> I am preparing project report ...i want to number abstract and
> acknowledgment, acronyms, etc... in roman and normal numbers (arabic) for
> chapters ...How to do that
>
> From other threads i came to know abt \frontmatter \mainmatter \backmatter
> .. but i am not using koma-script..normal "report" document class
\Xmatter definitions are not specific to Koma-script, but are restricted to
books
You don't need that, though. Just add
\pagenumbering{roman}
in ERT where you want pages to start roman and
\pagenumbering{arabic}
to reset counter and go to arabic
