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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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LyX numbering tables wrong in PDF [closed]

I've got a remarkable problem in LyX. In the LyX document all the tables are numbered correctly. Although when I convert my document to a pdf file, the numbers are incorrect. Lyx: table 3.1 => ...
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How to center a table in Classic thesis LyX version

I am using classic thesis for writing my thesis and while placing tables, the tables are aligning to the left. I want the table centered. I am attaching images of the LyX code and the output. Any help ...
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LyX table border colour

I have a multi-row table in LyX, with black horizontal borders at the top and bottom of the table. I would like to insert other horizontal borders inside the table that are grey rather than black. ...
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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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Lyx drop-in table replacement to allow table footnotes

I want to be able to use footnotes in LyX while preserving the LyX table structure. Any way to force LyX to use a different environment for its built-in tables that allows that? I.e. some code to put ...
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LaTeX error when using Lyx: Bad mathchar (32768)

I have been getting this error message when ouputing my LyX document: Bad mathchar (32768), with the following explanation: "A mathchar number must be between 0 and 32767. I changed this one to ...
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Left align after \specialcell in a centered table

I'm outputting descriptive tables from Stata using estpost and esttab into TeX format, and then importing them in LyX. I use \refcat to label my survey questions, and since some of them are very long ...
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lyx table footnote

I have the table below, in LyX. How can I add text that hugs the bottom line and I want it to be very small text, smaller than the font in the table. \begin{table} \begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} ...
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LyX - Highlight a result in table

In LyX I am using this table as an ERT addition: \begin{tabular}{l rlrl } & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Model 1} & \multicolumn{2}{c@{}}{Model 2} \midrule \midrule Variable Variable Variable 1 ...
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A table font size smaller than tiny?

I have looked and there are answers for LaTeX documents, but not a way to implement it in LyX. If I have a table and it just does not fit, is there a way to get a text size smaller than \tiny in LyX? ...
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LyX White Space on Slide [duplicate]

Using LyX I find that there is always so much white space between the figure and the the slide title and between the table caption and the table. Is there a way to reduce this space in the preamble?
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Using ERT in LyX [duplicate]

Using LyX to create a Beamer presentation I used the TeX button to insert some ERT: \begin{table}\caption{Regression table\label{tab1}} \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{l r l r l r l} \hline & ...
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LyX TeX Table too big

I am including a TeX file into a LyX document using Insert -> Child Document. The Table looks fine on the LyX screen but when I preview the PDF it is 10 times too big. Not sure how to fiddle with the ...
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esttab output in Spanish (observations) using threeparttable and estwide or estauto

I am using the eststo and esttab commands to output regression results in .tex documents. I then use threeparttable (package threeparttablex) and \estwide to create and format the table in my LyX ...
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wide table in a two-column document

I have a two-column LyX document. I want to add a table that will be as wide as the entire page, so that it will not have to be squeezed into a single column. I found some suggestions: table too wide ...
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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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why are table lines are not black? [duplicate]

my problem is that the lines of my tables (not all but most of them) are not really black but gray. Furthermore, the gray lines are also thinker than the other, which makes my tables look really bad. ...
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Table with small circles on each intersection/corner

I'm a LyX user and have a small question - How do I incorporate to my a document a table consists only of the numbers {0,1}, with borders between the cells, and with small colored circles on the ...
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importing latex table code into lyx

I create tables in a spreadsheet program, convert them to latex code and then use an ERT to import into my lyx document. When I paste the latex code the entire thing turns out very ugly looking. The ...
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Setting single row height with multirow

I have a table in LyX document. And I'm using multirow to span text across multiple rows. For example I might want the text to span across 2 rows, the problem occurs when it doesn't fit, then it just ...
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Regression tables made with esttab in Stata have columns with different widths, using LyX

I am relatively new to LyX and I am trying to output regression results into TeX code, and then insert the resulting tables in a LyX document. The command I use to create the table is: reg y1 x1, ...
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Vertical alignment of cells in LyX

How can you set the vertical alignment of table cells in LyX? The right-click menu shows three choices ("Top", "Middle", "Bottom") but none of them is enabled, they are all greyed out.
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float table with subfloat extend to multiple pages lyx

I have a float (table) which contains several subfloats. The last of these subfloats does not fit on the page and is cut off. I would like it to extend to the next page. I know of longtable but that ...
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How to edit tables in LyX?

I have a problem with re-sizing the table in LyX. When I export it to .pdf its too wide so it goes far out of the border. Any ideas on how to shrink it, or make it readable in .pdf? p.s. In LyX, ...
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How to restrict tables under same section

I have a problem in managing tables in LyX. Problem is that I need tables under the same section, but I could not. Can anybody help me in this regard?
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How do I import a text file into Lyx keeping its formatting?

I apologize in advance if this question has been asked before. I am trying to import a text file, that contains my MySQL output, into the LyX document I'm working on. The text file contains tables ...
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LyX table new line

While inside a table, it seems impossible to use Ctrl+Enter in order to start a new line in the same column. So if I have, for example, a column name "veni, vidi, vici" and I don't want it to be so ...
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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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How can I set the default 'table border style' in LyX layout?

I want to specify the style of table borders (formal vs. default) in a LyX .layout file. How can I do that?
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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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How to refer to table in lyx

Inside the float table box I add lyx:label but when inside the text and choose insert crossreference and choose the table label the text appears as ?? The reference to numbered equations appear ...
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want table to look like this

I use lyx with elsarticle class with two-column document but I made span columns so table will span over the two columns. I tried it with adding the caption package: ...
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Use of \hiderowcolors & \showrowcolors within LyX

Loading the xcolor package with the [table] option provides the command(s) \rowcolors(*) for alternate table row coloring. Any attempt, however, to use \hiderowcolors and \showrowcolors inside table ...
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Altering cell colour hides cell border in LyX

I'm probably doing something simple wrong, but I'm having the following problem. I've got a table with two columns, on the left there are multirows with coloured cells, on the right there are normal ...
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Cell colouring a multirow in LyX

I've got a multirow cell and I need to make it all have one background colour, but I'm having trouble achieving this. I've defined my color (lightgreen) in the preamble, but don' know how to apply it ...
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Stop table going off page

I'm aware that my table is too wide as it keeps going off the page on the right. Is there a way to fix this? I'm using lyx as I am a learner.
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Vertical alignment of tables when using numbered list in LyX

I have a table on my numbered lists but the number is appearing in the middle, I want it to be at the top like normal. This is what it looks like when using tables. (Screenshot below) I've attached a ...
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Right-centered columns in LyX

This is very near to my topic: How to align integers on the right, but still center them. However, I do not get it to work under LyX. This is the code I have: \begin{table}[H] \centering ...
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Using LyX, how can I make a 6 column table with the second row having multiple lines of text?

Using LyX, how can I make a 6 column table with the second row having multiple lines of text? I am trying to create the following layout in LyX: I'm using LyX 2.0 for mac. What are ways to ...
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Table padding in LyX

I'm creating in LyX a table wich has a single character for every cell. Problem is, a lot of space is wasted, because each cell has some padding points which I'd like to reduce. A cell is now big ...
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Use tabularx in LyX instead of default tabular

I recently got into LyX and I’m getting along quite well. The only thing that bothers me is that LyX’s table feature produces really sloppy-looking tables by default, i.e. double borders and stuff ...
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Align table-text in Lyx 1.6.9

I created a table with normal font text inside. After I select the text and go to Edit>>Text style>>Customized and select Larger, in the input the text looks aligned ok (it's right in the ...
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convert ctable to rtf/word/odt etc

I need to convert ctables, like the following, into a format for a word processor (MS Word, OOWrite etc.) It should be an editable table but in worse case, an img would be also fine... \ctable[ ...
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Newline in table cell possible?

I am trying to add linebreaks in my table cell but found that Lyx doesnt allow me to. How can I do that?
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Align top with multirow tables in Lyx 2.0

I'm having trouble doing vertical alignment in tables with multirow in Lyx. I have data that is in a 'tree' format that I need to present in tables. I would like Category 1, Subcategory 1.1 and Value ...
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Background for table cells in LyX

The title speaks for itself - how do I choose a background color for table cells in LyX?
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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 ...
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Autofit table column with booktabs

Background Using booktabs produces the top table in the following image: Both tables reside in floats, but even when outside of the float the same result is produced. The Application and Version ...