Undo
\family default
to undo some mistake.
- If you accidently undo too much, use
+ If you accidentally undo too much, use
\family sans
Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Redo
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- The undo mechanism is currently limited to 100 steps to minimise memory
+ The undo mechanism is currently limited to 100 steps to minimize memory
overhead.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
curiculum\InsetSpace ~
-vitae classes to create curriculum vitaes
+vitae classes to create curriculum vitae
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-Dinbrief Letters in format of the german DIN (german industry norm)
+Dinbrief Letters in format of the DIN (German industry norm)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\family typewriter
Die TeXnische Komödie
\family default
-, the journal of the german TeX user Group (Dante)
+, the journal of the German TeX user Group (Dante)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-g-brief Letters in format of the german DIN (german industry norm)
+g-brief Letters in format of the DIN (German industry norm)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\emph default
indented.
Only a paragraph following another paragraph gets indented.
- Note that the indentation behaviour is different when you use another document
+ Note that the indentation behavior is different when you use another document
language than English.
LaTeX takes care that the indentation follows the rules of the used language.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX labels each heading with a series of numbers, separated by periods.
The numbers describe where in the document you are.
- Unlike the other headings, parts are numbered with latin letters.
+ Unlike the other headings, parts are numbered with Latin letters.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Title
\family default
.
- This will insert a box labelled
+ This will insert a box labeled
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
-You can only use inlined math in these environments.
+You can only use inline math in these environments.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
or the menu
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-Fotrmatting\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Formatting\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Protected\InsetSpace ~
Space
\family default
\begin_layout Standard
LyX can treat these three objects as either a word or as a paragraph.
- If a figure, table, or an equation is inlined, it goes wherever the paragraph
+ If a figure, table, or an equation is inline, it goes wherever the paragraph
it is in goes.
\end_layout
Standard
\family default
.
- As you can see, the level number doesn't correspond to what type of labelling
+ As you can see, the level number doesn't correspond to what type of labeling
LyX uses for the
\family sans
Enumerate
\series bold
vphantom
\series default
-, but this too special for the LyX userguide.
+, but this too special for the LyX Userguide.
If you are interested in knowing more about this, have a look at
\begin_inset LatexCommand cite
key "latexcompanion,latexguide"
\family typewriter
ec
\family default
- are bitmap fonts, they often looks pixeld in PDF output, especially when
+ are bitmap fonts, they often looks pixeled in PDF output, especially when
you read the PDF in a zoomed size.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\emph on
not
\emph default
- change the screen font! You willl only see a difference in the printed
- output; this is part of the WYSIWYM concept.
+ change the screen font! You will only see a difference in the printed output;
+ this is part of the WYSIWYM concept.
LyX's screen fonts can be adjusted in the
\family sans
Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
For example, an academic journal or a corporation may have a style sheet
requiring a sans-serif font be used in certain situations.
Also, writers sometimes use a different font to offset a character's thoughts
- from ordinary dialogue.
+ from ordinary dialog.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
warning yet again: Don't overuse character styles!
\newline
Documents that overuse
- different fonts and sizes are not well readable and tend to look like someone's
- knocked huge holes in it.
+ different fonts and sizes are not well readable and tend to look like someone
+ has knocked huge holes in it.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
status collapsed
\begin_layout Standard
-The LaTeX-command prevents text to be breaked at the end of a line.
+The LaTeX-command prevents text to be broken at the end of a line.
It is explained in section\InsetSpace ~
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
\family default
to PostScript-file, which is finally printed using the program
\family typewriter
-ghostscript
+Ghostscript
\family default
.
Due to these steps in the background, this method is not the fastest.
\family roman
h
\family default
-ey are described in the section
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
-
+ey are described in the
\emph on
-Tricks for Footnotes and Marginpars
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
-
-\emph default
- of the
-\emph on
-Extended
-\emph default
-
-\emph on
-Features
+Embedded\InsetSpace ~
+Objects
\emph default
manual.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Bitmap\InsetSpace ~
images consist of pixel values, often in a compressed form.
- They are therefore not fully scalable and look pixeld in large zooms.
+ They are therefore not fully scalable and look pixeled in large zooms.
Well-known bitmap image formats are
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
or the menu
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-Tabule
+Table
\family default
.
A dialog will appear, asking you for the number of rows and columns.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Minipages in LyX have their own collapsable box inserted via the menu
+Minipages in LyX have their own collapsible box inserted via the menu
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Box
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
-, followed by a space, in a formula will create the greek letter
+, followed by a space, in a formula will create the Greek letter
\begin_inset Formula $\alpha$
\end_inset
status collapsed
\begin_layout Standard
-The first box is an image to show the behaviour in the output.
+The first box is an image to show the behavior in the output.
The second one is the definition box, that doesn't appear in the output.
\end_layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The typefaces have no effect on greek letters:
+The typefaces have no effect on Greek letters:
\begin_inset Formula $\mathfrak{abc\delta e}$
\end_inset
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Cross-Reference
\family default
- or the toolbat button
+ or the toolbar button
\begin_inset Graphics
filename ../images/dialog-show-new-inset_ref.xpm
scale 85
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Refernces are described in detail in the
+References are described in detail in the
\emph on
Embedded Objects
\emph default
\begin_layout Standard
Every chapter (or section) within the appendix region is treated as an appendix,
- numbered with a capital latin letter.
+ numbered with a capital Latin letter.
The appendix subsections are numbered with this letter followed by a dot
and the subsection number.
All appendix sections can be referenced as if they were normal sections,
\begin_layout Standard
Now LaTeX comes into play.
- As wrote above, for every problem exists a LaTeX-package.
+ As written above, for every problem exists a LaTeX-package.
First you have to find out which and therefore look in the LaTeX package
database,
\begin_inset LatexCommand cite
in the preamble and the problem is solved.
So if you plan to write a large document, you should have a look at the
documentation of the document class you want to use.
- (Btw
+ (Btw.
+
\series bold
\backslash
Look\InsetSpace ~
and\InsetSpace ~
feel\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-Graphcis
+Graphics
\family default
.
\end_layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-LyX also supports unicode output, which is particularly useful if you need
+LyX also supports Unicode output, which is particularly useful if you need
lots of special symbols or non-alphabetic scripts, respectively.
- If you want to use this (and your LaTeX installation supports unicode,
+ If you want to use this (and your LaTeX installation supports Unicode,
for that matter), the
\family typewriter
utf8
\family default
encoding is the right choice for most purposes.
- Besides this, you will find some alternative unicode encodings for specific
+ Besides this, you will find some alternative Unicode encodings for specific
purposes:
\family typewriter
UTF8
\family sans
XeTeX
\family default
-, which uses unicode directly, without the help of the LaTeX-package
+, which uses Unicode directly, without the help of the LaTeX-package
\series bold
inputenc
\series default
keyboard but want to include an occasional quotation in German.
In such a case, you can write your own keyboard mapping or modify an existing
one to support the characters you want.
- This and much more costomizations are explained in the
+ This and much more customizations are explained in the
\emph on
Customization
\emph default
\begin_layout Standard
ŐŰőű
\hfill
-hungarian umlaut
+Hungarian umlaut
\end_layout
\end_deeper
eX\InsetSpace ~
(pdflatex)
\family default
- text file with the LaTeX source, addtionally all images used in the document
+ text file with the LaTeX source, additionally all images used in the document
will be converted to a format that is readable for the
\family typewriter
pdflatex
eX\InsetSpace ~
(plain)
\family default
- text file with the LaTeX source code, addtionally all images used in the
+ text file with the LaTeX source code, additionally all images used in the
document will be converted to the EPS-format, only this format is readable
for the
\family typewriter
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-OpenDocument OpenDocument-formatted text file, to be opened with OpneOffice,
+OpenDocument OpenDocument-formatted text file, to be opened with OpenOffice,
KOffice, Abiword, etc.
(the OpenDocument-converter is a third-party product and doesn't work in
all cases)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-These menus are only active whe the cursor is in an environment that can
+These menus are only active when the cursor is in an environment that can
be nested.
They in/decrease the environment nesting level as explained in section\InsetSpace ~
\begin_layout Standard
You can specify if paragraphs should be separated by indentations or vertical
skips.
- The line spacing and the number of text colums can here also be specified.
+ The line spacing and the number of text columns can here also be specified.
\end_layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-utf8 code page for unicode utf8
+utf8 code page for Unicode utf8
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\end_inset
-, which uses unicode directly, without the help of the LaTeX-package
+, which uses Unicode directly, without the help of the LaTeX-package
\series bold
inputenc
\series default
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-Url
+URL
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-If you like to customise the keybindings to your own taste, modify the .bind-file
+If you like to customize the keybindings to your own taste, modify the .bind-file
s with a text editor and don't forget to load the modified files into LyX
using the
\family sans
\emph default
as serif font,
\emph on
-arial
+Aral
\emph default
or
\emph on
-helvetica
+Helvetica
\emph default
(depends on the system) as sans serif font, and
\emph on
Moreover, each Format can have a Viewer associated with it.
For example, you might want to use
\family typewriter
-ghostview
+Ghostview
\family default
- to examine PostScript® files, or
+ to examine PostScript files, or
\family typewriter
xdvi
\family default
You can alter the viewer to use (and what options to pass to it) via the
\family sans
-\bar under
-T
-\bar default
-ools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-
-\bar under
-P
-\bar default
-references:Converters
+Tols\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Preferences:Converters
\family default
dialog.
For example, to change the
\family default
(or whatever), and hit
\family sans
-\bar under
-M
-\bar default
-odify
+Modify
\family default
.
\end_layout
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