On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote:
I am trying to set up a multi-page, fixed width column table, but my attempts seem to be blissfully ignored by LyX. That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' field. I did this for all the columns in my table. But nothing happens---as soon as I go into a cell and add content, the cell is horizontally resized. I am following the exact procedure described in the user's guide, and I would expect the cell to grow vertically, not horizontally. Can anyone enlighten me on the correct steps to follow? I tried both LyX 1.3 and 1.4, with identical results. I am on a Mac, BTW.
Well, you're allowed to use an Apple product. I have tables in my book similar to what you're trying to create. By trial-and-error I discovered that I needed to manually break the cell content into multiple lines; there is no automagic line wrap. Sometimes I also dropped the font one size; that made the typeset table look better. HTH, Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | The Environmental Permitting Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.(TM) | Accelerator <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
