>>X-Authenticated: #299902
>>From: "Hans Prueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: <[email protected]>
>>Subject: table with long column text is cut off instead of linebreak
>>Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:19:01 +0200
>>X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0
>>
>>I'm having a table with 2 columns and multiple rows, first column contains
>>some short keywords,
>>second column a description. the descritpion can be some sentences long
>>which won't fit into
>>a single line. 
>> 
>>within the lyx editor the line is broken but when I export the document to
>>DVI, pdf for example,
>>there is no linebreak any more: the table contains just text in single lines
>>and if the line does not
>>fit onto the page it is cut off.
>> 
>>how can I enable line breaking within the table cells? shouldn't that be
>>standard?

You must set a width to the column: then long lines (w.r.t. the required column 
width)
will wrap.

HTH

-- 
Jean-Pierre

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