UWE and Scott!! Thanks! It's early days but I've just pasted my 10-page essay into Uwe's template -- and + fear -- it looks perfect.
I'll get back if it's not OK, but it seems to me that others on my combo -- LyX version is 2.0.5.1; Mac OSX 10.7.5 -- might find your solution beautiful too. Thank you both, again; Gordon On 22/05/2013, at 8:39 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Am 22.05.2013 00:05, schrieb Gordon Watson: > > > Unlike the LyX Tutorial, my footnotes are not numbering. > > You use many preamble code. Do you know what this does? If not, please remove > anything you don't understand. This will only make troubles. > - For example you don't need to use \makeatletter in the preamble - LyX does > this for you. > - The same is with textcomp - LyX will load this package if necessary. > - instead of \date{} use the option "Suporess default date on front page" in > the document settings under document class. > - instead of \pagestyle{fancy} use the document setting under Page Layout. In > your file you already set the style to "fancy". > - instead of ae, select these as font in the document settings under Fonts. > But better use another font like LaTin Modern, because ae are virtual fonts > and you might have problems with it when searching in the PDF you created out > of your LyX file. (More info see the LyX userguide) > - the package soul and \underbar is also handled by LyX. > > After than cleanup you get your footnote numbered. Attached is your fixed > file. > > - In your file you don't need to use TeX code for \href, just use the menu > Insert->Hyperlink or the toolbar button with the world as icon. > > regards Uwe > <Footnote-problem-fixed.lyx>