--- Alex Casti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> I'm now using lyx-1.2.0 on a Redhat Linux 7.1 machine.
> 
> -----------------
> (1) Caption Question
> -----------------
> In older versions, insertion of a figure float automatically
> included a caption.  Not so in the new version.  To put in
> a caption, I now include in the figure float environment
> a LATEX-mode box like
> 
> \caption{caption text}
> 
> My question: how do I insert math formulas within the caption without
> having to bang out all the raw latex?  That is, I want the WYSIWYG
> feature within the caption, but the LATEX enviornment
> doesn't seem to allow it.
> 
> Basically, I'd like to be able to put math formulas, equation cross
> references,
> etc., within the caption without having to type the raw latex.
> 
> Probably there's a better way for me to insert the caption, but I don't
> know it.

What's the stuff first from left on the toolbar?

> 
> -----------------------
> (2) Figure Centering
> -----------------------
> 
> In older lyx versions, figures were automatically centered.  Now it
> seems
> that I have to do this manually with LATEX boxes for  \begin{center}
> and \end{center}.
> 
> How do I make figures centered by default?

I want that too, but I have to go to Layout/paragraph/center.

> 
> 
> Much thanks,
> 
> Alex Casti
> Mount Sinai School of Medicine
> 
> 


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