On Fri, 24 Aug 2018, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
Seems to me that, in the past, I have created an empty table of the proper size in LyX, copied the contents of a table from a spreadsheet, and then just put the cursor in the top left table cell in LyX and pasted.
Paul, The LyX wiki explains that a table can be linked to a spreadsheet and reflect spreadsheet changes (which I think was the case with some of the DOS office suites in the 1980s), which does not help when the data are in a text file. Riki's solution works as a two-step process. Using Insert -> Table specifying a 2-column x 20-row text file opened a new LyX tab with the data. At first I did not see the faint remnants of the table's turned off borders and thought it was a matrix without format. When I noticed that the new tab was actually a table I copied it to the tab with the target document, added appropriate horizontal headers, and closed the input tab. Works great. A new LyX capability made known to me. Regards, Rich
