On 8/29/05, Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I am using displaymath environment and wondered whether it was > >> possible, for a few equations only, to have this environment to be > >> left aligned rather than the default centered. > > > > In Layout->Document->Packages, check the box to use the amsmath package. > > Then insert the following in ERT in the text prior to each equation > > whose placement you want to change: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] to switch to left alignment; > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] to switch to center alignment. > > > > Be sure to include a terminal space in the ERT so that \makeatother > > doesn't run into whatever comes next. > > using the flalign environment instead of align does > the trick without ERT
For further interesting and helpful information, I recommend the excellent "Math mode" text of Herbert: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/math/voss/mathmode/Mathmode.pdf Paul