Ah. Sorry for not being clear. Here's the sequence I use:
1. Insert -> Float -> Figure (or Figure Wrap Float).
2. Cursor is left in the Figure Caption box. I type something in here
(even if
I haven't thought up a caption yet).
3. Move the cursor (with mouse or arrow keys) so that it's just to the
left of
"Figure #:".
4. Press 'Enter' (I don't know if this step is strictly required, but
it
works).
5. Insert -> Graphics (or Insert -> File -> External Material if I want
to put
in an XFig figure).
6. Browse to the file to insert.If I've already done these steps for a
figure
and want to repeat for more figures, it's often easier for me to select the
float box and simply copy the whole damned thing to where I want another figure
to sit, and paste it in, then go back and change the figure and caption, etc.
Tuning the figure to be centered above the caption is often a matter of moving
the cursor to the inside of the float box and setting the "paragraph settings"
to "Alignment -> Center".
Hope that helps, and that I've understood your original question!
C
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From: xPol <xtek...@gmail.com>
To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Sent: Sun, November 21, 2010 11:05:28 AM
Subject: Re: placing the figure number
curtis osterhoudt wrote:
> The way I do this is to press "Enter" before putting the actual xfig
> picture (or any picture) in the frame. This makes the figure number (and
> caption, if needed) go below the figure.
Sorry, i fear i have not clearly understood your sequence
At which stage do you press enter?
thank you
---p
