To whom it may concern I am a student learning to use LyX for the first time, without any help. I am not familiar with TeX and LaTeX at all.
The user's manual explains that you need to download a program with which to create a database to do referencing. I have found a few sites where I'm supposed to be able to download these programs, but every time I select a 'download' button, either nothing happens and the site just uploads itself again, or the app that I downloaded missed a basic file. Explanations of how to use the programs on these sites are also a bit confusing to me - the authors mostly assume that you are familiar with TeX and LaTeX. I am completely lost! Can somebody please advise me on where to find information that explains how to use LyX, or at least how to get going with a 'referencing database', in basic terms? Also, can I please be referred to a good link where I can obtain such a 'database program'? I use Windows. I have read the tutorial and gone on to the user's manual, but for a complete newbie these are still proving to be too cryptic sometimes. I am at my wit's end and not even sure of what questions I should be asking here... :( I am, however, eager to learn how to use LyX because it is such a time-saver. Thank you very much. M. Heyns
