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by ray reeves
Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:08 pm
Forum: LyX
Topic: LyX has shut me out!
Replies: 1
Views: 2062

LyX has shut me out!

When I start a new project and do View DVI it shows me a list of errors from an old project. It does this even if the new project is empty. I re-installed LyX and it still does it.

Ray Reeves
by ray reeves
Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:04 pm
Forum: LyX
Topic: Baffled by Bootstrap
Replies: 3
Views: 3686

Re: Baffled by Bootstrap

That was a nice reply by Juanjo; the reason for my first banal complaint was that I didn't realise the menu is only activated if a file has been loaded.

Now will someone, anyone, please tell me where, on my Winows Vistais is the "Installation File" vaguely referred to by the Tutorial. It comes to ...
by ray reeves
Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:17 pm
Forum: LyX
Topic: Baffled by Bootstrap
Replies: 3
Views: 3686

Baffled by Bootstrap

It sure is difficult to follow the documentation to get started.

Take the Introduction:

In LyX, you go to the pull-down on the far left of the button bar and select Section, and type “Introduction.”

I'm using LyX 1.6.1 and I have three toolbars. I don't know which is called the button bar but ...
by ray reeves
Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:28 pm
Forum: LyX
Topic: Printing help files
Replies: 1
Views: 2078

Printing help files

I am experienced in Latex but new to LyX.
My grievance is I seem unable to print the help files. When I hit the print icon it asks me what printer. Why does it ask that? I have a default printer and I don't know how else to identify it.

Ray Reeves