s nedunuri <nedunuri <at> cs.utexas.edu> writes: > > I'm wondering if there's a reason the Lyx version of the Columns command > doesn't allow you to specify an overall width the way the Latex Beamer > version does?
It does. You just have to enter it as raw TeX (Insert > TeX Code or Ctrl-L), in square bracket, as in <ERT>[totalwidth=50mm]</ERT>. > Or for that matter the Column command requires you to give > an absolute width for the column and doesnt allow a relative spec like > 0.5\textwidth. Relative widths work. Again, enter them as raw TeX (but this time without the square brackets). Paul