Hi guys What is the current thinking on the best way to create a shaded text box that the main body text will wrap around? I'm trying to create something similar to the "tip boxes" that you see in some books. Preferably I'd like the boxes to automatically break if they hit the end of the page.
I have been able to create breakable boxes using some example code in the memoir class manual. However, these boxes took up the entire width of the page. I also tried using a wrapfig but this didn't work as expected and messed up the entire page layout. One thing that might be workable for small areas of text is placing text inside a table float. The snag here is that I have to set a different font to the surrounding text, and manually insert new paragraphs using hard carriage returns (ctrl+ret). This doesn't feel very "LyX" as I'm having to resort to formatting by hand. Any hints for something that might work? I don't mind using a bit of ERT if necessary. -- http://www.unmusic.co.uk/ Michael Reed -- technology, gender and geek culture freelance writer. Buy my article compilation book, Tech Book 1.
