\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The
-\family sans
-View
-\family default
- menu contains a list of available formats in which you can view the actual
- document with an external program.
- The menu entries for the viewing formats are not the same on all installations
- — it depends on the LaTeX programs that are found while LyX was configured.
- All possible formats are formats listed in section
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-
-\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand ref
-reference "sub:Export"
-
-\end_inset
-
-.
- You should at least see the menu entries
-\family sans
-DVI
-\family default
- and
-\family sans
-PDF
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-(pdflatex)
-\family default
-.
- If one of the two is missing, you need to update your LaTeX installation.
- After updating you have to reconfigure LyX, see section
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-
-\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:Basic-LyX-Setup"
-
-\end_inset
-
-.
-\begin_inset Index idx
-status collapsed
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-Reconfiguration of LyX
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-Invoking a menu will start a viewer program.
- The viewer can be set or changed in the preferences, see section
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-
-\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:File-Formats"
-
-\end_inset
-
-.
- The default viewers are set by LyX when it is first configured.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-\begin_inset VSpace bigskip
-\end_inset
-
At the bottom of the
\family sans
View
\end_inset
) and opens it in an appropriate viewer.
+ The viewer can be set or changed in the preferences, see section
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sec:File-Formats"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ The default viewers are set by LyX when it is first configured.
The default output format is
\family sans
PDF
\begin_layout Standard
With this submenu you can view your document in alternative output formats.
+ The menu contains a list of available formats in which you can view the
+ actual document with an external program.
+ The menu entries are not the same on all installations — it depends on
+ the LaTeX programs that are found while LyX was configured.
+ All possible formats are listed in section
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sub:Export"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ You should at least see the menu entry
+\family sans
+DVI
+\family default
+.
+ If it is missing, you need to update or repair your LaTeX installation.
+ After updating you have to reconfigure LyX, see section
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sec:Basic-LyX-Setup"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+\begin_inset Index idx
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+Reconfiguration of LyX
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Invoking a menu will start a viewer program.
+ The viewer can be set or changed in the preferences, see section
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sec:File-Formats"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ The default viewers are set by LyX when it is first configured.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Settings
\family default
.
- You can save your document settings as default with th
+ You can save your document settings as default with the
\family sans
-e Save as Document Defaults
+ Save as Document Defaults
\family default
button in the dialog.
This will create a template named
\family typewriter
-default.lyx
+defaults.lyx
\family default
which is automatically loaded by LyX when you create a new document without
using a template.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Standard
+The button
+\family sans
+Use Class Defaults
+\family default
+ resets the document settings to the default of the document class.
+ This affects mostly class options, the page layout and Numbering & TOC.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Standard
The different submenus of the dialog are explained in the following.
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
- Some classes use some class options by default.
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+With the button
+\family sans
+Local
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Layout
+\family default
+ you can load you own layout-file, that is not in LyX's
+\emph on
+layouts
+\emph default
+ folder and thus not recognized by LyX as layout for a document class.
+ For more about layout-files, see the chapter
+\emph on
+Installing New Document Classes, Layouts, and Templates
+\emph default
+ of the
+\emph on
+Customization
+\emph default
+ Handbook.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Some classes use special class options by default.
If this is the case, they are listed in the field
\family sans
Predefined
\family default
and you can decide to use them or not.
- If you don't exactly know what the default class options are for, it is
- recommended not to touch them.
+ If you do not exactly know what the default class options are for, it is
+ recommended to use them untouched.
The
\family sans
Graphics driver
\family default
is used for LaTeX's graphics, color and page layout packages.
- When using
+ If using
\family sans
Default
\family default
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
-you first have to activate them in your LaTeX distribution, see sec.
-\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
-\end_inset
-
-2 in
+you first have to activate them in your LaTeX distribution, see section
+
+\emph on
+Driver support
+\emph default
+ in
\begin_inset CommandInset href
LatexCommand href
target "http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/graphics/grfguide.pdf"
\begin_layout Standard
Specifying a master document is necessary if the current document is a child
or subdocument.
- This master document will be used by LyX if the child document is opened
- without its master.
+ The master document will be used by LyX in the background if the child
+ document is opened without its master.
This way child documents are always compilable.
More about master and child documents is explained in the section
\emph on
\begin_layout Standard
You can specify if paragraphs should be separated by indentations or vertical
skips.
- The line spacing and the number of text columns can here also be specified.
-
+ The line spacing and the number of text columns can also be specified here.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Note that LyX will not show two columns or the set up line spacing on screen.
- That is impractical, often unreadable, and not part of the WYSIWYM concept.
+ That would be impractical, often unreadable and is not part of the WYSIWYM
+ concept.
However, it will be as you specified it in the output.
\end_layout
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