Herbert Voss wrote:
>
> Robin Turner wrote:
> >
> > Well, I've looked through the Tutorial, the User Guide and a LaTeX command
> > summary, and I still can't find how to do the following ...
> >
> > 1. Type a fraction as an ordinary slash fraction rather than a math fraction;
>
> http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/mathmode.html#nicefrac
>
> > 2. Type a degree sign (as in "a 90 degree arc").
>
> \usepackagae{textcomp}
> and in text \textdegree
Very elegant! Thanks once again to Herbert.
Robin