On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 06:02:00PM -0400, Matthew Kenworthy wrote:
>
> After setting Layout>Document>Paper to landscape and the extra to
> landscape too, the text and numbering are in the correct proportion and
> orientation, but the paper is displayed as a portrait for View > DVI, >
> PDF(pdflatex), and correctly as a landscape for > PS and > PDF.
>
> I would use the Export>PDF but that has bitmapped fonts, whilst the
> pdflatex correctly renders with Type 1 fonts.
You can use Export>PDF and get Type 1 fonts. Read extended.lyx.
IF you still want to use pdflatex, try setting the page width to, e.g., 11in
and page height to 8.5in using the document dialog,
or perhaps add to the preamble:
\setlength{\pdfpagewidth}{11in}
\setlength{\pdfpageheight}{8.5in}
