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The \SpecialChar LyX
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Tutorial
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by the \SpecialChar LyX
Team
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\noindent
If you have comments on or corrections to this documentation,
please send them to the \SpecialChar LyX
Documentation mailing list:
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Introduction
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Welcome to \SpecialChar LyX
!
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This manual is designed for all of you who have never heard of \SpecialChar LaTeX
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or do not know it very well.
Now,
do not panic you will not need to learn \SpecialChar LaTeX
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to use \SpecialChar LyX
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That is,
after all,
the whole point of \SpecialChar LyX
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to provide an almost-WYSIWYG interface to \SpecialChar LaTeX
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There are some things you will need to learn,
however,
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effectively.
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Some of you probably found your way to this document because you tried to put two spaces after a
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That is because most word processors you have used before allow you manually to enter all spacings,
font changes,
and so on.
So you end up not only writing a document but typesetting it,
too.
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\SpecialChar LyX
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in a consistent fashion,
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like the content of your writing.
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So read on to learn more about \SpecialChar LyX
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Reading this tutorial is definitely worth the time.
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What the Tutorial
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and what it
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Before we get started with this section,
you need to know that this
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Tutorial
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uses the notation outlined in the
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Introduction
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manual.
If you came to this manual first,
please read the
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Introduction
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before you continue with the
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Tutorial
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Now that you know which fonts mean what in the documentation,
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Getting the most out of the Tutorial
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This tutorial consists of examples and exercises.
To get the most out of this document,
you should read through it,
typing all the little things we are telling you to type and trying out all of the exercises to see if you get them right.
For convenience,
you might want to print out the PDF version of this document.
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If you are familiar with \SpecialChar LaTeX
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you will probably be able to read the
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somewhat faster,
since many \SpecialChar LyX
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ideas are just \SpecialChar LaTeX
ideas in disguise.
However,
\SpecialChar LyX
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has features you will want to learn about.
Even if you do not feel like reading the rest of the
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What you
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Detailed explanations of all of \SpecialChar LyX
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Detailed explanations of \SpecialChar LaTeX
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Unnecessary.
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If you want to learn some of the neat tricks you can do with \SpecialChar LaTeX
in \SpecialChar LyX
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you can have a look at the
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It is time to move on,
time for your first document \SpecialChar ldots
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Getting started with \SpecialChar LyX
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Your first \SpecialChar LyX
document
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OK\SpecialChar endofsentence
You are ready to start writing.
Before you do,
there are a few things we need to mention,
which will hopefully make the Tutorial more instructive and useful.
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Because there is information we cannot give you in the Tutorial,
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thing that you need to do is find the
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other
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help files.
This is very simple:
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Start up \SpecialChar LyX
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select the
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User's Guide
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from the
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You may want to load the
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as well (if you are not reading it within \SpecialChar LyX
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This way,
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.
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as well as a \SpecialChar LaTeX
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-distribution and a PDF-viewer.
This should be the case on all major Linux- and BSD-distributions,
as well as on Windows,
where this is setup by the \SpecialChar LyX
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installers.
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Finally,
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to let you practice your \SpecialChar LyX
skills.
Imagine that it was typed by someone who did not know about any of \SpecialChar LyX
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As you learn new \SpecialChar LyX
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we will suggest that you fix those parts of
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Notes
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Access the text in a note by clicking on it.
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If you want to cheat,
or check what you have done,
there is also a file called
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Example (LyXified)
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which contains the same text written and typeset by a \SpecialChar LyX
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Open Example\SpecialChar ldots
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Open the document
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File\SpecialChar menuseparator
Save
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to save a copy in your own directory for you to work on.
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check to see how those changes affect the output.
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By the way,
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File\SpecialChar menuseparator
Open Example\SpecialChar ldots
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contains lots of other examples files.
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They will show you how to do various fancy things with \SpecialChar LyX
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After you have read the Tutorial,
or when you are confused about how to do something fancy in \SpecialChar LyX
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take a look at these files.
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Typing,
Viewing,
and Exporting
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Open a new file with
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File\SpecialChar menuseparator
New
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Type a sentence like:
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This is my first \SpecialChar LyX
document!
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Save your document with
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File\SpecialChar menuseparator
Save
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As\SpecialChar endofsentence
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Create a PDF file,
with
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Document\SpecialChar menuseparator
View
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or the toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "buffer-view"
\end_inset
.
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\SpecialChar LyX
will open a PDF-viewer program displaying your document as it will look when printed.
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Export the ready to print document with
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File\SpecialChar menuseparator
Export
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to a format you want
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.
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Congratulations!
You have written your first \SpecialChar LyX
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document.
All of the rest is just details.
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A hint:
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\series default
You can save time by leaving the PDF viewer running in the background.
Under MacOS and Linux you can use
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Document\SpecialChar menuseparator
Update
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or the toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "buffer-update"
\end_inset
and just click on the PDF viewer window afterwards.
Under Windows still use
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Document\SpecialChar menuseparator
View
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or
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "buffer-view"
\end_inset
respectively.
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\series bold
Another hint:
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\series default
In case you are using a high-resolution display,
the LyX toolbar icons are quite small.
To change their size,
right-click into a toolbar.
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Simple Operations
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\SpecialChar LyX
can of course do most of the things you are used to doing with a word processor.
It will word-wrap and indent paragraphs automatically.
Here is a quick description of how to do some simple actions.
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\begin_layout Description
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Undo \SpecialChar LyX
has multiple levels of undo,
which means you can undo everything you have done since your current editing session started,
by selecting
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Edit\SpecialChar menuseparator
Undo
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(toolbar button
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type "icon"
arg "undo"
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) over and over again.
If you undo too much,
just select
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Edit\SpecialChar menuseparator
Redo
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(toolbar button
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type "icon"
arg "redo"
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Currently,
undo is limited to 100 steps.
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Cut/Paste/Copy Use
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Edit\SpecialChar menuseparator
Cut
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(toolbar button
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type "icon"
arg "cut"
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),
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Edit\SpecialChar menuseparator
Copy
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(toolbar button
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type "icon"
arg "copy"
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),
and
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Edit\SpecialChar menuseparator
Paste
\family default
(toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "paste"
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copy,
and paste.
Or automatically paste selected text (including selections from other programs) with the
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middle mouse button
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Find/Replace Use
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Edit\SpecialChar menuseparator
Find
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&
\begin_inset space ~
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Replace
\family default
(toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-show findreplace"
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In the dialog,
search with the
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Find
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Next
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button,
and use the
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Replace
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button to replace a word you have found.
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Close the window when you are done or leave it open if you find it more convenient.
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Most dialog boxes in \SpecialChar LyX
can operate like this.
Just be sure you have the right window in focus when you are trying to type in the main \SpecialChar LyX
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window or a \SpecialChar LyX
dialog.
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If you like,
you can specify whether to make the search case-sensitive,
or to search for only complete words;
you can also search backwards through the document.
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\begin_layout Description
Character
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Formatting You can
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emphasize
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text (toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "font-emph"
\end_inset
,
which will by default print characters in italics),
set it in
\noun on
Noun Style
\noun default
(toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "font-noun"
\end_inset
,
usually small caps,
used for people's names),
or use your own formatting by using the
\family sans
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Edit\SpecialChar menuseparator
Text
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
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Style\SpecialChar menuseparator
Customized
\family default
dialog (toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-show character"
\end_inset
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Toolbar Other buttons on the toolbar allow you to do some of the more popular functions,
such as
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Insert
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\end_inset
math
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,
\family sans
Insert
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
graphics
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and
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Insert
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
table
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.
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Of course,
you have not yet written enough to make most of these functions useful.
As you write more,
though,
try undoing,
pasting,
etc.
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WYSIWYM:
Whitespace in \SpecialChar LyX
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One of the hardest things for new users to get used to is the way that \SpecialChar LyX
handles whitespace.
As many times as you hit
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Return
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,
you will only get one blank line.
As many times as you hit
\family sans
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\family default
,
you will only get one space.
On a blank line,
\SpecialChar LyX
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will not let you type even one space.
The
\family sans
Tab
\family default
key will not move you forward one tab stop;
in fact there
\emph on
are
\emph default
no tab stops!
There is no ruler at the top of the page to let you set tabs or margins,
either.
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Many word processors are based on the WYSIWYG principle:
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What You See Is What You Get.
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\SpecialChar LyX
,
on the other hand,
is based on the principle that
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
What You See Is What You
\emph on
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\emph default
.
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
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You type what you mean and \SpecialChar LyX
will take care of typesetting it for you so that the output looks nice.
A
\family sans
Return
\family default
grammatically separates paragraphs and a
\family sans
Space
\family default
grammatically separates words;
so there is no reason to have several of them in a row;
a
\family sans
Tab
\family default
has no grammatical function at all so \SpecialChar LyX
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does not support it.
Using \SpecialChar LyX
,
you will spend more of your time worrying about the
\emph on
content
\emph default
of your document and less time worrying about the
\emph on
format.
\emph default
See the
\emph on
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for more information on the WYSIWYM concept.
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\begin_layout Standard
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\SpecialChar LyX
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After all,
\SpecialChar LyX
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might not typeset
\emph on
exactly
\emph default
what you mean.
The
\emph on
User's Guide
\emph default
has information about all that.
It includes horizontal fills and vertical space —
which are more powerful and versatile than multiple spaces or blank lines —
and ways to change font sizes,
character styles,
and paragraph alignments by hand.
The idea,
though,
is that you can write your whole document,
focusing on content,
and just worry about that fine-tuning at the end.
With standard word processors,
you will be distracted by document formatting throughout the writing process.
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Environments
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Different parts of a document have different purposes;
we call these parts
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environments
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.
Most of a document is made up of regular text.
Section titles (chapter,
subsection,
etc.) let the reader know that a new topic or subtopic will be discussed.
Certain types of documents have special environments.
A journal article will have an abstract and a title.
A letter will have neither of these,
but will probably have an environment that gives the writer's address.
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Environments are a major part of the
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What You See Is What You Mean
\begin_inset Quotes erd
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philosophy of \SpecialChar LyX
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A given environment may require a certain font style,
font size,
indenting,
line spacing,
and more.
This problem is aggravated,
because the exact formatting for a given environment may change:
one journal may use boldface,
18 point,
centered type for section titles while another uses italicized,
15 point,
left justified type;
different languages may have different standards for indenting;
and bibliography formats can vary widely.
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\SpecialChar LyX
lets you avoid learning all the different formatting styles.
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\begin_layout Standard
The
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Environment
\family default
choice box is located on the left end of the toolbar and looks like this:
\begin_inset Graphics
filename clipart/ToolbarEnvBox.png
scale 75
clip
\end_inset
.
It indicates in which environment you are currently writing.
While you were writing your first document,
it said
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Standard,
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
which is the default environment for text.
Now you will put a number of environments in your new document so that you can see how they work.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Sections and Subsections
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Type the word
\family typewriter
Introduction
\family default
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on the first line of your new \SpecialChar LyX
file,
and select
\family sans
Section
\family default
in the
\family sans
Environment
\family default
box.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
You do not have to
\emph on
select
\emph default
the line.
If nothing is selected,
\SpecialChar LyX
changes the paragraph you are currently in to the selected environment.
Alternatively,
you can change several paragraphs to a different environment by selecting them before picking an environment.
\end_layout
\end_inset
Be sure to use
\family sans
Section
\family default
and
\emph on
not
\emph default
\family sans
Section*
\family default
,
which will be covered below.
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\SpecialChar LyX
numbers the section
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
1
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and typesets the section heading (title) in a larger font.
Now hit
\family sans
Return
\family default
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\SpecialChar endofsentence
Note that the
\family sans
Environment
\family default
box changes from
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Section
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
back to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Standard
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
Section headings,
like most environments,
are assumed to end when you type
\family sans
Return
\family default
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\SpecialChar endofsentence
Type the document introduction:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
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This is an introduction to my first \SpecialChar LyX
document.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Hit
\family sans
Return
\family default
again,
and select
\family sans
Section
\family default
from the
\family sans
Environment
\family default
box again.
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\SpecialChar LyX
writes a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
2
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and waits for you to type a title.
Type
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
More
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Stuff
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
and you will see that \SpecialChar LyX
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again sets it as a section title.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
It gets better.
Go to the end of Section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
1 again (after
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
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my first \SpecialChar LyX
document.
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
) and hit
\family sans
Return
\family default
again,
and select
\family sans
Section
\family default
from the
\family sans
Environment
\family default
box again.
Again,
\SpecialChar LyX
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writes
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
2
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and waits for you to type a title.
Type
\family typewriter
About This Document
\family default
.
Section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
More Stuff
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
which was Section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
2,
has been automatically renumbered to Section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
3!
In true WYSIWYM fashion,
you just need to identify the text that makes up the section titles,
and \SpecialChar LyX
takes care of numbering the sections and typesetting them.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Hit
\family sans
Return
\family default
to get back to the
\family sans
Standard
\family default
environment,
and type the following five lines:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Sections and subsections are described below.
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Section Description
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Sections are bigger than subsections.
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Subsection description
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Subsections are smaller than sections.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Click on the second line and select
\family sans
Subsection
\family default
from the
\family sans
Environment
\family default
box.
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\SpecialChar LyX
numbers the subsection
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
2.1
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
and typesets it in a font which is bigger than regular text but smaller than the section title.
Change the fourth line to the
\family sans
Subsection
\family default
environment as well.
As you probably expected,
\SpecialChar LyX
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automatically numbered the section
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
2.2
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
If you put yet another section before Section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
2,
Section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
2 will be renumbered as Section 3,
and the subsections will be renumbered to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
3.1
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
3.2
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Further levels of sectioning include
\family sans
Subsubsection
\family default
,
\family sans
Paragraph
\family default
,
and
\family sans
Subparagraph
\family default
.
We will let you play with these on your own.
You may notice that paragraph and subparagraph headings are not numbered by default,
and that subparagraphs are indented;
see the
\emph on
User's Guide
\emph default
for an explanation and how to change this.
\family sans
Chapter
\family default
headings are actually the highest level of sectioning,
above
\family sans
Section
\family default
s,
but you are only allowed to use them in certain types (text classes) of \SpecialChar LyX
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documents (see Section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:Document-Classes"
nolink "false"
\end_inset
).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Finally,
you may want to have sections or subsections that are not numbered.
There are environments for this as well.
If you change one of your section headings to the
\family sans
Section*
\family default
environment (you may have to scroll down in the
\family sans
Environment
\family default
box to find it),
\SpecialChar LyX
will use the same font size for the heading as it uses for a regular section,
but it will not number that section.
There are corresponding
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
starred
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
heading environments for
\family sans
Subsection
\family default
and
\family sans
Subsubsection
\family default
.
Try changing some of your sections or subsections to the starred environments,
and note how the other section numbers are updated.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
\series bold
Exercise
\series default
:
Fix the section and subsection headings in
\emph on
Example (raw)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Lists and sublists
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
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\SpecialChar LyX
has several different environments for typesetting lists.
The various list environments free you from hitting
\family sans
Tab
\family default
a million times when writing an outline,
or from renumbering a whole list when you want to add a point in the middle of the list.
Different types of documents logically require different list environments:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
A slide presentation might use the
\family sans
Itemize
\family default
environment's bulleted lists to describe different points.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
An outline would use the
\family sans
Enumerate
\family default
environment's numbered lists (and lettered sublists).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
A document describing several software packages could use the
\family sans
Description
\family default
environment,
where each item in the list begins with a bold-faced word.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
The
\family sans
List
\family default
(also named
\family sans
Labeling
\family default
) environment is a variation on the
\family sans
Description
\family default
environment.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
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Let us write a list of reasons why \SpecialChar LyX
is better than other word processors.
Somewhere in your document,
type:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family typewriter
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\SpecialChar LyX
is better than other word processors because:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
and hit
\family sans
Return
\family default
.
Now select
\family sans
Itemize
\family default
from the
\family sans
Environment
\family default
box (
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "layout-toggle Itemize"
\end_inset
).
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\SpecialChar LyX
writes a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
bullet
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
on the line.
Type in your reasons:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Typesetting is done for you.
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Math is WYSIWYG
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Lists are very easy to create!
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
List environments,
unlike headings,
do not end when you type
\family sans
Return
\family default
.
Instead,
\SpecialChar LyX
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assumes you are going on to the next item in the list.
The above will therefore result in a three-item list.
If you want more than one paragraph within one list
\emph on
item
\emph default
,
one way is to use the
\family sans
Non-BreakingNormal
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Break
\family default
,
which you get by typing
\family sans
Ctrl+Return
\family default
.
In order to get out of the list,
you need to reselect the
\family sans
Standard
\family default
environment (or just use the key binding
\begin_inset Info
type "shortcut"
arg "layout Standard"
\end_inset
).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You now have a beautiful itemized list.
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You might want to run \SpecialChar LaTeX
to see how the list looks when printed out.
But what if you wanted to number the reasons?
Well,
just select the whole list
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
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\SpecialChar LyX
will not let you select the first bullet (or the actual number in a numbered section title) unless you also select the paragraph
\emph on
before
\emph default
it,
which you probably do not want to do.
This is on purpose because the bullet or number depends on the document settings or text position,
respectively.
\end_layout
\end_inset
and choose
\family sans
Enumerate
\family default
from the
\family sans
Environment
\family default
box (
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "layout-toggle Enumerate"
\end_inset
).
Pow!
As we mentioned,
if you add or delete a list item,
\SpecialChar LyX
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will fix the numbering.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
While the list is still selected,
you can change to the other two list environments,
\family sans
Description
\family default
and
\family sans
List
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
\family default
/
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
\family sans
Labeling
\family default
(
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "layout-toggle Description"
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "layout-toggle List"
\end_inset
),
in order to see what they look like.
For those two environments,
each list item is made up of a term,
which is the item's first word,
followed by a definition,
which is the rest of the paragraph (until you hit
\family sans
Return
\family default
).
The term is either typeset in boldface (
\family sans
Description
\family default
) or separated by a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Tab
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
But a typesetter's tab,
which will change to fit the size of the largest term,
not a pathetic,
rigid,
unchangeable typewriter
\family sans
Tab
\family default
.
\end_layout
\end_inset
(
\family sans
List
\family default
) from the rest of the paragraph.
If you want to have more than one word in the definition,
then separate the words with
\family sans
Non-Breaking
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Normal
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Space
\family default
s.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
\series bold
Exercise
\series default
:
Typeset the list in
\emph on
Example (raw)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You can nest lists within each other in all sorts of interesting ways.
An obvious example would be writing outlines.
Numbered and bulleted lists will have different numbering and bulleting schemes for sublists.
See the
\emph on
User's Guide
\emph default
for details on the different sorts of lists and for examples of nestings.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Other environments:
Verses,
Quotations,
and more
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There are two environments for setting quotations apart from surrounding text:
\family sans
Quote
\family default
for short quotes and
\family sans
Quotation
\family default
for longer ones.
Computer code (the
\family sans
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\SpecialChar LyX
-Code
\family default
environment
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
used in this Tutorial for the long typing examples
\end_layout
\end_inset
) is written in a
\family typewriter
typewriter
\family default
font;
this environment is the only place in \SpecialChar LyX
where you are allowed to use multiple spaces to allow code indenting.
You can even write poetry using the
\family sans
Verse
\family default
style,
using
\family sans
Return
\family default
to separate stanzas,
and
\family sans
Ctrl+Return
\family default
to separate lines within a stanza.
See the
\emph on
User's Guide
\emph default
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for more complete descriptions of all of the available \SpecialChar LyX
environments.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
\series bold
Exercise
\series default
:
Correctly typeset the
\family sans
Quote,
\SpecialChar LyX
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-Code,
\family default
and
\family sans
Verse
\family default
in
\emph on
Example (raw)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Chapter
Writing Documents
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
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The previous chapter hopefully allowed you to get used to writing in \SpecialChar LyX
.
It introduced you to the basic editing operations in \SpecialChar LyX
,
as well as the powerful method of writing with environments.
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Most people who use \SpecialChar LyX
,
though,
will want to write documents:
papers,
articles,
books,
manuals,
or letters.
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This chapter is meant to take you from simply writing text with \SpecialChar LyX
to writing a complete document.
It will introduce you to text classes,
which allow you to write different sorts of documents.
It will then describe many of the additions that turn text into a document,
such as titles,
footnotes,
cross references,
bibliographies,
and tables of contents.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Document Classes
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "sec:Document-Classes"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Different sorts of documents should be typeset differently.
For example,
books are generally printed double-sided,
while articles are single-sided.
In addition,
many documents contain special environments:
letters contain some environments —
such as the sender's address and the signature —
which do not make sense in a book or article.
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The \SpecialChar LyX
\emph on
document class
\emph default
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
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for \SpecialChar LaTeX
users:
this is equivalent to the \SpecialChar LaTeX
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document class
\end_layout
\end_inset
takes care of these large scale differences between different sorts of documents.
This Tutorial,
for example,
was written in the
\family sans
Book
\family default
document class.
Document classes are another major part of the WYSIWYM philosophy;
they tell \SpecialChar LyX
how to typeset the document,
so you do not need to know how.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Your document is probably being written in the
\family sans
Article
\family default
document class.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
That is usually the default document class
\end_layout
\end_inset
Try changing to other document classes (using the
\family sans
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Document\SpecialChar menuseparator
Settings
\family default
dialog) to see how they are typeset differently.
If you change your document to the
\family sans
Book
\family default
document class and look at the
\family sans
Environment
\family default
box,
you will see that most of the allowed environments are the same.
However,
you can now use the
\family sans
Chapter
\family default
environment.
If you are ever unsure about which environments you can use in a given document class,
just consult the
\family sans
Environment
\family default
box.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Font sizes,
one- or two-column printing,
and page headings are just some of the ways journals' typesettings differ from one another.
As the Computer Age continues to mature,
journals have begun accepting electronic submissions,
creating \SpecialChar LaTeX
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\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
style files
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
so that authors can submit correctly typeset articles.
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\SpecialChar LyX
is set up to support this as well.
For example,
\SpecialChar LyX
supports typesetting (and extra environments) for the American Mathematics Society journals using the
\family sans
Article
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
(AMS)
\family default
document class.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Here is a very quick reference to some of the document classes.
See the
\emph on
Special Document Classes
\emph default
section of the
\emph on
Additional Features
\emph default
manual for many more details.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\align center
\begin_inset Tabular
<lyxtabular version="3" rows="7" columns="2">
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<features tabularvalignment="middle">
<column alignment="center" valignment="top" width="0pt">
<column alignment="center" valignment="top" width="0pt">
<row>
<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Name
\end_layout
\end_inset
</cell>
<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="true" leftline="true" rightline="true" usebox="none">
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Notes
\end_layout
\end_inset
</cell>
</row>
<row>
<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
article
\end_layout
\end_inset
</cell>
<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" rightline="true" usebox="none">
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
one-sided,
no chapters
\end_layout
\end_inset
</cell>
</row>
<row>
<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
article (AMS)
\end_layout
\end_inset
</cell>
<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" rightline="true" usebox="none">
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
layout & environments for American Math Society
\end_layout
\end_inset
</cell>
</row>
<row>
<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
report
\end_layout
\end_inset
</cell>
<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" rightline="true" usebox="none">
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
longer than article,
two-sided
\end_layout
\end_inset
</cell>
</row>
<row>
<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
book
\end_layout
\end_inset
</cell>
<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="true" leftline="true" rightline="true" usebox="none">
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
report + front and back matter
\end_layout
\end_inset
</cell>
</row>
<row>
<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" bottomline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
presentation
\end_layout
\end_inset
</cell>
<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" bottomline="true" leftline="true" rightline="true" usebox="none">
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
transparencies
\end_layout
\end_inset
</cell>
</row>
<row>
<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" bottomline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
letter
\end_layout
\end_inset
</cell>
<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" bottomline="true" leftline="true" rightline="true" usebox="none">
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lots of extra environments for address,
signature\SpecialChar ldots
\end_layout
\end_inset
</cell>
</row>
</lyxtabular>
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Templates:
Writing a Letter
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
One way to write a letter would be to open a new file,
and choose a
\family sans
Letter
\family default
class in the
\family sans
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Document\SpecialChar menuseparator
Settings
\family default
dialog.
While this is the most obvious way to write a letter,
it seems like extra work.
Every time you write a business letter,
you want to have your address,
the address to which you are sending it,
a body,
a signature,
etc.
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\SpecialChar LyX
therefore has a
\emph on
template
\emph default
for letters,
which contains a sample letter;
once you have a template,
you can just replace a couple of parts of the letter with your text each time you write a letter.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Open a new file with
\family sans
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File\SpecialChar menuseparator
New
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
from
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Template
\family default
\SpecialChar ldots
.
Select
\emph on
Letter (Standard Class)
\emph default
as the template.
Save and print the file to see how the various environments are typeset.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
When you look at the
\family sans
Environment
\family default
box,
you will see several environments,
like the
\family sans
My
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Address
\family default
environment,
that do not exist in most other document classes.
Others,
like
\family sans
Description
\family default
,
are familiar.
You can play around for a while to figure out how the various environments work.
You will notice for example that the
\family sans
Signature
\family default
environment has the word
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Signature:
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
in red before the actual text of the signature.
This word does not show up in the actual letter,
as you will see if you view/export the file.
It is just there to let you know where the signature goes.
Also,
note that it does not matter where in the file the
\family sans
Signature
\family default
line is placed.
Remember,
\SpecialChar LyX
is WYSIWYM;
you can put the
\family sans
Signature
\family default
environment anywhere you want,
but \SpecialChar LyX
knows that in the printout,
the signature should be at the end.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
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A template is just a regular \SpecialChar LyX
file.
This means you can fill in your address and signature and save the file as a new template.
From now on,
any time you want to write a letter,
you can use the new template to save time.
We do not have to suggest an actual
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
exercise
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
here;
just write a letter to someone!
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
One warning,
if you are writing from a template.
If you erase all of the text in an environment —
for example,
if you erase the whole
\family sans
My
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Address
\family default
field so that you can replace it with your own —
and then you move the cursor without writing any text,
the environment may disappear.
This is because most environments cannot exist without any text in them.
Just reselect the environment from the
\family sans
Environment
\family default
box to get it back.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Templates can be a huge time-saver,
and we urge you to use them whenever possible.
In addition,
they can help a person learn how to use some of the fancier document classes.
Finally,
they may be useful for a person who is configuring \SpecialChar LyX
for a bunch of less computer-aware users.
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When they are first learning \SpecialChar LyX
,
it will be less intimidating if they have a letter template customized for their company,
for example.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Newpage newpage
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Document Titles
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
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\SpecialChar LyX
(like \SpecialChar LaTeX
) considers the title —
which may contain the actual title,
the author,
the date,
and even an abstract of a paper —
to be a separate part of the document.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
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Go back to your first \SpecialChar LyX
document and make sure it is using the
\family sans
Article
\family default
document class.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
You should not be using the letter any more,
since the
\family sans
Letter
\family default
document class does not allow titles.
\end_layout
\end_inset
Type a title on the first line,
and change the line to the
\family sans
Title
\family default
environment.
On the next line,
type your name and change it to the
\family sans
Author
\family default
environment.
On the next line,
write the date in the
\family sans
Date
\family default
environment.
Type a paragraph or two summarizing your document using the
\family sans
Abstract
\family default
environment.
Notice how the title is presented when it is printed out.
If you change the document format to Book,
you will get a separate title page,
like the first page of this tutorial.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
\series bold
Exercise
\series default
:
Fix the title,
date,
and author in
\emph on
Example (raw)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Labels and Cross-References
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You can label section headings,
list items,
formulas,
footnotes,
and floats
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Floats are explained in the
\emph on
User's Guide
\emph default
and the
\emph on
Embedded Objects
\emph default
manual.
\end_layout
\end_inset
in your document.
Once you do so,
you can refer to the element in other parts of the document,
using cross-references.
You can refer to a section's number,
to the page on which the section begins or to both.
As with section numbering,
\SpecialChar LyX
also takes care of cross-reference numbering for you.
Automatic management of labels and cross-references is among the most significant advantages of \SpecialChar LyX
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(and \SpecialChar LaTeX
) over conventional word processors.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Your first label
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Go to our second section,
whose title is
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
About This Document
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
Click at the end of the section title line,
and select
\family sans
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Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
Label
\family default
or the toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "label-insert"
\end_inset
.
A dialog asks you for a label name,
and gives you a suggestion.
When you click on
\family sans
OK
\family default
,
the label name will be placed in a box next to the section title.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
So far you have not done anything —
the output will look exactly the same,
since labels do not show up in the printed document.
However,
now that you have added a label,
you can refer to that label with cross-references.
We will do that next.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Your first cross-reference
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Place the cursor somewhere in Section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
2 of your document.
Type
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
If you want to know more about this document,
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
then see Section .
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Now,
with the cursor before the final period,
select
\family sans
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Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
Cross
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Reference
\family default
or the toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-show-new-inset ref"
\end_inset
.
The Cross-reference dialog pops up.
It shows a list of the possible labels you can reference.
At the moment,
there should be only one,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
sec:About-This-Document
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
First,
select the drop-down menu labeled
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Format
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and select
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
<reference>
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
Then select
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
sec:About-This-Document
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
(it may be selected by default),
and a reference marker will appear containing
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Ref:
sec:About-This-Document
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
(To be really correct,
you should put a
\family sans
Protected
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Space
\family default
(shortcut
\begin_inset Info
type "shortcut"
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arg "command-alternatives math-space ; space-insert protected"
\end_inset
) in between the word
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Section
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and the reference.) An alternative way to reference a label is to right-click the label and select
\family sans
Copy as Reference
\family default
in the pop-up context menu.
The cross-reference to this label is now in the clipboard and can be copied to the actual cursor position via the menu
\family sans
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Edit\SpecialChar menuseparator
Paste
\family default
(shortcut
\begin_inset Info
type "shortcut"
arg "paste"
\end_inset
).
In the printed document,
this reference marker will be replaced with the section number.
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Preview your document and you will see that \SpecialChar LaTeX
has been even cleverer than that.
It refers to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Section 2
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Conveniently,
a cross-reference acts as a hyperlink when you are editing a document in \SpecialChar LyX
;
clicking on it will pop up the
\family sans
Cross-reference
\family default
dialog,
clicking
\family sans
Go
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
to
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Label
\family default
will move the cursor to the referenced label.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
More fun with labels
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
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We told you that \SpecialChar LyX
takes care of numbering cross-references;
now you can test this claim.
Add a new section before Section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
2.
Update the preview,
and —
voilà!
the section cross-reference changed to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
3
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
!
Change the section
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
About this Document
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
to a subsection,
and the cross-reference will reference Subsection
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
2.1 instead of Section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
3.
The page reference will not change unless you add a whole page of text before the label,
of course.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you want some more practice with labels,
then try putting a new label where your first cross-reference was,
and refer to that label from elsewhere in the document.
If you will be inserting cross-references often,
it may be convenient to leave the
\family sans
Cross-reference
\family default
dialog open.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you want to confirm that the cross-referencing gets the pages right even for larger documents,
\family sans
Copy
\family default
a couple pages of text from the
\emph on
User's Guide
\emph default
to the clipboard,
and
\family sans
Paste
\family default
them into your document.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
By the way,
copying a chapter title may cause an error,
because chapters are not allowed in the article class,
see Section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:Document-Classes"
nolink "false"
\end_inset
.
If this happens,
just delete the chapter title.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
\series bold
Exercise
\series default
:
Fix the references in
\emph on
Example (raw)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Footnotes and Margin Notes
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Footnotes can be added using the toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "footnote-insert"
\end_inset
or the menu
\family sans
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Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
Footnote
\family default
.
Click at the end of the word
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
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\SpecialChar LyX
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
somewhere in your document and insert a footnote.
A footnote box appears where you can enter the text of the footnote.
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\SpecialChar LyX
should place the cursor at the beginning of the footnote box.
Type
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
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\SpecialChar LyX
is a typesetting word processor.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Now click on the button labeled
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
foot
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
The footnote box is closed,
leaving the button showing where the footnote marker will be in the printed text;
this is called
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
folding
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
the footnote.
You can unfold the footnote at any time and re-edit its text by clicking again on the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
foot
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
button.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
A footnote can be cut and pasted like normal text.
Go ahead;
try it!
All you need to do is select the footnote button
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
It may be easier to select it using the keyboard.
You might accidentally open the footnote if you are trying to select the marker itself with the mouse.
\end_layout
\end_inset
and
\family sans
Cut
\family default
and
\family sans
Paste
\family default
it.
In addition,
you can change regular text to a footnote,
by selecting it and hitting the
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "footnote-insert"
\end_inset
button;
change a footnote to regular text by hitting the
\family sans
Backspace
\family default
key when the cursor is in the first position of a footnote,
or by hitting the
\family sans
Delete
\family default
key when the cursor is in the very last position of the footnote.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Margin notes can be added using the menu
\family sans
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Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
Marginal
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Note
\family default
or the toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "marginalnote-insert"
\end_inset
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\SpecialChar endofsentence
Margin notes are like footnotes,
except that:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
the on-screen boxes say
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
margin
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
instead of
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
foot
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
the notes will be placed in the margin,
instead of below the text
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
margin notes are not numbered
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
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Change your \SpecialChar LyX
footnote back to text,
then select and change it to a margin note.
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Run \SpecialChar LaTeX
again to see what the margin note looks like.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
\series bold
Exercise
\series default
:
Fix the footnote in
\emph on
Example (raw)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Bibliographies
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "sec:bibliographies"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Bibliographies are similar to cross-references.
The bibliography contains a list of references at the end of the document,
and they can be referenced from within the document.
Like section titles,
\SpecialChar LyX
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and \SpecialChar LaTeX
make your job easier by automatically numbering the bibliography items and changing citations when the item numbers change.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Go to the end of the document and switch to the
\family sans
Bibliography
\family default
environment.
Now,
each paragraph you type will be a reference.
Type
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
The Lyx Tutorial,
by the \SpecialChar LyX
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Documentation Team
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
as your first reference.
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Note that \SpecialChar LyX
automatically puts a number in a box before each reference.
Click on the boxed reference number,
and the
\family sans
Bibliography
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
item
\family default
dialog box appears.
The
\family sans
Key
\family default
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is to refer to this reference within the \SpecialChar LyX
document,
the
\family sans
Label
\family default
appears in output.
When no
\family sans
Label
\family default
is set (default),
you will see the number of the bibliography in the output.
Now change the
\family sans
Key
\family default
field to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
lyxtutorial
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
to make it easy to remember.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Now pick somewhere in your document that you would like to insert a reference.
Do so with
\family sans
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Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
Citation
\family default
or the toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-show-new-inset citation"
\end_inset
.
A
\family sans
Citation
\family default
dialog appears.
The left panel in this dialog lists all the bibliography entries,
and this field allows you to choose which bibliography item you want to cite.
Select
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
lyxtutorial
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
(right now,
that is the only item in the bibliography),
then use the
\family sans
Add
\family default
button in the center to insert it.
(You can have multiple citations in the same place by transferring a number of keys this way.)
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
If one uses label names for references that are easy to remember it is easier to find the entry in the list of references.
\end_layout
\end_inset
Click the
\family sans
OK
\family default
button.
Now preview your file and you will see that the citation appears in brackets in the text,
referring to the bibliography at the end of the document.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
\family sans
Text
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
after
\family default
field in the
\family sans
Citation
\family default
dialog will put a remark (such as a reference to a page or chapter within the referenced book or article) in the brackets after the reference.
If you want the references to have labels instead of numbers in the printed output (for example,
some journals would use
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
[Smi95]
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
to refer to a paper written by Smith in 1995),
use the
\family sans
Label
\family default
field in the
\family sans
Bibliography
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
item
\family default
dialog.
See the
\emph on
User's Guide
\emph default
for details.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
\series bold
Exercise:
\series default
Fix the bibliography and citation in
\emph on
Example (raw)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Table of Contents
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You may want to put a table of contents at the beginning of your document.
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\SpecialChar LyX
makes this easy to do.
Just hit
\family sans
Return
\family default
after your document title and before your first section title and select
\family sans
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Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
List
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
/
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
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TOC
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
/
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
References\SpecialChar menuseparator
Table
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
of
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Contents
\family default
.
The words
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Table of Contents
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
will appear in a button on the first line of the document.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This may not appear to be very useful.
However,
if you look at your preview,
you will see that a table of contents has been generated,
listing the various sections and subsections in your document.
As usual,
if you reorder sections or create new ones,
you will see those changes in the preview when you update it.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The table of contents is not printed in the on-screen version of the document.
But you can display the table of contents in a separate window by clicking on the table of contents button,
or by using
\family sans
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View\SpecialChar menuseparator
Outline
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Pane
\family default
or the toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-toggle toc"
\end_inset
.
This menu will work even if you do not have a table of contents inset in your document.
This is a very useful tool for rearranging your document parts.
Clicking on a (sub)section title in the
\family sans
Outline
\family default
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window will highlight that line and move the display (in the \SpecialChar LyX
editing window) to that place in the document.
You can also use the arrow keys to move up and down in the table of contents.
You may therefore find it convenient to leave this window open throughout editing sessions.
You can get similar functionality from the
\family sans
Navigate
\family default
menu,
though,
where the table of contents appears automatically.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
To get rid of the Table of Contents,
you can delete the table of contents button just like any other text.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
\series bold
Exercise
\series default
:
Fix the table of contents in
\emph on
Example (raw)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Chapter
Using Math
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
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\SpecialChar LaTeX
is used by many scientists because it outputs great looking equations,
avoiding the control characters used by word processors and their equation editors.
Many of these scientists are frustrated,
however,
because writing equations in \SpecialChar LaTeX
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is more like programming than writing.
Happily,
\SpecialChar LyX
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has WYSIWYM support for equations.
If you are used to \SpecialChar LaTeX
,
you will find that all of the usual \SpecialChar LaTeX
math commands can be typed in normally,
but they will show up in a WYSIWYM fashion.
If,
on the other hand,
you have never written in \SpecialChar LaTeX
,
then the
\family sans
Math
\family default
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toolbar will allow you to write professional-looking math quickly and easily.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Math Mode
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
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Somewhere in your \SpecialChar LyX
document,
type:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
I like what Einstein said,
E=mc^2,
because it is
\begin_inset Newline linebreak
\end_inset
so simple.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Now,
that equation does not look very good in \SpecialChar LyX
and in the output;
there is no space between the letters and the equals sign,
and you would like to write an actual superscript for the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
2
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
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That bad typesetting happened because we did not tell \SpecialChar LyX
that we were writing a mathematical expression,
so it typeset the equation like regular old text.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
But we can create a formula that will be typeset properly.
Highlight the equation and click the toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "math-mode"
\end_inset
or use the menu
\family sans
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Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
Math\SpecialChar menuseparator
Inline
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Formula
\family default
.
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If nothing is highlighted \SpecialChar LyX
inserts a little blue square,
which is an empty math formula.
The expression appears in blue and the blue square disappears as soon as the formula is not empty.
Now type
\family sans
Esc
\family default
to leave the equation.
The purple markers disappear,
leaving the cursor to the right of the expression.
Now,
if you type something,
it will be regular text.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Looking at the output you will notice that the expression was typeset nicely,
with spaces between the letters and the equals sign,
and a superscript
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
2
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
Letters in math mode are assumed to be variables,
and come out in italics.
Numbers are just numbers.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This math editor is another example of the WYSIWYM philosophy.
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In \SpecialChar LaTeX
,
you write a mathematical expression using text and commands like
\family typewriter
\backslash
sqrt
\family default
;
this can be frustrating,
because you cannot see what an expression looks like until you run the file under \SpecialChar LaTeX
and you may have to spend time,
for example,
finding missing brackets.
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\SpecialChar LyX
does not attempt to get the expression to look perfect (WYSIWYG),
but it gives you an extremely good idea of what the expression will look like.
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\SpecialChar LaTeX
then takes care of the professional typesetting.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Navigating an Equation
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Now let us change
\begin_inset Formula $E=mc^{2}$
\end_inset
to
\begin_inset Formula $E=1+mc^{2}$
\end_inset
.
Use the arrow keys to move the cursor into the expression.
Note that when you enter the expression,
the purple markers appear to let you know you are editing math.
Now you can use
\family sans
Left
\family default
and
\family sans
Right
\family default
to move the cursor past the equals sign,
and just type
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
1+
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
Again,
you can use the arrow keys or
\family sans
Esc
\family default
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to leave the formula\SpecialChar endofsentence
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Other than the special keys described below,
typing in math mode is like editing regular text.
Use
\family sans
Delete
\family default
(or
\family sans
Backspace
\family default
) to delete things.
Select text either with the arrow keys or with the mouse.
\family sans
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Edit\SpecialChar menuseparator
Undo
\family default
works in math mode as well as cut and paste.
One thing to be careful of:
if you are left or right outside a formula and you press
\family sans
Delete
\family default
or
\family sans
Backspace
\family default
respectively,
you delete the whole formula.
Luckily,
you can just use
\family sans
Undo
\family default
to get it back.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
What if you want to change
\begin_inset Formula $E=mc^{2}$
\end_inset
to
\begin_inset Formula $E=mc^{2.5}+1$
\end_inset
?
Again,
you can use the mouse to click in the right place.
However,
you can also use the arrow keys.
If the cursor is just after the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
c
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
but before the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
2
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
then press
\family sans
Up
\family default
and the cursor is moved to the level of the superscript,
just before the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
2
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
Add the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
.5
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
Now,
hitting
\family sans
Down
\family default
will move the cursor back to the regular level.
If you hit
\family sans
Space
\family default
instead of
\family sans
Down
\family default
,
the cursor will be placed
\emph on
after
\emph default
the superscript (so that you can then type the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
+1
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Exponents and Indices
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
An exponent can be entered from the
\family sans
Math
\family default
toolbar (see below),
but it is actually simpler just to type the caret key,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
^
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
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\SpecialChar LyX
will place another blue rectangle in the superscript,
so that whatever you write next will be superscripted,
and in a smaller font size.
Everything you type until you hit a
\family sans
Space
\family default
(or
\family sans
Esc
\family default
to exit the formula entirely) will be in the superscript.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Writing a subscript (index) is just as easy;
start one by typing the underscore key
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
_
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
You can subscript and superscript both subscripts and superscripts like this:
\begin_inset Formula $A_{a_{0}+b^{2}}+C^{a_{0}+b^{2}}$
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
\series bold
Exercise
\series default
:
Put equation
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
1 of
\emph on
Example (raw)
\emph default
into math mode.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
The Math toolbar
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
\family sans
Math
\family default
toolbar is a convenient way to enter symbols and/or to perform complicated formula operations.
Many of these operations can be accomplished from the keyboard or the
\family sans
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Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
Math
\family default
or the
\family sans
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Edit\SpecialChar menuseparator
Math
\family default
menus (the latter only appears when you are in Math mode).
However,
we are going to concentrate on using the
\family sans
Math
\family default
toolbar,
just to let you know what is out there;
you can learn keyboard shortcuts and commands later from the
\emph on
Math
\emph default
manual.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
\family sans
Math
\family default
toolbar is shown when the cursor is in a formula and can also be turned on manually in the menu
\family sans
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View\SpecialChar menuseparator
Toolbars
\family default
.
When you click there on
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Math
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
(
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "toolbar-toggle math"
\end_inset
) the toolbar will be shown permanently at the bottom;
this state is visualized in the
\family sans
Toolbars
\family default
menu with a checkmark.
When you click in this state again on
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Math
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
in the
\family sans
Toolbars
\family default
menu,
the
\family sans
Math
\family default
toolbar is only shown when the cursor is within a formula;
this state is visualized by the renaming of the menu entry from
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Math
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Math
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
(auto)
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Greek and symbols
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
\family sans
Math
\family default
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toolbar allows you to choose from a large array of symbols used in math:
operators,
arrows,
relationships,
delimiters,
special characters,
sums and integrals.
Note that subscripting and superscripting allow you to put lower and upper limits on sums and integrals.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Roots,
decorations,
and delimiters
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
To type a square root,
just click on the button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "math-insert \\sqrt"
\end_inset
.
The square root appears,
and the cursor is in a new insertion point inside the square root.
You can type variables,
numbers,
other square roots,
fractions,
whatever you want.
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\SpecialChar LyX
will automatically resize the square root to fit what is inside.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Adding a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
frame decoration
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
to a character (
\begin_inset Formula $\overrightarrow{a}$
\end_inset
) or group of characters (
\begin_inset Formula $\overrightarrow{a+b}$
\end_inset
) is done similarly.
Decorations are available from the toolbar via the button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "math-insert \\hat"
\end_inset
.
Click on a decoration,
and \SpecialChar LyX
will insert that decoration with an insertion point under (or over) it.
Just type what you want in the insertion point.
There are two sets of decorations:
those that resize with the text you type,
and those that have a fixed size,
and are most appropriate for a single letter.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Delimiters such as parentheses,
brackets,
and braces work similarly,
but are a bit more complicated.
Hit the delimiter button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-show mathdelimiter"
\end_inset
to pop up the
\family sans
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Math
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Delimiter
\family default
dialog.
Your current selection of delimiters is displayed in a box.
It is a pair of parentheses by default,
but you can choose a pair of braces,
a brace and a parenthesis,
or choose the empty square to have something like
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Formula $a=\left\langle 7\right.$
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
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(the empty delimiter is displayed as a broken line in \SpecialChar LyX
,
but will not show up in the output).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you are lazy,
you can type actual parentheses in math mode,
rather than using the
\family sans
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Math
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Delimiter
\family default
dialog.
However,
those parentheses will be the same size as regular text,
which will look bad if you have a big fraction or matrix inside the parentheses.
So it is better to use one of the three delimiter buttons that insert them directly,
for example
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "math-delim ( )"
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You can also put delimiters or a square root sign or a decoration on already existing formula parts.
Select the portion of the formula that you want to adjust,
and then click on the button you want from the
\family sans
Math
\family default
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toolbar.
Try using this to change Newton's second law from scalar to vector form (
\begin_inset Formula $f=ma$
\end_inset
to
\begin_inset Formula $\overrightarrow{f}=m\overrightarrow{a}$
\end_inset
).
Once you have learned about matrices,
this is how you will put parentheses or brackets around them.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Fractions
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
To create a fraction,
click on the fraction button
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\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "math-insert \\frac"
\end_inset
in the
\family sans
Math
\family default
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toolbar.
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\SpecialChar LyX
writes two insertion points in a fraction.
As you would expect,
you can use arrow keys or the mouse to move around a fraction.
Click on the top square and type
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
1
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
Now hit
\family sans
Down
\family default
and type
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
2
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
You have made a fraction!
Of course you can type anything within each of the two boxes:
variables with exponents,
square roots,
other fractions,
whatever.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
\series bold
Exercise
\series default
:
Put equation
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
2 of
\emph on
Example (raw)
\emph default
into math mode.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Functions:
lim,
log,
sin and others
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Because letters in math mode are considered to be variables,
if you type
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
sin
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
in math mode,
\SpecialChar LyX
thinks you are typing the product of the three variables
\begin_inset Formula $s$
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Formula $i$
\end_inset
,
and
\begin_inset Formula $n$
\end_inset
.
The three letters will be typeset in italics,
when what you really wanted was the word
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
sin
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
typeset in Roman.
In addition,
\SpecialChar LyX
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will not put a space between the word
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
sin
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
x
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
(pressing
\family sans
Space
\family default
will exit the formula).
So how do you get
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Formula $\sin(x)$
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
instead of
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Formula $sin(x)$
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
?
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Click on the
\family sans
Math
\family default
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toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "math-insert \\functions"
\end_inset
and then on
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
sin
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
in the pop-up function list.
The word
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
sin
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
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is displayed in \SpecialChar LyX
in black,
and set in upright roman type.
The whole word is treated as one symbol,
so if you type
\family sans
Backspace
\family default
,
it will delete the whole word.
Now type
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
(x)
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
which will be written in blue italics,
like you expect in a formula.
In the output,
the expression will be correctly typeset.
Try it out.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The function list includes other trigonometric functions and their inverses,
hyperbolic functions,
logarithms,
limits,
and quite a few others.
These functions can take subscripts and superscripts,
important for typing
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Formula $\cos^{2}\theta$
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
or
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Formula $\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}$
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
\series bold
Exercise
\series default
:
Put equation
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
3 of
\emph on
Example (raw)
\emph default
into math mode.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Matrices
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Click on the matrix button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-show mathmatrix"
\end_inset
in the
\family sans
Math
\family default
toolbar.
A pop-up dialog allows you to choose how many rows and columns you want in your matrix.
Choose 2 rows and 3 columns and hit
\family sans
OK
\family default
.
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\SpecialChar LyX
prints 6 insertion points in a
\begin_inset Formula $2\times3$
\end_inset
matrix.
As usual,
you can put any sort of formula expression (a square root,
another matrix,
etc.) in each insertion point.
You can also leave some of the insertion points empty if you want.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family sans
Tab
\family default
can be used to move horizontally between the columns of a matrix.
Alternatively,
you can use the arrow keys to move around - hitting
\family sans
Right
\family default
at the end of one box will move to the next box,
\family sans
Down
\family default
will move to the next row,
etc.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you need to change the number of rows and columns,
use the menu
\family sans
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Edit\SpecialChar menuseparator
Rows
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
&
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
Columns
\family default
or the math toolbar buttons
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "tabular-feature append-row"
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "tabular-feature delete-row"
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "tabular-feature append-column"
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "tabular-feature delete-column"
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
See the
\emph on
User's Guide
\emph default
for information on how to change the horizontal alignment of each column,
and how to change the vertical position of the whole matrix.
Note that if you want to write a table containing text,
you should use \SpecialChar LyX
's wonderful table support,
rather than trying to write text in a matrix.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Display mode
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
All of the expressions we have written so far have been on the same line as the text that came before and after them,
otherwise known as inline expressions.
This is fine for short,
simple expressions,
but if you want to write larger ones,
or if you want your expressions to stand out from the text,
you need to write them in display mode.
In addition,
only displayed expressions can be labeled and numbered (see the
\emph on
User's Guide
\emph default
),
and multi-line equations must be in display mode.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
While being in a formula,
click on the display button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "math-display"
\end_inset
in the
\family sans
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Math
\family default
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toolbar.
This centers the formula and adds a blank line before and after it.
Now type in an expression and compile your file to see how it looks.
The display button is actually a toggle;
use it now to change a couple of your expressions to display mode and back.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Display mode has a couple differences from inline mode:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
The default font is larger for a few symbols,
like
\begin_inset Formula $\sum$
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Formula $\int$
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Subscripts and superscripts for limits and sums (but not integrals) are written under and over rather than next to the symbols
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Text is centered
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Other than these differences,
though,
displayed expressions and inline expressions are very similar.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
One final note about the way displayed formulas are typeset:
be careful about whether you are putting your equation into a new paragraph or not.
If your formula is in the middle of a sentence or paragraph,
then do not press
\family sans
Return
\family default
.
Doing so will cause the text
\emph on
after
\emph default
the formula to start a new paragraph.
That text will be indented or follow a blank line,
depending on your document paragraph settings,
which is probably not what you want.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
\series bold
Exercise
\series default
:
Put the various equations in
\emph on
Example (raw)
\emph default
into display mode,
and see how they are typeset differently.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
\series bold
Exercise
\series default
:
Using various tools you have learned in this section,
you should be able to write an equation like:
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
After you have done it the hard way,
give
\family sans
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Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
Math\SpecialChar menuseparator
Cases
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Environment
\family default
a try.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Formula
\[
f(x)=\left\{ \begin{array}{cc}
\log_{8}x & x>0\\
0 & x=0\\
\sum_{i=1}^{5}\alpha_{i}+\sqrt{-\frac{1}{x}} & x<0
\end{array}\right.
\]
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
More Math Stuff
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Now you are familiar with the basics.
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\SpecialChar LyX
's math editor can do a lot more.
You can refer to the
\emph on
Math
\emph default
manual for tips on how to:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Label and number expressions.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Create multi-line equations.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Change typefaces,
e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
to write bold-face text in an expression.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Fine-tune font sizes and spacing within an expression.
(Do not worry about this until your final draft!)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Write macros.
These are very powerful,
because you just define them once at the top of the document,
and then you can use them throughout the document.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Do almost all you can do with math.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Chapter
Miscellaneous
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
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Other major \SpecialChar LyX
Features
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
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We have not gone through all the possible commands in \SpecialChar LyX
,
and we are not planning on it.
As usual,
see the
\emph on
User's Guide
\emph default
and the
\emph on
Embedded
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Objects
\emph default
manual for more information.
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We will just mention a couple more major things \SpecialChar LyX
can do:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
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\SpecialChar LyX
has WYSIWYM support for tables.
Use the
\family sans
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Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
Table
\family default
(toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "tabular-insert"
\end_inset
) to get a table.
Click on the table with the
\emph on
right button
\emph default
to get a
\family sans
Table
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Settings
\family default
dialog box which allows extensive table editing.
By pressing
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "toolbar-toggle table"
\end_inset
the table toolbar will appear permanently.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
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\SpecialChar LyX
also supports including pictures in any format within documents.
(You guessed it:
\family sans
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Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
Graphics
\family default
(toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "dialog-show-new-inset graphics"
\end_inset
).
Then browse for the figure file,
rotate or scale it,
etc.) Tables and figures can have captions,
and \SpecialChar LyX
will automatically generate lists of figures and/or tables.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
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\SpecialChar LyX
is heavily configurable.
Everything from how the \SpecialChar LyX
window looks to how the output comes out can be configured in a number of ways.
Much configuration is done through
\family sans
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Tools\SpecialChar menuseparator
Preferences
\family default
.
For more information on this,
check out
\family sans
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Help\SpecialChar menuseparator
Customization\SpecialChar endofsentence
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
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\SpecialChar LyX
is being developed by a team of programmers on five continents.
Therefore,
\SpecialChar LyX
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has better support for non-English languages (such as Dutch,
German,
French,
Greek,
Czech,
Turkish,
\SpecialChar ldots
) than many word processors.
Even the right-to-left languages Arabic,
Farsi,
and Hebrew and the Asian languages Chinese Japanese,
and Korean are supported.
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You can write documents in other languages and you can also configure \SpecialChar LyX
to show its menus and error messages in other languages.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
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The \SpecialChar LyX
menus feature keybindings.
This means that you can do
\family sans
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File\SpecialChar menuseparator
Open
\family default
by pressing
\family sans
Alt+F
\family default
followed by
\family sans
O
\family default
or by using the binding which is shown next to it in the menu (
\begin_inset Info
type "shortcut"
arg "file-open"
\end_inset
by default).
Keybindings are also configurable.
For information on this,
check out
\family sans
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Help\SpecialChar menuseparator
Customization\SpecialChar endofsentence
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\SpecialChar LyX
can read \SpecialChar LaTeX
documents.
See section
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LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:tex2lyx"
nolink "false"
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.
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Spell-checking,
thesaurus,
and word count facilities are available.
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Generation of indexes and nomenclatures/glossaries is supported.
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\begin_layout Section
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\SpecialChar LyX
for \SpecialChar LaTeX
Users
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LatexCommand label
name "sec:latexusers"
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\begin_layout Standard
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If you do not know anything about \SpecialChar LaTeX
,
you do not have to read this section.
Actually,
you might want to
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learn
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about \SpecialChar LaTeX
,
and then read this chapter.
However,
some of those who begin to use \SpecialChar LyX
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will be familiar with \SpecialChar LaTeX
.
If you are such a person,
you may be wondering if \SpecialChar LyX
can really do everything \SpecialChar LaTeX
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can do.
The short answer is that \SpecialChar LyX
can do pretty much everything \SpecialChar LaTeX
can do in one form or another,
and it definitely simplifies most parts of writing a \SpecialChar LaTeX
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document.
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\begin_layout Standard
Because this is just a tutorial,
we are only going to mention things that new \SpecialChar LyX
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users will most likely be interested in.
In the interests of keeping the Tutorial short,
we will give only minimal information here.
The
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Additional
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Features
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and the
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Embedded
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Objects
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manuals have a great deal of information on differences between \SpecialChar LyX
and \SpecialChar LaTeX
,
and how to do various \SpecialChar LaTeX
tricks in \SpecialChar LyX
.
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\begin_layout Subsection
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\SpecialChar TeX
Mode
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\begin_layout Standard
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Anything that you enter in \SpecialChar TeX
mode will be passed straight to \SpecialChar LaTeX
,
and will be displayed in red on the screen.
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You can use \SpecialChar TeX
commands in \SpecialChar LyX
by choosing
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Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
TeX
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Code
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(toolbar button
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type "icon"
arg "ert-insert"
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).
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This creates a box where everything within it is passed straight to \SpecialChar LaTeX
.
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\begin_layout Standard
In a math formula,
\SpecialChar TeX
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mode is handled a bit differently.
\SpecialChar TeX
mode is entered there by typing a backslash.
The backslash is not written out,
but anything you type afterwards will be in red.
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You exit \SpecialChar TeX
mode by typing
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Space
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or some other non-alphabetic character,
like a number,
underscore,
caret or parenthesis.
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Once you exit \SpecialChar TeX
mode,
if \SpecialChar LyX
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knows the \SpecialChar TeX
command you have typed in,
it will convert it to WYSIWYM\SpecialChar endofsentence
So if you type
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\backslash
gamma
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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in a formula and then press
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Space
\family default
,
\SpecialChar LyX
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will change the red
\begin_inset Quotes eld
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gamma
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
to a blue
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Formula $\gamma$
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
This will work for almost all,
non-complicated math macros.
This may be faster than using the
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Math
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Toolbar
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,
and will be especially convenient for experienced \SpecialChar LaTeX
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users.
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\begin_layout Standard
As a special case,
if you type
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\family typewriter
\backslash
{
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
in a formula,
the beginning
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and
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ending braces will be inserted in red while the cursor is placed between the braces.
This makes it more convenient to type those commands that take an argument.
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\begin_layout Standard
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\SpecialChar LyX
cannot do absolutely everything that \SpecialChar LaTeX
can do.
Some fancy functions are not supported at all,
while some work but are not WYSIWYM.
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\SpecialChar TeX
mode allows users to get the full flexibility of \SpecialChar LaTeX
,
while having all the convenient features of \SpecialChar LyX
,
like WYSIWYM math,
tables,
and editing.
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\SpecialChar LyX
could never support every \SpecialChar LaTeX
package.
However,
by typing
\family typewriter
\backslash
usepackage{foo}
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in the preamble (see Section
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LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:preamble"
nolink "false"
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),
you can use any package you want —
although you will not have WYSIWYM support for that package's features.
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\begin_layout Subsection
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Importing \SpecialChar LaTeX
Documents —
\family typewriter
tex2lyx
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LatexCommand label
name "sec:tex2lyx"
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\begin_layout Standard
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You can import a \SpecialChar LaTeX
file into \SpecialChar LyX
by using the
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File\SpecialChar menuseparator
Import\SpecialChar menuseparator
LaTeX
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(plain)
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menu in \SpecialChar LyX
.
This will call the program
\family typewriter
tex2lyx
\family default
which will create a file foo.lyx from the file foo.tex.
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\SpecialChar LyX
will then open that file.
If the translation does not work,
you can try calling
\family typewriter
tex2lyx
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from the command line,
possibly using fancier options.
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\begin_layout Standard
Even when the translation does work,
\family typewriter
tex2lyx
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may not translate everything,
though it does handle most legal \SpecialChar LaTeX
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.
It will leave things it does not understand in \SpecialChar TeX
mode;
so,
after translating a file with
\family typewriter
tex2lyx
\family default
,
you can look for the red text and manually edit it to get it right.
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\begin_layout Standard
\family typewriter
tex2lyx
\family default
has its own documentation (manpage),
which Unix/Linux users can access via the console command
\family typewriter
man
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tex2lyx
\family default
.
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The manpage describes which \SpecialChar LaTeX
commands and environments are not supported,
what bugs you might run into (and how to get around them),
and how to use the various options.
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\begin_layout Standard
It is important to understand that
\family typewriter
tex2lyx
\family default
can only translate files whose document class is
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known
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to \SpecialChar LyX
,
that is,
for which there is a corresponding \SpecialChar LyX
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layout file
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.
If there is no layout file,
then you will get an error saying that the conversion could not be performed.
So,
unless you have a layout for the document class of your \SpecialChar LaTeX
file,
\family typewriter
tex2lyx
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simply will not know how to translate the \SpecialChar LaTeX
that it finds there into things \SpecialChar LyX
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understands.
More about layout files and how they are created is explained in detail in Chapter 5 of the
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Customization
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manual.
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Converting \SpecialChar LyX
Documents to \SpecialChar LaTeX
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\begin_layout Standard
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You might wish to convert a \SpecialChar LyX
Document to a \SpecialChar LaTeX
file.
For example,
a co-worker or co-author who does not have \SpecialChar LyX
might want to read it.
Select
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File\SpecialChar menuseparator
Export\SpecialChar menuseparator
LaTeX
\family default
.
This will create a file
\family typewriter
whatever.tex
\family default
from the
\family typewriter
whatever.lyx
\family default
file you are editing.
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\SpecialChar LaTeX
Preamble
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\begin_layout Subsubsection
Document Class
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\begin_layout Standard
The
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Document\SpecialChar menuseparator
Settings
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dialog takes care of the document-wide options,
such as changing the document class,
default font size and paper size.
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Document class options and also options for \SpecialChar LaTeX
packages can be entered there in the
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Class
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options
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area.
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Other Preamble Matter
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LatexCommand label
name "sec:preamble"
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\begin_layout Standard
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If you have special commands to put in the preamble of a \SpecialChar LaTeX
file,
you can use them in a \SpecialChar LyX
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document as well.
Select
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Document\SpecialChar menuseparator
Settings\SpecialChar menuseparator
LaTeX
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\end_inset
Preamble
\family default
and type in the dialog window (or from the document settings dialog,
depending on the frontend).
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Anything you type will (as with \SpecialChar TeX
mode) be sent directly to \SpecialChar LaTeX
.
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Bib\SpecialChar TeX
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\begin_layout Standard
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\SpecialChar LyX
has support for Bib\SpecialChar TeX
and Biblatex,
which allows you to build databases of bibliographical references to be used in multiple documents.
Select
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TOC
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References\SpecialChar menuseparator
Bib(la)TeX
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Bibliography
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to include a
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Bib\SpecialChar TeX
\family default
file.
In the
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Databases
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widget you select Bib\SpecialChar TeX
files to load,
in the
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Style
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field you can select a Bib\SpecialChar TeX
style file.
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After you have done this,
you can use citations from any bibliographies you have included with
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Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
Citation
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(see Section
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\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:bibliographies"
nolink "false"
\end_inset
).
The box in the
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Citation
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dialog will show a list of all the references in your
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Bib\SpecialChar TeX
\family default
file.
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If you want to use Biblatex rather than classic Bib\SpecialChar TeX
,
please refer to the User Guide for instructions.
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Errors!
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\begin_layout Standard
Sometimes when you try to view a document,
there will be errors,
things that \SpecialChar LyX
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or \SpecialChar LaTeX
cannot understand.
When this happens,
\SpecialChar LyX
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will open a
\family sans
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\SpecialChar LaTeX
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Errors
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dialog.
Clicking on individual errors in this dialog will take you to the place in the \SpecialChar LyX
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document where the error occurs and also display the detailed \SpecialChar LaTeX
error message.
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