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On 18/06/2017 14:58, David L. Johnson wrote: > On 06/17/2017 11:58 PM, Mr William Balthes wrote: >> >> I am using lyx to write my thesis and having major problems. >> >> The program continually crashes and mostly forms an emergency file >> but sometimes not. >> >> The document seems to get messed up regardless. > > I have never had any such problems, so let's find out what is going > on. > >> The document class is American Mathematical Society (AMS) Article > > Which I use all the time. > > >> I can send a document sample if this helps > > I would guess this is a configuration issue. Are you new to LyX? > Send me a minimal file that shows the problem. One way to do that > is to take the file that is causing problems, cut it in half, and > see which half continues to be a problem. Continue until you can > isolate the problem area (and of course remove anything you want to > keep private). Send that to me. > > Now, I don't use Windows, and have version 2.2.2 of LyX, but this > would be a first test to see where the problem is. > > -- > David L. Johnson > Department of Mathematics > Lehigh University >