Re: Latex - absolute beginners

[David L. Johnson]

On 04/20/2011 07:21 PM, Marc Wijnand wrote:
Hi
I am trying to learn how to make a document with Latex. I am working on Mac OS 
X and I installed MacTex and LyX.
I just typed

        \documentclass{document}
        
        \begin{document}
        Hello world!
        \end{document}

but when trying to make a pdf, I get this error message:

As the message indicated, you did not enter those commands in the 
preamble, which is accessible from within LyX through Documents -> 
Settings -> preamble (bottom of list).  You are trying to enter raw TeX 
in a LyX document.  This is not how it is done.

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David L. Johnson

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