Re: Seperate Page for the Document Title and Abstract

On Wed, 11 Apr 2018, Aaron Brülisauer wrote: A seperate cover is required. A Din A4 page with my works title, my name, company name, and even more informations about my apprenticeship. After the abstract has to be a page breack because it's followed by the table of contents. A third page break

Re: Smaller font in floats in the working area

On 09/04/2018 11:25, Guenter Milde wrote: On 2018-04-05, racoon wrote: Hi, Is it possible to get a smaller font for floats in the working area? So, I don't want to change the LaTeX output but the float inset. For example, larger tables often would fit better with a smaller font. This

Re: which document class?

On 04/10/2018 07:41 AM, Aaron Brülisauer wrote: Hello Right now I'm still reading the Tutorial and I reached the section "Document Classes". I have tried multiple ones with my "first_document.lyx". I'll have to write a documentation for system engeneer degree. I have to documentate a

Show shortcuts in menus

hi all, I'm using LyX Version 2.2.3 Windows 10. >From some reason the keyboard shortcuts are not shown in the different menus. and i can see in screenshots and tutorial of other users that they did appear in the menus. i couldn't find any option in the preferences to show shortcuts in the menus

Re: Seperate Page for the Document Title and Abstract

Hello Aaron, I feel this is your first document produced with LyX and thus would recommend you to first of all try a template that is not too complicated yet *providing a rich set of predefined standards* (which I feel you may need), e. g. KOMA-Script Article or KOMA.Script Report. File >

Re: Show shortcuts in menus

On 04/11/2018 02:12 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 04/11/2018 01:37 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Display of shortcuts in the menus is hit and miss at best. In LyX 2.3.0 (on Linux), I get shortcuts for most of the entries in the Edit menu but only one in the Insert menu. I'm not sure many of

Re: Show shortcuts in menus

On 04/11/2018 01:37 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > On 04/11/2018 11:23 AM, Sasson Technoligies wrote: >> hi all, >> >> I'm using LyX Version 2.2.3 Windows 10. >> From some reason the keyboard shortcuts are not shown in the >> different menus. >> and i can see in screenshots and tutorial of other users

Re: Show shortcuts in menus

On 04/11/2018 11:23 AM, Sasson Technoligies wrote: hi all, I'm using LyX Version 2.2.3 Windows 10. From some reason the keyboard shortcuts are not shown in the different menus. and i can see in screenshots and tutorial of other users that they did appear in the menus. i couldn't find any

Re: Formatting name/date to be filled by others

On Wed, 11 Apr 2018, Steve Litt wrote: Why not use sixteen consecutive underscores? SteveT, Because 1) it doesn't look as good when typeset and b) \rule{}{} allows fine control over length and line width. Rich

Re: which document class?

On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:41:52 +0200 Aaron Brülisauer wrote: > Hello > > Right now I'm still reading the Tutorial and I reached the section > "Document Classes". I have tried multiple ones with my > "first_document.lyx". I'll have to write a documentation

Re: Formatting name/date to be filled by others

On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:18:41 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard wrote: >Before I re-invent the wheel I want to discover if there are > existing tools to provide for entry of name, signature, and date to > be filled in on a printed copy of the document page. Specifically, >

Re: Formatting name/date to be filled by others

On Wed, 11 Apr 2018, Cris Fuhrman wrote: An alternative is to use a table. Chris, There are three items: printed name, signature, and date. The \rule{}{} macro is perfect for this. Spacing on the page using \vspace{} and \hspace{} place each item appropriately. Thanks, Rich

Re: Formatting name/date to be filled by others

Hi Rich, An alternative is to use a table. The labels (Name, Date, etc) are in cells that have no borders, and the other parts are in cells with borders on the bottom. Of course you have to play with widths of columns, but this approach is more form-like and it's easier to perceive (WYSIWYM) in