Thank you for your response. When you say: > So, like I said you'll probably want to start with a blank document and just modify it to match the thesis requirements.
Do you mean that I should use the approach of creating the layout file like you suggested or just working with a blank report document. If it is the latter approach, my only worry is that they have redefined so many of the latex settings (section, subsection, itemized list) that I would have to place ERT all over the document to get it to conform to their specifications. Or am I misunderstanding this? Thanks. Adrian -----Original Message----- From: Bob Lounsbury [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 3:58 PM To: Adrian Peter Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: Thesis template in Lyx On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Adrian Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I want to use Lyx to write my dissertation. However, our university already > provides a LaTex template (cls file) that has to be followed exactly. What > is the easiest way to use Lyx to write my dissertation? If you want to use LyX it could get quite involved, but you can always start slow and build up to see if it will work. > (1) Should I try to create a layout file to use the latex cls file? I > have never created a Lyx layout file before so I don't know how difficult > this is. Any help on this or a if a tutorial exists on how to create a > layout file for a cls file would be greatly appreciated. I have attached > the cls file. The layout file is really just for LyX representation. I looked at your .cls file and they use the report.cls so I just copied: C:\Program Files\LyX15\Resources\layouts\report.layout to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\lyx15\layouts\report.layout I then renamed report.layout to ufthesis.layout and changed the first line from: \DeclareLaTeXClass{report} to \DeclareLaTeXClass{ufthesis} And done. You now have a layout file for your ufthesis.cls file. Next, you need to place the ufthesis.cls in your local texmf directory. For me on XP with MiKTeX 2.6 this is located at: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.6\tex\latex Then refresh the MiKTeX FNDB. In Start->All Programs->MiKTeX 2.6->Settings->General. After that you should start LyX and Tools->Reconfigure (Important step). Then restart LyX and under Document->Settings->Document Class you should see ufthesis and now when you insert the toc, chapters, etc they should match the formatting of the thesis when you export to pdf or dvi. > (2) Should I try to import a sample Tex file the university provides into > Lyx? I tried to import it into Lyx but it failed. Not sure what is going > on. I have attached the sample Tex file as well. I was able to import the .tex with this new ufthesis.layout, but it looks like it could be complicated. So, like I said you'll probably want to start with a blank document and just modify it to match the thesis requirements. > I am not an advanced Lyx user so thank you very much in advance for the > help. > > > > Adrian > > Cheers, /Bob
