On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 08:05:39AM +0200, Herbert Voss wrote:
> Rick Bilonick wrote:
> >
> > I used to be able to insert a text file into a table. But I can't do it
> > user 1.1.6fix1. I used to just insert the cursor in the upper left most
> > cell and do a file insert (as lines). When I try this, the text ends up
> > outside the table. Worse, there are large blank spaces between the lines
> > of text. I would like to put the data in a table or at least remove the
> > blank lines from the text. Any ideas on how to do this?
>
> give the cell first a fix columnwidth.
No, this will not work (the text will be added outside the table).
To do what you want, you need to open the text file in a text editor,
mark the text, and then goto lyx, insert an empty table,
and select "paste from external selection->as lines" from the menu.
