On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Sherwood Botsford wrote:
> 2. After reading the section on nesting, I'll admit I'm a bit confused.
> After a couple more passes at it I'll come up with a detailed statement of
> my confusion, but for now:
> If I have a table full of equations, how can I number the individual equations
> at a specified level: E.g. Part A has 8 problems. The first 3 have 6 examples
>each.
> So I want Section I
> 1. Instructions for this set of 6 problems.
> Table of equations 3 columns by 2 rows.
> a equation box b equation box c equation box
> d equation box e equation box f equaiton box
>
> 2 Instructions for a new set of problems
> a equation box b equation box c equation box
> d equation box e equation box f equaiton box
>
I don't think you can have displayed & numbered equations in tables.
Maybe you should stay away from tables and use the multicol package to
create 3 column sections within the document. See sec. 5.2 Multiple
Columns in Help -> Extended Features; lyx 1.1.6fix4. Here's the gist of
it:
Put
\usepackage{multicol}
in Latex preamble. (Layout -> Latex preamble)
To create a 3 column segment within the document you need ERT:
\begin{multicols}{3}
\end{multicols}{3}
> ....
> I've not yet figured out how to:
> A. Put the equation numbering on the left instead of the right.
> (probably an ERT...)
AMS class does that by default. So just change Document Class to
article(AMS).
> B. Setting a nest level so that renumbering continues within
> a table but not outside of a table.
>
Again if you use multicols (instead of tables), and sections/subsections,
lyx/latex will look after your numbering, in a manner sepcified by the
document class. AMS class restarts equation numbers for each section.
> I get this feeling that I'm using the wrong tool for the task. But this is normal
> when learning a new tool.
>
As discussed in some of the introductory documentation, when you want to
control all the nitty-gritty aspects of formatting, lyx is not the best
tool to use. It's good when you don't want to worry about formatting and
let latex do it.
>
> 3. I've got table cells that when I right click on them, either or both
> of the align vertically or align horizontally are greyed out.. Other cells
> in the same table are not. What's up?
>
Table support is not the best in lyx. (Though one gets used to it. Small
price to pay for what else lyx provides ;-)
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