Documentation

Hi, I am a complete newbi to LyX - which documentation set should I use for the current release please ? Thank you Brian Kneller -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Convert Mac Word and Thesis to LyX

Hi, I hope I am in the correct space. — I have prepared a thesis for a PhD (75K words)and approx 80 figures, the text in Mac-word and the figures are in Adobe Illustrator so I have some flexibility in Format. Also there are many references. I hold all my references and comments on them in Boo

Help Please

Hi thanks for the responses they have been most useful. I have a few questions below: I have decided to use the Manchester Uni thesis format as its very near the London Uni version. I think I am running into unnecessary difficulties because I am using my existing directory structure and Lyx

Calibri Font

Hello, I am a newbie to Lyx and I am using the Manchester PhD template on the LyX website. Before LyX all my figures and text used Calibri font, it would be great if I could use this in my LyX rendering. I have been on the web and found several options however the solutions are dependant on sev

difficulties registering on llists

Hi there seems to be an issue with my broad band provider in that they are trying to send my registration verification and they say the attempts have failed. Am I now registered or not and of npt what do I need to do please as I need to reply to some responses I have received on lists Thank you

Clipping graphics in Lyx

Hello, I have tried clipping graphics to remove white spaces and centre it on the page. I have been unable to find a detailed description as to how it should be done. From my experience I have assumed the zero in the bottom LHS of the graphic to which a pair of coordinates and associated and

Hyperref clarification

Hi I am using book standard class and am installing chapters from MS Word and PDF graphics into LyX. I have hyperlinks generated between the figures list, TOC and Bibliography in the standard class without hyperref being available. The options I have tried in Docs>Settings> PDF Props seem to wo

Rearranging figures - reassurance

Hello, I am using the document class books for my thesis and I have numbered my figures with chapter number first and incremental number second - ie Fig 2.3 for graphic 3 in chapter 2. I wish to delete and change the order of figs . I have done this and manually updated the links (for the TOC

Re: Bibliography links

Hi, I have just configured a bibliography for Lyx using a data feed from Bookends exported into Bibdesk for final tweaks . As the reference related text already exists with reference calls using Author (Date) etc, rather than complicate matters by replacing these I am considering using a sim

Tables

Hello, I am using Lyx 2.3.7 and having issues with the table configurations. I have been through many postings on the Web and not resolved the two following issues. The table is broader than the A4 page so I have used the rotate function in the Lyx table config. I am cutting and pasting dat

Fwd: Including A3 PDF into A4 PDF document

Sorry wrong address ! Begin forwarded message: From: Brian Kneller Subject: Including A3 PDF into A4 PDF document Date: 28 April 2025 at 14:47:01 BST To: lyx-announce-subscr...@lists.lyx.org Hi, My document is produced using LyX V 2.3.7 and Graphics Adobe Illustrator CS4 on a Mac with OSX 10.

Advice please

Hi I am a Lyx user and I am trying to insert larger A3 sized diagrams in my thesis. I want to include this switch in formats in LyX. via Insert External Material with the following options :: fitpaper=true, pages={1}, pagecommand={}, addtolist={1, figure, Finn the toller, \ref 1.2} which give

Creating a return address with a LyX cross reference

Hello, I want to create a return address when using LyX cross references similar to the return addresses generated in the bibliography using BibTex and backref. I have tried using some hyper linking of the document sections, with no results. How can it be done or can it be done within the cu

Return from document lable

Hello, Sorry if I have missed this. I would like to use LyX cross references but I would also like to return the reader to the document location from where he/she has referenced the label from because the document is large (3GB). In some cases a label location can be accessed from many location

White space reduction above LyX chapter

Hello, I am in the stages of correcting my thesis to the examiners requirements. I need to reduce reduce the white space above the first page of a. chapter, I have reduced the spacing between chapter and its title by using titlesec as shown below. From what I have read the space reduction a