BCikos - Thanks for your interest. Here is a simple lyx document, the exported tex document and the pdf it generates. I created the LyX document just as you said, and it looks fine in LyX, but not in the pdf version. I see you inserted your table in a float, but this did not help when I tried it.
Thanks again, Hal On Jan 11, 2012, at 8:46 AM, Csikos Bela wrote: > Hal Kierstead <[email protected]> írta: > Hello, > > Using LyX 2.02, I am trying to make a table with two columns---one 1 inches > wide and the other 5 inches wide. When I enter this using the table settings > dialog, every thing looks right in LyX, but when I export it both columns are > 5 inches wide. What am I doing wrong? Does it matter that I am using the > AMS book class? > > Hal > > > Hello: > > Export to what? PDF, dvi, plain tex? > I tried to make a table like this and it as expexted when viewed as pdf > using export PDF (pdflatex). > I am attaching the lyx file and the resulted pdf file. > > Just for clarity: you have to set the width of the columns individually. > Click in the left column - right click - more - settings - Table settings tab > - Columns settings: set width 1 inch. Repeat this with the right column, but > set it to 5 inch. > > bcsikos > <Table-sample.lyx><Table-sample.pdf>
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