>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen Cornell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Stephen> On Monday 10 Feb 2003 3:42 pm, I Wayan Warmada wrote: >> similar with lyx-1.1.6 but the figure is by default left alignment. >> You can do a step like, 1. insert->floats->figure 2. type your >> caption in Figure: ------ then put the cursor in the first sentence >> of caption (that what I did) 3. insert->graphics 4. put the cursor >> left of the graph select command layout->paragraph toggle the >> centered alignment. Stephen> Thanks - that's a lot clearer, and I see that I was indeed Stephen> missing something (the idea that a figure or table in a float Stephen> had properties just like a paragraph). My instincy was that Stephen> figures or tables ought to be centred by default, but I can Stephen> see why the Lyx developers (and some publishers!) might Stephen> choose to give the same defaults as other paragraphs. Stephen> However, the procedure is not quite as you describe: you Stephen> should modify it to: The main thing actually, is that a graphics is seen by LyX as a _character_, not a paragraph. So it does not have centering or whatever. We know that this UI is misleading, but did not find yet a good replacement. JMarc
