On Thursday 15 January 2009 06:52:55 am Manveru wrote: > 2009/1/15 Kyri <kmano...@caltech.edu>: > > Hi, > > > > I'm new in LyX. I'm using v.1.6.1 and I'm trying to create my > > dissertation's first page. The problem is that I want to add the > > university stamp figure, and below that I want to write the author, date > > etc. > > > > The problem is that from the point that I add the figure and afterwards, > > the Author and Date texts are getting messed up. They are not centered > > any more, and I'm not allowed to change their properties from the > > "Paragraph Settings" button. > > This is a standard problem with frontmatter. Solutions proposed on > this list were: creation of graphics for first page (put in as an > image or glue by pdftk) or try some LaTeX code. > I have an package modified from someone else package, which is tuned > for my university. Other solution lies somewhere between these two.
Or, use ERT and custom environments for the entire frontmatter instead of trying to shoehorn your document class into doing the job. I use ERT and custom environments. I don't even use the Author and Title environments. It works wonderfully. My justification for this is that environments are meant to promote consistency throughout your document, but there's very little consistency in frontmatter -- it's all one-off type of stuff. HTH SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US
