On Friday 31 August 2001 10:35, Guenter Milde wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:15:15 -0400 wrote Steve Litt
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> > 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.
Thanks Guenter,
For this usage, the Noun style is perfect, because it's being used to
define nouns (or at least terms). The fact that it prints smallcaps instead
of italics doesn't matter too much, and if it did I could redefine noun style.
It's wonderful to be able to use LyX with styles and not worry about the
output. Much better than using MS Word and always be fine tuning output.
Now if I can just get my little eps image/printer problem solved... :-)
Thanks
Steve
