Laurent Duperval wrote:
I want to create a paragraph (or two) that have a different background
color. I also want them to be framed. How do I do that?
The following works in LyX 1.5.x; not sure about 1.4.x.
1. Add "\usepackage{xcolor}" to the preamble.
2. Select your paragraphs and then Insert -> Box to put them in a
minipage.
3. Right-click the "handle" of the minipage and adjust the settings.
You want minipage for the box type, and no frame decoration (it's coming
later). You'll probably want to adjust the box width to conform to the
surrounding margins.
4. If the left side of the box is not where you want it, put the cursor
just before the box handle and use the paragraph settings button to
toggle indent on or off (whichever you need).
5. If you are indenting paragraphs, insert the following in ERT as the
first bit of the box content: "\setlength{\parindent}{3ex}". (Adjust
the indentation amount to taste.) LaTeX apparently zeros out the
paragraph indentation inside a minipage.
6. Place the following in ERT just before the box:
"\fcolorbox{black}{cyan}{". The first color is the frame color, the
second is the background color (again, adjust to taste). Put "}" in ERT
just after the box.
The box will be treated as an indivisible block (if any of it trails
over to the next page, the whole box will move).
HTH,
Paul
