On Sat, 9 Jun 2018 12:43:47 +0200
Ricardo Berlasso <[email protected]> wrote:

> 2018-06-09 11:50 GMT+02:00 F M Salter <[email protected]>:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> >     Is it possible to place captioned figures side by side rather
> > than vertically?  
> 
> 
> Yes, but you need to use the sidecap package. To integrate it on LyX
> you can use a "Local format" (Document → Settings → Local format),
> something like this (I'm using 2.3 here, for 2.2 use "Format 60"
> instead)

Hi Richard,

How did you know that the sidecap package would do this? It seems like
every desire anyone has in LaTeX, somebody pops up with a package to do
it. But how does one discover that package? Is there an algorithm to go
from a need to solution by package discovery?

Given LaTeX code, I can hammer away at it, do research, and eventually
modify it to do what I need. I can describe the process pretty much in
English. But I don't begin to understand how people can hear a need and
instantly know "you need the XYZ package." That process should be
articulated so that all of us can do it.

Thanks,

SteveT

Steve Litt 
June 2018 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting
http://www.troubleshooters.com/28


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