Re: Using LyX for Long Documents (long)

[Herbert Voss]

Paul Borgermans wrote:

>
> I also used some more raw LaTeX in the main document:
>
> \frontmatter for the introductory part
>
> \mainmatter  for the body
>
> \renewcommand{\chaptername}{Appendix}  inside the appendix (defined 
> with the LyX menus Layout->Toggle Appendix) 

this should be the default in latex

> I also used \thispagestyle{empty} or \thispagestyle{plain} for some 
> introductory material:
> - a page with a dedication
> - a page with the jury members (section*)
> - the summary (chapter*)
> - table of contents
> - list of figures and list of tables (with forced pagebreaks). 

use komascript classes. there you have different pages for title, 
backtitle a.s.o.
Makes life easier.

Herbert

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