On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:15:15 -0400 wrote Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> On Thursday 30 August 2001 17:38, Bobby D. Bryant wrote:
> > Steve Litt wrote:
> > > When writing prose (as opposed to a table of terms and definitions), the
> > > new word is typically in italics. Does LyX have a style just for that
> > > situation?
> > >
> >
> > I use the built-in (and curiously named) "noun" style. It probably shows
> > up on your toolbar as a button with an exclamation point on it. Just use
> > the mouse to highlight the word or phrase you want to italicize, and click
> > that button.
> >
> > You can do it in the middle of a paragraph without changing the paragraph
> > style. (Or anywhere else, for that matter. I sometimes use it in section
> > headings.)
>
> That's it! Noun style is a picture of a little man on the buttonbar, and
> shows up as small caps. It's perfect for newly introduced terms.
However, "noun" would produce small capitals (at least here), the emphasizing
with italics is done via \emph{new word} (which by default is similar to
\textit{new word}but within italic text uses roman. Using \emph{} instead of
\textit{} has also the advantage, that you can redefine it in a single
preamble-declaration to change the style for all your new definitions. In
LyX, just mark the text and press the [!] button nex to the little man.
>
> There's also a button for toggling "user defined style", which is a button
> with the string "Font" on it, which could be used for any other needed
> character style once I make a style to match it.
Well, this one uses the last done font change via >Layout>Character.
Therefore it does no generic markup and is not suited for your task.
(Although it is a great help for visual markup)
guenter
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