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How does LyX work for fixed width columns?
For fixed-width columns/multicolumn cells, LyX lets you specify the vertical alignment (top, middle, bottom). However, it is not at all intuitive how these settings are supposed to work, and indeed the way this is done by the LaTeX package array is rather odd (compared with what word processors usually do).
Where to set vertical alignment in LyX table?
This means that the vertical alignment of a row should always be set in the cell which has the most lines, because this one corresponds to the actual row height (and any other multiline cells should be set to the default Top ). The rule that vertical alignment setting applies to the whole column does not apply for multicolumn cells.
Can a multicolumn be used in a table in LyX?
LyX supports multicolumns directly, but we have to take notice of the cell width of the columns spanned by the multicolumn cell. We want to create for example this table: We mark the first two cells in the first row of the 3 × 3 table and right-click on them.
What is the value of abcolsep in LyX?
abcolsep is the LaTeX-length between the cell text and the cell border, its default value is 6 pt. \\arrayrulewidth is the thickness of the cell border line, the default is 0.4 pt. The total width of a multicolumn W tot mult is
What is the width of a multirow in LyX?
According to the command definition the multirow spans now two rows and has a width of 2.5 cm. The text follows outside the ERT-box and the command is finished with a right brace } in another ERT-box at the end of the text. At last we have to center the text, because \\multirow left-aligns texts by default.
Where do I renew the centering command in LyX?
If centering is only needed for several tables, you can renew the command in an ERT-box just before the table instead of the preamble line. If you want to right-align the text, replace \\centering by aggedleft. To return to left-alignment use aggedright . Example file: table-multiple_lines.lyx
How are images converted to latex in LyX?
LyX supports many graphic formats and converts them automatically to the one needed by LaTeX. In the dialog you can set the scaling, rotation etc. We use 50% column width (not text width because documents can have 2 or more text columns). The inserted image is now shown in LyX. The image is in its own paragraph.
How do you create a multirow in LyX?
Multirows are created with the command we create a 3 × 3 table. To get rid of the line above the last cell in the first column, we mark this cell as multicolumn in the table dialog and unset the upper border in the borders dialog. The multirow is now created in the second row of the first column.