Hi, have a look at Help->Extended Features section 3.8 Wrapping Text Around Figures. Follow these instruction and copy the Preamble (Layout->Preamble) in your Preamble. The code in the Preamble loads the floatflt package which is needed for this feature. Make sure you have the english version of Extended.lyx.
> Hi, How can I insert a picture in a one column document in lyx > such that I can write text lines next to the image. I want to > export this document into Tex later. For example: below is a > picture next to the rest of this text....... Bye Joe