On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Bob Lounsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Adrian Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Hi Bob,
> >
> > Thank you very much for your help. Sorry to bug everyone with these
> > questions. I only have a few more weeks to finish my thesis and I am
> > determined to use Lyx to get it done :). Not being a Lyx/Latex expert,
> the
> > help I'm getting from this user group is invaluable. If I can get all
> these
> > issues fixed, I am will turn over a "golden" Lyx template to the
> university
> > so lots of other students can benefit.
> >
> > I have another TOC question. For some reason, the words 'Abstract',
> 'List
> > of Tables' and 'List of Figures' are not in all-caps in the TOC. Is
> there a
> > way to force them to be in caps? All the other first level titles are in
> > caps as required. I looked at the Lyx TOC setup and it only lets me
> choose
> > the depth being displayed not the formatting. Thank you again.
> >
> > Adrian
>
> Just as an aside, this is a bottom posting mail list :-}.
>
> I'm not sure if there is a way to 'force' these names to be in caps by
> default, but there is a way to call them anything you like with
> commands like:
>
> \renewcommand\contentsname{TABLE OF CONTENTS}
> \renewcommand\listfigurename{LIST OF FIGURES}
> \renewcommand\listtablename{LIST OF TABLES}
> \renewcommand\abstractname{ABSTRACT}
>
> Although this puts the items in caps within the document and the toc.
> Not sure if that's what you want. I'm also not sure what you're doing
> to insert the lot, lof, and abstract into the toc in the first place,
> which would play a role in all of this too.
>
> Cheers,
> /Bob
>
I have no idea why the abstract, lot, lof are in the TOC. Our graduate
school has all kinds of crazy formatting requirements and peculiarities :)!
Everything as to be exactly matching to their specifications; otherwise,
your thesis does not get accepted.
