If users are upgrading from an older version of LyX than the
previous major series, they should consult the release notes from
the releases in-between.
For more discussion on this topic, see the following mailing list
thread:
https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=
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example, create a document with a title layout, then a standard layout, and
then an author layout, and you will see in the PDF that the author is not
typeset as an author.
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+!! If upgrading from a LyX version before 2.2.0
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+* Please additionally see the release notes from the versions in-between:
+ https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes