alain . didierjean Sat, 18 Dec 2010 > I insert dates through the date lyx command (and a key binding). How can I > set a > different default date format ( I used to get "samedi 18 décembre 2010" and > now > I get "18/12/210" which is ugly in a letter in french.
Menu Tools > Preferences > Outputs > General The text field Date Format allows the date settings Writing in %A %d %B %Y outputs the inserted date as you want. (They are _date_ command options) Or you can insert in Tex code the LaTeX command \today Another way for insert the date is the menu Insert > File > External Material If you want more info about these issues have a look to sec. 6.1 in the Embedded Objects manual or the date command help Regards Ignacio Garcia
