UG: Import and review changes from Phil Netro.

Chapter 2.
Few additional changes from me.
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menu and in the standard toolbar are basic operations for any word processor
in addition to some more advanced operations:
menu and in the standard toolbar are basic operations common to any word
processor as well as some more advanced operations:
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\begin_layout Standard
They all do pretty much the same thing as in other word processors, with
a few minor differences.
They all do pretty much the same thing as other word processors, with a
few minor differences.
The
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File\SpecialChar menuseparator
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Unless you tell \SpecialChar LyX
to open a file or create a new one, that big, blank space
is just that — a big, blank space.
to open a file or create a new one, that big
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on the screen
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blank space.
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Control
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are useful if more people work on the same document at the same time.
are useful if
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multiple
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people work on the same document at the same time.
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status collapsed
status open
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If you plan to do this, you should check out the Version Control feature
in \SpecialChar LyX
also.
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.
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Read Additional Features\SpecialChar endofsentence
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Refer to section
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Version Control in \SpecialChar LyX
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in the
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Additional Features
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help manual\SpecialChar endofsentence
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will reload the document from disk.
You can of course also use it if you regret that you changed a document
and want to restore it to the last save.
and want to restore it to the last save
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.
With
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menu and the standard toolbar has the cut and paste commands, along with
menu and the standard toolbar have the cut and paste commands, along with
various other editing features.
Some of these are special and covered in later sections.
The basic ones are:
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The first three are self-explanatory.
You can also copy text between \SpecialChar LyX
and other programs by
and other programs using
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Copy
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put text in two versions into the clipboard (formatted and unformatted),
put two versions of text into the clipboard (formatted and unformatted)
so that other programs can choose the most suitable form.
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Paste
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supports formatted and unformatted text as well, and additionally graphics.
supports formatted and unformatted text as well as graphics.
It tries to interpret the clipboard contents in an intelligent way.
For example if the clipboard contains text in the format of comma separated
values (CSV) and the cursor is inside a table, the text will be pasted
For example if the clipboard contains text in a Comma Separated Values
(CSV) format and the cursor is inside a table, the text will be pasted
into individual cells.
The submenu of
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Recent
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shows you a list with the last strings you have pasted.
shows you a list of the last several strings you have pasted.
You can insert one at the current cursor position by clicking on a list
entry.
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Special
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contains optional items for specific formats, depending on the clipboard
may also contain optional items for specific formats depending on the clipboard
contents.
These include HTML, \SpecialChar LaTeX
, Linkback
Possible formats include HTML, \SpecialChar LaTeX
, PDF, Linkback
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, PDF, PNG, JPEG and EMF.
, PNG, JPEG and EMF.
These menu items are useful if the clipboard contains the same contents
in different formats, and you want to select one format explicitly.
in different formats and you want to select one format explicitly.
(E.
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some programs put an image into the clipboard as graphics and as a short
text which is often meaningless.) The menu item
text which is often meaningless.)
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\begin_layout Standard
The menu item
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Paste
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, with the only difference that it acts on text only.
It will insert the text in the clipboard so that the whole text is inserted
as one paragraph.
A new paragraph is only started when there is a blank line in the text.
with the only difference being that it acts on text only.
It will paste the text in the clipboard such that the whole text selection
is inserted as one paragraph.
A new paragraph is only started where there is a blank line in the text.
Without
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Join
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\end_inset
Lines
Lines,
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the text is inserted as paragraphs where the line breaks of the text will
start a new paragraph.
This is for example useful to copy contents of tables from webpages to
a table in \SpecialChar LyX
line breaks in the text will start a new paragraph.
This is useful when copying contents of tables from webpages to a table
in \SpecialChar LyX
.
The items
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Next
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button to skip the current word.
button to skip the curren
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word.
Hit
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g., searching for
g.
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searching for
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.
\SpecialChar LyX
offers also an advanced
also offers an advanced
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arg "inset-select-all"
\end_inset
consecutively will increase the selection to the whole inset and then to
the whole document.
consecutively will increase the selection scope to the whole inset and
then to the whole document.
The shortcut
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type "shortcuts"
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arg "undo"
\end_inset
to undo some mistake.
to undo a mistake.
If you accidentally undo too much, use
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\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Note that if you revert back all changes to arrive at the document as it
was last saved, the
Note that if you undo all changes to arrive at the document as it was last
saved, the
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\end_inset
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\family default
work on almost everything in \SpecialChar LyX
.
But they will not undo or redo text character by character, but by blocks
of text.
However they will not undo or redo text character by character, but by
blocks of text.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
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\emph default
and drag the mouse.
\SpecialChar LyX
marks the text between the old and new mouse positions.
highlights the text between the old and new mouse positions.
Use
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to create a copy of the text in \SpecialChar LyX
's buffer (and the clipboard).
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You can also use the context menu triggered by right clicking on the selected
text.
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\begin_layout Itemize
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\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Standard
Right-click on them to set their properties.
Also check the appropriate section of this manual for more details.
Check the appropriate section of this manual for more details.
\end_layout
\end_deeper
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) jumps to the position in the document where you recently changed something.
This is useful when you have a large document and have navigated or scrolled
to another document part to look for something, and want to go back to
your last editing position.
to another document part to look for something and want to go back to your
last editing position.
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\begin_layout Standard
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\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
In the pull-down box at the top of the outline window, you can choose between
several different lists, including other TOC-like objects, such as lists
of tables and figures, but also lists of footnotes, or labels and cross-referen
ces (see section
In the pull-down box at the top of the outline window you can choose between
several different lists including other TOC-like objects such as lists
of tables and figures, footnotes, labels and cross-references (see section
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), or notes, or citations (see section
), notes, or citations (see section
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\begin_layout Standard
Right-clicking on elements in the Outline opens in many cases a context
In many cases right clicking on elements in the Outline opens a context
menu that will allow for direct modification of those elements.
For example, with citations, the context menu allows you to open the citation
For example with citations, the context menu allows you to open the citation
dialog and to modify the citation.
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field at the top allows you to restrict which entries appear in the outline.
field at the top allows you to filter which entries appear in the outline.
For example, if you are displaying the list of
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Labels and References
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in the filter, and only entries containing that text will be displayed.
in the filter and only entries containing that text will be displayed.
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\begin_layout Standard
At the bottom of the outline are several buttons and the like that allow
you further to control the display.
At the bottom of the outline are several buttons that allow you to further
control the display.
The
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Sort
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option sorts the current list alphabetically.
Otherwise, the elements appear in the order in which they occur in the
document.
Otherwise the elements appear in the order in which they occur in the document.
The
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Keep
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option keeps it in the current view state.
Keeping means that when you have, for example, the subsections of sections
Keeping means that when you have the subsections of sections
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arg "reload"
\end_inset
button refreshes the TOC (though this should not usually be necessary).
button refreshes the TOC (
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).
Next to it are buttons that allow you to change the position of sections
in your document.
The
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\end_inset
buttons move sections up and down in the document.
So, for example, you can move section
For example, you can move section
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Shift-Tab
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) you can change the level of sections.
So you can for example make section
You can make section
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\begin_layout Standard
\SpecialChar LyX
does not have a horizontal scrollbar because the standard output page formats
like e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
ISO
does not have a horizontal scrollbar because standard output page formats
such as ISO
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
A4 are less wide than PC or laptop screens.
Therefore you will get troubles in the output of your document if document
A4 are not as wide as PC or laptop screens.
Therefore you will have trouble with the output of your document if document
parts exceed the width of the \SpecialChar LyX
main screen.
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\begin_layout Itemize
Wide tables that are rotated 90° to fit a whole page
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
See section
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For these cases \SpecialChar LyX
has an mechanism that scrolls automatically when the cursor
is moved.
As example shrink the \SpecialChar LyX
windows so that table
As an example shrink the \SpecialChar LyX
window so that table
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\end_inset
is wider.
You will now see a dotted red line at the right or the left side of the
You will now see a dotted red line on the right and/or left side of the
table.
Put the cursor into the table and move it with the Tab or the arrow keys
to see the horizontal scrolling of the table.
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key to accept a proposed completion.
If several completions are possible, a popup is opened showing them.
You can select a completion in the popup using the mouse or the arrow keys,
You can select a completion in the popup using the mouse or the arrow keys
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Autocorrection
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enables characters to be composed.
If, for example, you want to insert the character
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, you can then input the characters
, you can
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input the characters
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
to a formula to get it.
So this is a quick alternative to the insertion of commands or the use
of the math toolbar.
A list with supported character combinations can be found in the file
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his is a quick alternative to the insertion of commands or the use of the
math toolbar.
A list
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Home
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\begin_inset space ~
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and
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
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End
Home/End
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These move the cursor, respectively, to the beginning and end of a line,
unless you are using the Emacs bindings where they jump to the beginning
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\end_inset
in the documentation files) This has a couple of different uses, depending
in the documentation files) This has a couple of different uses depending
on which keys it is used in combination with:
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\end_deeper
\begin_layout Standard
You will learn more and more key bindings and short-cut keys as you use
You will learn more key bindings and short-cut keys as you use \SpecialChar LyX
because
most actions will prompt a small message in the status bar at the bottom
of \SpecialChar LyX
's main window describing the name of the action you have just triggered
and any existing key bindings for that action.
\SpecialChar LyX
, because most actions will prompt a small message in the status bar at
the bottom of \SpecialChar LyX
's main window which describes the name of the action you
have just triggered, and any existing key bindings for that action.
The \SpecialChar LyX
menus also list the defined key bindings.
The notation for the key bindings is very similar to the notation used
in this documentation, so you should not have any problems understanding
in this documentation so you should not have any problems understanding
it.
However, notice that Shift-modifiers are explicitly mentioned, so
However notice that Shift-modifiers are explicitly mentioned, so
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