>>From: Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 17:58:50 +0200 >>To: Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: Working with tables >>X-message-flag: Formating hard disk. please wait... 10%... 20%... >>X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-11 >> >>On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 06:00:19AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: >>> 1) I want to separate the table from the body of the text. But, I want a >>> table caption, preferably above the table. So far, it's just another >>> paragraph. >> >>I think you get only captions if you put the table in a float. >>I am not sure, though.
Even if you find a workaround to get the look of a caption, you loose the cross referencing potential, so I think you should always use a float. The only drawback is that the placement algorithm obeys complex rules, so that the result may be difficult to control. In latex, I used !ht for figures (caption under) and !hb for tables (caption above): ! relaxes placement penalties, h stands for here, t for top, b for bottom In LyX, up to 1.1.6, you must use an ERT trick to do so as placement is global. Placement is local in 1.2.0 so I think that - opening a float - tuning the placment parameters (seems that ! is not implemented, it may be deprecated) - typing in the caption - inserting the table should be OK. You may have to move the figure around to make it appear where you want, but always as a last step. -- Jean-Pierre
