On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 10:58:56PM +0200, Herbert Voss wrote:
> Michelle Dukich wrote:
> > I made a beautiful table in Lyx, rotated 90 degrees
> > since it was so large. The only problem I have, is
> > that my Figure Float text description did NOT rotate
> > with the table. I would prefer to have the Table
> > description right on top of the table in the same
> > direction the table is placed. I don't see anything
> > that will let me rotate something not within the
> > table.
>
> if only the table is on one page, use package lscape
>
> \begin{landscape}
> ...the tablefloat
> \end{landscape}
For a single column document, it is better to use
\afterpage{\begin{landscape}
...the tablefloat
\end{landscape}}
to prevent a pagebreak (you also need to put \usepackage{afterpage} in the
preamble).
If the document is two-column, use the rotating package instead.