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drkobay
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LaTeX Commands not rendering instantly

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I just began to use LyX, after downloading several software which are said to be prerequisite for LyX, I tried some commands like \sum, but nothing is rendering instantly. I mean in the tutorial demo I see that after writing \sum, on the screen a capital sigma as summation sign is appearing. However, only thing I see is the command itself.

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cgnieder
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LaTeX Commands not rendering instantly

Post by cgnieder »

Hi drkobay,

Welcome to the LaTeX community.

Did you insert the command as »ERT« (Evil Red Text)?

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