Re: Working with tables

2002-06-05 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 09:55:41AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > That's where I went wrong. I'm working in a GUI so I expect there to be a > button for everything I'm allowed to do. I kept clicking on the 'close' > button after entering a value because there is no 'OK', 'apply' or other > button

Re: Working with tables

2002-06-05 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Dekel Tsur wrote: > Just put the cursor in that column, press the right mouse button, go to > the column/row tab, enter 1in (for example) in the "Width" field, and > press enter. ^^^ That's where I went wrong. I'm working in a GUI so I expect there to be a button

Re: Working with tables

2002-06-05 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 01:13:03PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > > Instead, set the width for the entire column in the column/row tab, > > and set the alignment of the paragraph in the top cell to center using the > > paragraph dialog. > > Cannot do this. I have no control over column width or

Re: Working with tables

2002-06-05 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Herbert Voss wrote: > this belongs to the version. I used 1.1.6fix4 if I remember > well. Same version as here, Herbert. > But these things are not important for you. Interesting is > only the table menu. have a look at it. I will. The coding is quite different which m

Re: Working with tables

2002-06-04 Thread Herbert Voss
Rich Shepard wrote: > When I export my document (with table) as LaTeX (because I cannot export > it as dvi) this is what I see for the title section: > > \title{Wetlands and Mining% > \thanks{Copyright \copyright 2002 Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. > }} > > The file you sent back to me ha

Re: Working with tables

2002-06-04 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Herbert Voss wrote: > file attached Herbert, Pardon my naivety, but I'll be learning quickly here. When I export my document (with table) as LaTeX (because I cannot export it as dvi) this is what I see for the title section: \title{Wetlands and Mining% \thanks{Copyrig

Re: Working with tables

2002-06-04 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Dekel Tsur wrote: > Use a table float (Insert->Floats->Table float). Dekel, I did this, thank you. > Instead, set the width for the entire column in the column/row tab, > and set the alignment of the paragraph in the top cell to center using the > paragraph dialog. C

Re: Working with tables

2002-06-04 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 12:02:48PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Herbert Voss wrote: > > > multicolumn in the table makes only sense, if you have _really_ > > multicolumns or something special in the table. But you wanted > > only a fixed wisth with left alignment. > > Herber

RE: Working with tables

2002-06-04 Thread Reuter, Joseph
> -Original Message- > From: Andre Poenitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I think you get only captions if you put the table in a float. > I am not sure, though. > > Andre' I believe that the LaTeX ccaption package will allow you to create captioned tables and figures that are non-f

Re: Working with tables

2002-06-03 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Herbert Voss wrote: > multicolumn in the table makes only sense, if you have _really_ > multicolumns or something special in the table. But you wanted > only a fixed wisth with left alignment. Herbert, This is true. I could not enter a fixed width without the multicolum s

Re: Working with tables

2002-06-03 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 06:00:19AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > > 1) I want to separate the table from the body of the text. But, I want a > table caption, preferably above the table. So far, it's just another > paragraph. Use a table float (Insert->Floats->Table float). > 2) The table has 2 co

Re: Working with tables

2002-06-03 Thread Herbert Voss
Rich Shepard wrote: >>this is the point: without the lyx-file or the exported tex it's not >>possible to say what's going here. It's obvious that the code is wrong and >>that you forget a } or something else. >> > > This is my point: I've not put in any LaTeX code, just selected table from > t

Re: Working with tables

2002-06-03 Thread Jean-Pierre.Chretien
>>From: Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 17:58:50 +0200 >>To: Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: Working with tables >>X-message-flag: Formating hard disk. please wait... 10%... 20%

Re: Working with tables

2002-06-03 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 06:00:19AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > 1) I want to separate the table from the body of the text. But, I want a > table caption, preferably above the table. So far, it's just another > paragraph. I think you get only captions if you put the table in a float. I am not sure

Re: Working with tables

2002-06-03 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Herbert Voss wrote: > > 2) The table has 2 columns and 5 rows. I figured out (by reading and > > trial-and-error) how to make the right-hand column cells multi-line and left > > justified while the heading for that column is centered. I did this by > > highlighting the text in

Re: Working with tables

2002-06-03 Thread Herbert Voss
Rich Shepard wrote: > 2) The table has 2 columns and 5 rows. I figured out (by reading and > trial-and-error) how to make the right-hand column cells multi-line and left > justified while the heading for that column is centered. I did this by > highlighting the text in each cell in that column, o

Working with tables

2002-06-03 Thread Rich Shepard
This message was posted last Thursday and I'm rather surprized that no one has responded to my request for help. Did I not clearly explain my problem? I would greatly appreciate some pointers to working with tables in an article class document. I've just encounted the need for a t

Working with tables

2002-05-30 Thread Rich Shepard
I've just encounted the need for a table in an article document. I've read the Users Guide (all appropriate sections), but still cannot get the display correct. Let me try to put all my questions separately. 1) I want to separate the table from the body of the text. But, I want a table caption,