From: Uwe Stöhr Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:48:54 +0000 (+0000) Subject: UserGuide.lyx: fix some typos X-Git-Tag: 1.6.10~8975 X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7878a3558de93ff96215d45a9f0981ce77d1d239;p=features.git UserGuide.lyx: fix some typos git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@19416 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8 --- diff --git a/lib/doc/UserGuide.lyx b/lib/doc/UserGuide.lyx index 0a70f5e822..586a09e037 100644 --- a/lib/doc/UserGuide.lyx +++ b/lib/doc/UserGuide.lyx @@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator 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 @@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ undo the undo. \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 @@ -1624,11 +1624,11 @@ broadway Layout for writing plays. \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 @@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ dtk Layout for \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 @@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@ Foils Used to make transparencies \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 @@ -2638,7 +2638,7 @@ not \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 @@ -3209,7 +3209,7 @@ Subparagraph \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 @@ -4009,7 +4009,7 @@ Short\InsetSpace ~ Title \family default . - This will insert a box labelled + This will insert a box labeled \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset @@ -4050,7 +4050,7 @@ You cannot use a margin note in any of these environments. \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 @@ -4855,7 +4855,7 @@ C-Space or the menu \family sans Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator -Fotrmatting\SpecialChar \menuseparator +Formatting\SpecialChar \menuseparator Protected\InsetSpace ~ Space \family default @@ -6314,7 +6314,7 @@ Floats \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 @@ -7387,7 +7387,7 @@ Lastly, we reset the environment to 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 @@ -8134,7 +8134,7 @@ hphantom \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" @@ -8849,7 +8849,7 @@ cm \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 @@ -9172,8 +9172,8 @@ Note when you choose a new font or font size, LyX does \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 @@ -9385,7 +9385,7 @@ There are always occasions when you'll need to do some fine-tuning, so LyX 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 @@ -9393,8 +9393,8 @@ Before we document how to use custom character style, we want to issue a 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 @@ -9497,7 +9497,7 @@ status collapsed 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 @@ -11501,7 +11501,7 @@ dvips \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. @@ -13260,25 +13260,10 @@ The footnote will appear in the output as a superscript number at the text \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 @@ -13563,7 +13548,7 @@ Similar to fonts there are two types of image formats: \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 @@ -13793,7 +13778,7 @@ You can insert a table using either the toolbar button 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. @@ -18100,7 +18085,7 @@ apply. \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 @@ -18329,7 +18314,7 @@ alpha \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 @@ -20634,7 +20619,7 @@ This results in the following macro definition box: 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 @@ -21218,7 +21203,7 @@ So better don't use this feature. \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 @@ -21647,7 +21632,7 @@ To reference the item, we refer to its label using the menu 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 @@ -21914,7 +21899,7 @@ If a cross-reference refers to a non-existing label, you'll see two question \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 @@ -22145,7 +22130,7 @@ Here \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, @@ -23298,7 +23283,7 @@ program \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 @@ -23392,7 +23377,8 @@ bfseries} 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 @@ -23469,7 +23455,7 @@ dialog under Look\InsetSpace ~ and\InsetSpace ~ feel\SpecialChar \menuseparator -Graphcis +Graphics \family default . \end_layout @@ -23634,15 +23620,15 @@ latin1 \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 @@ -23659,7 +23645,7 @@ utf8-plain \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 @@ -23704,7 +23690,7 @@ Finally, you may just want to change a few key mappings or create an entirely 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 @@ -28346,7 +28332,7 @@ macron \begin_layout Standard ŐŰőű \hfill -hungarian umlaut +Hungarian umlaut \end_layout \end_deeper @@ -28600,7 +28586,7 @@ status collapsed 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 @@ -28625,7 +28611,7 @@ status collapsed 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 @@ -28648,7 +28634,7 @@ y \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) @@ -28953,7 +28939,7 @@ Increase / Decrease List Depth \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 ~ @@ -29372,7 +29358,7 @@ Text Layout \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 @@ -29553,7 +29539,7 @@ pt154 Cyrillic for Kazakh \end_layout \begin_layout Description -utf8 code page for unicode utf8 +utf8 code page for Unicode utf8 \end_layout \begin_layout Description @@ -29577,7 +29563,7 @@ XeTeX is a TeX typesetting engine, an alternative for LaTeX. \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 @@ -30618,7 +30604,7 @@ Note \family sans Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator -Url +URL \end_layout \begin_layout Itemize @@ -30963,7 +30949,7 @@ Some bind files, like math.bind, have only a small scope. \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 @@ -31029,11 +31015,11 @@ times \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 @@ -31546,9 +31532,9 @@ Preferences 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 @@ -31556,15 +31542,8 @@ xdvi 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 @@ -31581,10 +31560,7 @@ kdvi \family default (or whatever), and hit \family sans -\bar under -M -\bar default -odify +Modify \family default . \end_layout