Re: Adding horizonal lines for user entry

2023-09-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 17 Sep 2023, Tobias Hilbricht wrote: \hrulefill (and \dotfill and others) are available in LyX via Insert -> Formatting -> Horizontal Space -> Choose "Variable horizontal space" and a fill and place this into a minipage. The visual feedback in LyX - two vertical blue thin lines - does no

Re: Adding horizonal lines for user entry

2023-09-17 Thread Tobias Hilbricht
Am Freitag, dem 15.09.2023 um 20:15 +0200 schrieb Herbert Voss: > > > Am 15.09.23 um 20:02 schrieb Rich Shepard: > > > > > > Signature: > > _ > > > > Printed Name: > > __ > > >

Re: Adding horizonal lines for user entry

2023-09-16 Thread Herbert Voss
Am 16.09.23 um 00:27 schrieb Rich Shepard: On Fri, 15 Sep 2023, Herbert Voss wrote: insert a box (minipage) of a width like 50% of the textwidth, which can be set in the box menue. And then use \hrulefill That worked perfectly. By trial-and-error I learned how to set the width and heigh

Re: Adding horizonal lines for user entry

2023-09-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 15 Sep 2023, Herbert Voss wrote: insert a box (minipage) of a width like 50% of the textwidth, which can be set in the box menue. And then use \hrulefill Herbert, That worked perfectly. By trial-and-error I learned how to set the width and height. Setting the height to 5mm provides ro

Re: Adding horizonal lines for user entry

2023-09-15 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
I usually create tables but this works even better. el On 15/09/2023 20:15, Herbert Voss wrote: > Am 15.09.23 um 20:02 schrieb Rich Shepard: >> I need to add lines for a signature, printed neme, and other data in >> a report document. I'm using the description environment for the >> data names t

Re: Adding horizonal lines for user entry

2023-09-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 15 Sep 2023, Herbert Voss wrote: insert a box (minipage) of a width like 50% of the textwidth, which can be set in the box menue. And then use \hrulefill Herbert, Thank you. That hadn't occurred to me. Best regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists