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I just installed the newest version of LyX 2.0.4 and notice that the table numbering is by section. How do I remove this so that it is naturally incremented for each table created, like it was before?

Edit: Here is a sample file

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Thank you for posting a nice minimum working example. Two things to note here: 1. You are using the report class. 2. By "section" you mean "chapter".

Either change your chapters to sections or go to Document > Settings > LaTeX Preamble and add the following:

\usepackage{chngcntr}
\counterwithout{table}{chapter}

Note that this assumes you have the chngcntr package installed.

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Thank you, it works :) But why change chapters to sections? I didn't see any difference in the names. Chapter 3 is still Chapter 3 – Wilhelmsen Oct 5 '12 at 12:40
@Wilhelmsen I don't understand. If you change the chapters to sections, I don't think you should see "Chapter 3". – scottkosty Oct 5 '12 at 20:54
Well, I do. If I use only \counterwithout... I get missing package. Using chngcntr it works, but I still see Chapter. Although, this is exactly what I want. – Wilhelmsen Oct 5 '12 at 23:15
@Wilhelmsen Using chngcntr will not change your chapters to sections. To change your chapters to sections, in LyX go to one of your chapter titles and press "tab" or click on the upper-left where it says "chapter" and scroll to "section". You would see the 1 become a 0.1 and "chapter" will be excluded. – scottkosty Oct 6 '12 at 1:30
I see, thank you. But why is it like this? Never had to add that to the preamble before – Wilhelmsen Oct 6 '12 at 10:23
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