On Thu, 26 Dec 2002 19:01, you wrote:
> Hi.. I'm trying to get the information on the authors in a two column
> format for a (two column) paper... there are two authors and the format
> specified by the conference says that the first author info should be
> center aligned in the first column and similarly the second author
> in the second column.. how can this be done? I tried tables but can't
> get the spacing right...
This is how I fixed a similar problem:
Set document layout to _one_ column (Layout -> Document -> Document-tab:
Page_cols: One).
Put in preample (Layout -> Latex_preamble):
\usepackage{multicol}
Set up a 2-column section for authors:
ERT before Authors (ctr-l):
\begin{multicols}{2}
ERT after Authors:
\end{multicols}
Do not use Authors style. Enter author's details in Standard style, set to
centre aligned (Layout -> Paragraph). Format style manually (Layout ->
Character). Use one paragraph per author, with protected newlines within each
if needed (ctrl-<enter>, e.g., to put author and their address on separate
lines). When using 'Authors' paragraph style, centre alignment does not work
(at least it hasn't worked for me). Limitations: the two paragraphs for the
two authors should have the same number of lines, otherwise one of your
paragraphs will be split btw. the 2 cols. Solution: put dummy lines in the
shorter paragraph, using protected newlines and spaces (ctrl-<enter> followed
by ctrl-<space>).
Then, set up a separate 2-column section for the rest of the text
ERT before rest of text (usually the abstract):
\begin{multicols}{2}
ERT at the very last line of your lyx document:
\end{multicols}
I used this for a two-column paper with three authors that had to be entered
in 3 centre-aligned columns. If the authors all have the same affiliation,
you may want to put that info between the first \end{multicols} and second
\begin{multicols}{2}.
Hope this helps.
Steve
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Steven Homolya
School of Physics and Materials Engineering
Monash University VIC 3800
Australia
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