enumerate"
\end_inset
-
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).
Pow! As we mentioned, if you add or delete a list item, LyX will fix the
numbering.
and
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List
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+
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- (
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+/
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+\family sans
+Labeling
+\family default
+ (
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "layout Description"
\end_inset
-
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and
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "layout List"
\end_inset
-
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), in order to see what they look like.
For those two environments, each list item is made up of a term, which
is the item's first word, followed by a definition, which is the rest of
Label
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or the toolbar button
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "label-insert"
\end_inset
-
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.
A dialog asks you for a label name, and gives you a suggestion.
When you click on
Reference
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or the toolbar button
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-show-new-inset ref"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
.
The Cross-reference dialog pops up.
It shows a list of the possible labels you can reference.
Paste
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(shortcut
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-Ctrl+V
-\family default
+\begin_inset Info
+type "shortcut"
+arg "paste"
+\end_inset
+
).
In the printed document, this reference marker will be replaced with the
section number and then the page number.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-We told you that LyX takes careof numbering cross-references; now you can
+We told you that LyX takes care of numbering cross-references; now you can
test this claim.
Add a new section before Section
\begin_inset space ~
\begin_layout Standard
Footnotes can be added using the toolbar button
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "footnote-insert"
\end_inset
-
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or the menu
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Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
it.
In addition, you can change regular text to a footnote, by selecting it
and hitting the
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "footnote-insert"
\end_inset
-
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button; change a footnote to regular text by hitting the
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Backspace
Note
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or the toolbar button
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "marginalnote-insert"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
\SpecialChar \@.
Margin notes are like footnotes, except that:
\end_layout
Citation
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or the toolbar button
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-show-new-inset citation"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
.
A
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Outline
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or the toolbar button
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-toggle toc"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
.
This menu will work even if you do not have a table of contents inset in
your document.
\begin_layout Standard
Instead, we create a formula that will get typeset properly.
In order to create a formula, just click the toolbar button
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "math-mode"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
or use the menu
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Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\end_inset
(
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "toolbar-toggle math"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
) the toolbar will be shown permanently at the bottom; this state is visualized
in the
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\begin_layout Standard
To type a square root, just click on the button
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "math-insert \\sqrt"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
.
The square root appears, and the cursor is in a new insertion point inside
the square root.
.
Decorations are available from the toolbar via the button
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "math-insert \\hat"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
.
Click on a decoration, and LyX will insert that decoration with an insertion
point under (or over) it.
Delimiters such as parentheses, brackets, and braces work similarly, but
are a bit more complicated.
Hit the delimiter button
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-show mathdelimiter"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
to pop up the
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Delimiter
\begin_layout Standard
To create a fraction, click on the fraction button
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "math-insert \\frac"
\end_inset
-
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or
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "math-insert \\frac-square"
\end_inset
-
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in the
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Math
Toolbar
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button
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "math-insert \\functions"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
and then on
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
Click on the matrix button
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-show mathmatrix"
\end_inset
-
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in the
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Math
Columns
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or the math toolbar buttons
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "inset-modify tabular append-row"
\end_inset
-
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,
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "inset-modify tabular delete-row"
\end_inset
-
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,
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "inset-modify tabular append-column"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
,
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "inset-modify tabular delete-column"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
While being in a formula, click on the display button
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "math-display"
\end_inset
-
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in the
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Math
Table
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(toolbar button
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "tabular-insert"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
) to get a table.
Click on the table with the
\emph on
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dialog box which allows extensive table editing.
By pressing
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-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "toolbar-toggle table"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
the table toolbar will appear permanently.
\end_layout
Graphics
\family default
(toolbar button
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-show-new-inset graphics"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
).
Then browse for the figure file, rotate or scale it, etc.) Tables and figures
can have captions, and LyX will automatically generate lists of figures
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O
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- or by using the binding which is shown next to it in the menu (Ctrl+O by
- default).
+ or by using the binding which is shown next to it in the menu (
+\begin_inset Info
+type "shortcut"
+arg "file-open"
+\end_inset
+
+ by default).
Keybindings are also configurable.
For information on this, check out
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Code
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(toolbar button
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "ert-insert"
\end_inset
-
-\family default
).
This creates a box where everything within it is passed straight to LaTeX.
\end_layout
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