Hi,

putting 

\@addtoreset{figure}{section}
\renewcommand{\thefigure}{\thesection.\arabic{figure}}

in your preamble

gives you  "figure 2.10: apple pie" for the 10. picture in section 2


Steve Litt wrote:
> 
> Some books have the caption above the figure, some below, and some to the
> side. Any suggestions on style for a technical book?
> 
> Also, all tech books have figure numbering contain the chapter number and
> restart the figure number at 1 for each chapter (figure 10-1). But LyX labels
> and references number figures sequentially throughout the book (figure 96).
> Is there any way to get the chapter-figure numbering in LyX, while still
> retaining the ability to move chapters around without needing to explicitly
> tweak individual entries?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Steve
> 
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