On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Michi Speck <michi.a.sp...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hello there, > > I would like to report a bug. I have Lyx version 2.0.1 installed on Win > 7. When I have figure floats selected to 'Use default placement' under > float settings my figures do not shown up in the published pdf. However if > I set the figure float to 'Here definitely' the figure does show up. But > the then the figure has excess white space around it as the figure > placement is not optimized within the document. This problem only seems to > occur when I make my document a multicolumn document using the package > 'multicolumn' in the preamble. If I set the document to single column the > figures can be set to any setting and appear in the document correctly. > However I need to publish my paper in a two column formatted document. > Any ideas? > > Thank you > > Michi > > -- > Regards, > > Michi Speck > > Email: michi.a.sp...@gmail.com > Cell: 0211675740 > ----------------------------------- > 8 Plumwood Lane > Cashmere > Christchurch 8022 > New Zealand > ---------------------------------- > University of Canterbury > Christchurch > New Zealand > > Room: E330 > Phone: 03 3667001 ext 7095 > > "This email may be confidential and subject to legal privilege, it may > not reflect the views of the University of Canterbury, and it is not > guaranteed to be virus free. If you are not an intended recipient, > please notify the sender immediately and erase all copies of the message > and any attachments. > Hi Michi, I'm not an expert but one thing you might want to try is: instead of putting the multicolumn package in the preamble, go to Document > Settings > Text Layout and check the box for Two-column document. When you do that, do the figures show?
