cmasters wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I've inserted further comments in response to your response and to my
> original post:
> 
> I imagine that ~control~ of line spacing and font type are standard
> features. Am I wrong in this?


no, your right

>>if they are supported by lyx than they are included automatically,
>>otherwise not.
>>
>>
> I beg to differ, but they are most ~definitely not~ included on my system.
> The point of my question was to determine whether these ".sty" files were
> part of the standard lyx / latex installation. Your answer is less than
> halpful.


lyx expects a running latex system. It comes itself without any
additional latex package. The supported packages are mainly part
of every standard latex edition.

>>>2. If they are not included, how do I go about either getting them and/or
>>>writing the necessary style def files?
>>>
>>
>>write in lyayout->preamble-> \usepackage{the packagename}
>>
>>
> Again, thank you for the answer, but I did indicate ~new~ Lyx convert at the
> beginning of my original message. The above means very little to me. Is that
> a latex command, something that needs to be entered via command line, or
> perhaps an additional command while running Lyx?


as I wrote put it into the latex preamble means

layout->LaTeX preamble

> Thank you, I don't mean to offend, but Lyx extolls itself (and I have found
> it) to be software that formats while allowing the user to concentrate on
> content. However, there ~must~ be a method to change the default format
> variables when the consumer requires it. Hence my questions.


sure, but if you want to use more htan LyX supports, than you need

some more latex knowledge and on the other hand LyX is a powerful
program which comes with helpfiles and examples... ;-)


Herbert

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http://www.lyx.org/help/


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