D Milburn wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Forgive me if either of my queries have been covered before.
>
> I have trusted my PhD thesis to LyX which has coped admirably. I have a
> couple of formatting issues that I'd like to solve but can't find answers
> in the documentation (though that doesn't mean they're not there!).
>
> I am using the block formatting for my paragraphs, but would like to
> prevent words being hyphenated and split across lines. How can I prevent
> this? Is it a latex preamble I need to add? If so, does anybody know which
> (I have virtually no latex experience)?
for the whole text in latex preamble: \sloppy
or single paragraphs \begin{sloppypar} ... \end{sloppypar}
> Secondly, I need to quote my references in different format than [##] in
> my text e.g. (Milburn <italics> et al.</italics>, 2000) (excuse the abuse
> of tags) but to only have the complete reference appear in the
> bibliography - I have tried doing this by editing the label, but it
> reproduces the quote. Any ideas how I can solve this?
there are several packages for cites. look at ctan
for "(" instead of "["
\usepackage{cite}
\renewcommand\citeleft{(}
\renewcommand\citeright{)}
> Thirdly, while I think about it, I have a large table that I need to make
> landscape. If I rotate the table, the caption is not rotated with it. Is
> there a way of doing this without resorting to latex?
use package sidewaystable or package landscape
\begin{sidewaystable}
...
\end{sidewaystable}
same for landscape for the whole page
HErbert
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