Am 31.10.2010 um 19:16 schrieb S Nedunuri:
> hello, how do you find out the default margin (left, top, etc.) settings for
> a given document class? Page Margins under Doc Settings just allows you to
> change the defaults but doesn't show what they are. The following article
> http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/PaperLayout says "Then open in your document an
> ERT-box (shortcut C-L) and insert the command \layout. When exporting the
> document, you will get a picture similar to this: paperDistances". However,
> i just get a complaint from the lyx compiler saying that \layout is an
> undefined control sequence
The wiki article says "To use it, add to the preamble: \usepackage{layout}".
Did you do so?
Stephan