On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Marshall Feldman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > The standard format for formal tables uses spanners to indicate columns with > similar, related content. I am using LyX with the "formal" tables option set > to on. But I don't see how to introduce spanners into a table.. > > For example, suppose a table has two lines of headings. Suppose further that > row 1 has "Revenue" as a heading and that below this the table has two > headings, "Sales" and "Interest." So we would like the line beneath > "Revenue" to span two columns with a solid line, and for there to be enough > space at the edges of the spanned columns for the reader to make out that > the spanner is indeed separate from adjacent columns. See this page for > examples. > > So how does one handle spanners in LyX?
Hi Marshall, If I understand correctly, what you refer to as "spanners" LyX would refer to as "multi-column". In a table, select a couple of rows and click on "multi-column" in the table toolbar (which is at the bottom of the screen and is activated when the cursor is in a table). Best, Scott
