Hi Gyorgy, Yes I did use the portable tex option when coming out of Sciword. I is a problem with all my files not just one. Thanks, Mark
On 26/02/2013 11:27, "Gyorgy SZEIDL" <gyorgy.sze...@uni-miskolc.hu> wrote: >hi mark, >have you used the portable option when saving the file >in swp? >best regards >györgy >> Hi Mark, >> >> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Mark Salmon <markhsal...@gmail.com> >>wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I would be grateful for some urgent help. I am trying to transfer >>>lecture >>> slides (Beamer) from Scientific word into Lyx 2.0.5. I have followed >>>the >>> wiki advice and saved from Sci word as plain latex. Then I open a new >>>file >>> in Lyx and try and import the file- a see for about 2 seconds the >>>folder in >>> which I have stored my old sci word files and then it closes and takes >>>me >>> back to the empty Lyx file- so I cannot actually select the file I >>>want to >>> import. Its almost as if Lyx is immediately trying to save the new >>>file- I >>> don't know whats going on but it just doesn't give me the chance to >>>import >>> th file after I select import. >> LyX does try to save after importing: >> http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/8236 >> >> But I'm not sure that's the problem. Is it a problem that it tries to >> save? Is the folder write-protected? Do you get an error? >> >> In general, it's difficult to import non-simple LaTeX into LyX. There >> have been a lot of improvements to LaTeX importing recently. If you >> happen to be using Ubuntu, you can try the newest development version: >> http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnUbuntu#toc3 >> (If I had to guess, though, I do not think this would solve your >>problem). >> >> Best, >> >> Scott >> >
