You need the titlesec package in your preamble, and after that this command:
\titlelabel{\thetitle.\quad} ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ehud Kaplan" <ehud.kap...@mssm.edu> To: "LyX User" <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 8:11 PM Subject: Subheading numbering > Is there a way to change the way Lyx/Latex numbers subheading, so that > instead of > 1 Introduction > it sill produce: 1. Introduction? > In other words, how do I produce a period following the last digit of a > subheading number? > Thanks, >