> as far as I know, LyX doesn't know the dfrac macro. You can > write into the preamble > > \usepackage{amsmath} > \let\frac\dfrac > > then every frac is written as a \dfrac macro.
Splendid! It works! Just being curious: your solution affects all fractions; is there some way of having the two types of fractions in the same document?