I apologise if these are stupid questions / comments, I am new to TeX etc [but I'm learning :-)]
I am using steve@bartgs186:~$ dpkg -l | grep lyx ii lyx 1.1.4-7 High Level Word Processor on a Debian 2.2r3 box. I believe all the depedencies etc are installed ok but I could be wrong [hence the problems :-)] when I run lyx I get: LyX: Unknown LyX function `buffer-update dvi' [around line 41 of file /usr/bin/share/lyx/bind/cua.bind] LyX: Unknown LyX function `buffer-update ps' [around line 42 of file /usr/bin/share/lyx/bind/cua.bind] then it loads ok. If I load the first template "Foils.lyx" it loads ok. If I try "view dvi" I get lots of boxed errors. Hitting the first one I see: "Undefined control sequence. \MyLogo{-\Lyx{} and \FoilTeX: What a team!-} The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'}, type ..... and so on Can I first make a suggestion that the error dialog let you select the text so in future people can paste it into their MUA instead of having to type it in? I get these sorts of errors with every example and presumably its a simple problem. If I try view ps on a new document with just "hello" in it, I get This is dvips(k) 5.86 Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) ' TeX output 2001.10.25:1947' -> newfile.ps_tmp <texc.pro>. [1] sh: none: command not found Also, I'd like to know how I could put my abstract in a single wide column like title etc when I have a two col layout? Thanks for your time have fun, SteveC [EMAIL PROTECTED] fractalus.com/steve