On 2003-06-24, 08:29 GMT, Rajil Saraswat wrote: > Yesterday i started my first paper in lyx, my supervisor was taken > aback when i showed him the printout, 'it was exactly like a journal'
Not only like a journal -- many journals are created with LaTeX :-). > 1. Using the article layout always add the date to the rendered text. > Is it possible to turn off the date. I am writing a paper for > a journal, is article the best layout for me or are there any other > layouts available? Article is fine, plus some journals (Kluwer, Springer, ...) have their own classes, and some of them are supported by LyX. Also you may try article (koma-script), which is more flexible than standard article. As of date -- see http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/titlepage/titlepage.phtml#date > 2. For a particular layout, how do i change the default font settings for > paragraph, section, subsection etc. I have tried exploring the > Layout>Document,Character but these donot change setting globally for a > particular environmental depth. No, they don't. What exactly would you like to do? > 3. How do i change the type of numbering of section. For section the > numbering is like this '1' but i want a '.' to like this '1.' Is this > possible? Moreover i want my sections to start from number 3, how can i do > it? Koma-script has it as a standard, and for normal article put this into Layout/Document/Preamble: \renewcommand\thesection{\arabic{section}.} > 4. How do i change the format of my bibliography, can i add my own bst files? Sure, in BibTeX dialog (Insert/TOC/BibTeX) the bottom field (Style) is for name of the bst file. Also if using any of natbib styles, do not forget to check Natbib in Layout/Document/Bibliography. > Is there any repository of bst files for different journals? There is (try directory.google.com for BibTeX), but better is to try homepage of your journal (many of them have a special page for LaTeX authors with particular style files. > phew! those are the ones i can think off now. > Thanks a lot. You're very welcome. Matej -- Matej Cepl, GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488
