navaja wrote: >>A textclass error is something entirely separate. That is lyx >>complaining, not latex. Does Edit->Reconfigure resolve your problem?
> yes that worked thanks. I think I tried reconfigure before, but it > didn't solve the problem. Is this because I hadn't updated ls-R? Correct. The reconfiguration process loops over the list of lyx's .layout files and checks whether the necessary latex files are present. > is there a good tutorial or documentation that i can read about how > cls, sty files etc work. it will save me asking some pretty dumb > questions! If you want to understand the basics of latex then buy "LaTeX: A Document Preparation System" by Leslie Lamport. If you want to understand how to use lyx, then read the documentation available under the help menu. -- Angus
