On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Bob Lounsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Adrian Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> Thank you very much for your help. Sorry to bug everyone with these
>> questions. I only have a few more weeks to finish my thesis and I am
>> determined to use Lyx to get it done :). Not being a Lyx/Latex expert, the
>> help I'm getting from this user group is invaluable. If I can get all these
>> issues fixed, I am will turn over a "golden" Lyx template to the university
>> so lots of other students can benefit.
>>
>> I have another TOC question. For some reason, the words 'Abstract', 'List
>> of Tables' and 'List of Figures' are not in all-caps in the TOC. Is there a
>> way to force them to be in caps? All the other first level titles are in
>> caps as required. I looked at the Lyx TOC setup and it only lets me choose
>> the depth being displayed not the formatting. Thank you again.
>>
>> Adrian
>
> Just as an aside, this is a bottom posting mail list :-}.
>
> I'm not sure if there is a way to 'force' these names to be in caps by
> default, but there is a way to call them anything you like with
> commands like:
>
> \renewcommand\contentsname{TABLE OF CONTENTS}
> \renewcommand\listfigurename{LIST OF FIGURES}
> \renewcommand\listtablename{LIST OF TABLES}
> \renewcommand\abstractname{ABSTRACT}
>
> Although this puts the items in caps within the document and the toc.
> Not sure if that's what you want. I'm also not sure what you're doing
> to insert the lot, lof, and abstract into the toc in the first place,
> which would play a role in all of this too.
>
> Cheers,
> /Bob
>
Oops, forgot to mention that you put these command within the body of
the document not in the preamble.
/Bob
