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Using LyX, how do you put a table and a figure side by side and caption them Table XX and Figure XX?

I have found solutions for them to be done in normal TeX, but how do I do this in LyX? What I wish to obtain is something like that shown in Table and Figure side-by-side with Table caption above, ...
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Figures after reference in text [duplicate]

I'm using LyX and I'd like to ensure that figures do not appear until after they are referenced in the text, ideally at the top of the following page. Is there any way to do this in LyX or LaTeX? I ...
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Inaccurate table numbering with LyX

I'm using LyX to create some tables, but the numbering is complete borked. In the LyX window, the table numbers are accurate. However, when I render to a PDF, they are evens only: 2, 4, 6 etc. (I'm ...
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figure numbering with endfloat and appendix

I have a document which has figures and tables. The document also has an appendix. The tables seem to be labeled normally (1...N), however the figures seem to be labeled A.1, A.2, etc. I would like ...
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How do you move a figure caption in lyx? [duplicate]

When inserting a figure in Lyx (i.e. Insert->Float->Figure), the figure caption is automatically inserted below the image. The image that I am inserting is long but narrow and therefore the ...
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How can you place a figure caption inside a table using LyX?

I have 3 graphs I would like to use in a LyX document. In order to save space I have placed the 3 graphs into a 2x2 table and in the final box I have inserted the figure caption. When I try and ...
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How to add a caption to a LyX table (with table numbering) using the menus?

I know nothing about TEX/LaTeX so I use LyX. I created a table using the LyX menu: Insert > Table..., changed the Rows and Columns values, hit the OK button, and here it is there. However, I can't ...
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Centering figure captions in IEEEtran

I am working on a paper using the IEEEtran template in LyX. I have run into a problem: While the contents (in this case, a table) of the figure float are centered, the caption is aligned to the left ...
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Landscape figure float obscuring text

I am trying to insert a figure float in landscape orientation within an otherwise portrait-oriented document. The figure is inserting as it should, but for some reason it is obscuring a page of text ...
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Ruled Algorithms in columns/minipages

I'm using Benoit Guillon's algo styles for Lyx (at http://bgu.perso.libertysurf.fr/) in 2.0 to get nice algorithms ruled with line numbers. This is just a wrapper for the algorithm and algorithmic ...
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Place figures at the bottom of a page

Does anyone know how to place figures at the bottom of a page ? At the moment, it automatically goes at the top of a new page... I am using LyX.
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Footnotes inside captions using LyX

I finally found a way to insert a footnote inside a caption while using float:Table in LyX, from this answer. You need to insert \protect\footnotemark in the caption and \footnotetext{Text to ...
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Lyx incorrect figure numbering [closed]

Just a quick question. I am currently working on writing my thesis. I have many figures and I want the numbering to be something like 4.1 or 5.3. Where the first number is my section number and the ...
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referencing a table vs. a figure in lyx, format

Currently, when I reference things using labels I have setup Lyx simply inserts the table number. I would like it to insert Table N where N is the table number. Similarly, I would like it to insert ...
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LyX: number table by section suddenly default, how to remove

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? ...
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elsarticle figure to left in LyX

I use elsarticle 2 docment page in LyX. I put figure in left column partion and use \resizebox{3.4in}{!}{ Figure.png } to make it smaller But I still need to align the figure to left of the page ...
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elsarticle table and figure caption

I want to change the caption of elsarticle in LyX for table to be and for figures to be Mine is the following: I use the caption package in document preamble ...
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Lyx: float figures appearing in wrong places

In Lyx I'm using float figures. I have to put three pictures one after the other, so three different float figures. When I output a pdf, the all appear at the top of three different pages. Help! Why ...
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LyX Question on Table Numbering

How can you change table numbers in LyX. I want to get tables numbered within section (Table 1.1, 1.2 etc.). For some reason \numberwithin{table}{section} is not working.
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Reducing R figure sizes in lyx?

I am using LyX with the Sweave module to generate some R figures within a document. I can't seem to get the figures to be smaller, and they tend to take up half a page which is far too large. I have ...
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Incorrect figure placement (outside page margins) [closed]

I am using Lyx 2.0.0 and in my chapter (report class), figures (float) are outside the page margin. How can we fix this?
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How to control figure numbering in Lyx

I have a single figure in a Lyx document, and it is part of a paragraph which itself is part of a section. It is expected that Lyx will produce a caption for it as 'Figure 1: ....', however, the ...
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Powerdot shrink text in figure caption

I am using the powerdot class to make my first presentation in LaTeX (LyX). I have a figure whose caption contains a lot of text. Currently the text rolls off the slide. I can manually change the font ...
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Unequivocally force first reference to same page as the referred item?

Background Writing a manual using LyX. All tables, figures, and source listings are always referenced in the paragraph (or enumerated step) that immediately precedes them. The preamble to the manual ...
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Rename “Algorithm” to “Listing”

Background Syntax-highlighted source code image listings are being used as Algorithm floats with the lst: prefix for captions. Problem The following LaTeX code in the preamble renames the caption ...
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Table, Figure, and Listing prefixes

Background Using LyX and KOMA Script to author a technical manual. Problem The documents are strewn with the following references: \ref{fig:Example-Database-Type} When converted to PDF, this ...
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How can I center all tables in a document?

Background Would like to center all tables within floats, without having to add \centering to each table. Ideas Tried the following: \let\originaltabular\tabular ...