1) you can't load or handle compressed files from a previous version of lyx. This is an important bug.
2) I get from view->dvi: newfile3.lyx.tex.dviq: newfile3.lyx.tex.dviq: No such file or directory 3) there is no UI to save a compressed version regards john -- Khendon's Law: If the same point is made twice by the same person, the thread is over.