I still need help with the table, please (any1) help me.
Thank you, Jim.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Jim Oldfield wrote:
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> >From: Uzair Baig
>
> >
> >i cannot access (it is inactive) the option for align top, bottom, middle,
> in
> >my
> >lyx file. its not allowing to be selected.
>
>
> I don't know the answer to your table question...
>
> >
> >i have another users file, on my PC, and that allows in the table cell for
> >vertical alignment (otheruser.lyx) (also, how does this person in
> mathinline
> >formula have ordinary text, like its not blue colour, but still within the
> >inline thing)
> >
>
> But I can answer your math question. If you type into the inline equation
> "\textrm" (without the quotes) then press space you will get a text box in
> the
> equation like the one that they have used. However their example is bad in
> three ways:
>
> * You should use \text not \textrm. \text uses the surrounding font whereas
> \textrm forces upright roman text.
>
> * You should only use \text on actual snippets of text, not on math e.g.
> that
> user has used it on the variable s (perhaps they were trying to get bold
> upright; use can get this with \mathbf)
>
> * You should not use \textrm to get upright prefixes like Re and Im. See
> the
> following link for how to do it properly:
>
> http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/MathMacros#operators
>
> Jim
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