Am 14.02.2010 18:26, schrieb KimberlyQ:
I am a new Lyx user, hoping to write a technical manual using this wonderful program. Beyond the introduction and first chapter, most of the entire manual consists of a table on every page. The table covers the full page. The table itself is the same on every page. Only the data within the table changes from page to page. I have created all the table pages and data in Ms Word. I can insert them into Lyx as a screenshot image.
When you want to benefit from LaTeX's/LyX's typesetting püower you should try to create the tavbles with LyX instead of MS Word, Excel etc.
The body of the manual will be one or more text boxes overlaying the table on each page.
Perhaps you need longtables. Have a lookt at chapter 2 of LyX's EmbeddedObejcts manual that you find in the Help menu to see what can be done with them (and tables in general).
My research as a novice Lyx user indicates that adding a text box to an image can't be done.
This is not correct, you need an image float. The image description is inserted as caption. For more info, see again the EmbeddedObjects manual or the LyX UserGuide.
regards Uwe
