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A group of pages with various tips related to using LyX and increase producitivty.

This group is intended to gather various tips to increase the productivity when using LyX. The best tip so far is to check out the LaTeX Tips & Tricks by Herbert Voß — it's great! (Link seems down, alternate: http://texnik.dante.de/cgi-bin/mainFAQ.cgi?file=index texnik.dante.de(approve sites)).

If you have additional tips, tricks and neat things that can be done with LyX you are more than welcome to add it here (add a description of new pages to Tips.PageList, included below). Please make the first line of your page a title: That information is what will be displayed below, after the page name.

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Installation and Configuration
- Compiling: Notes about compiling LyX
- OpenFileInRunningLyx: Open LyX File in Running Instance
- Setting LANG: How To tell LyX to speak in a different language
- Performance issues: How to improve performance.
User Interface
- Symbols: Tips for entering various symbols in LyX
- KeyboardShortcuts: Modifying LyX keyboard shortcuts
  - FrequentlyUsedShortcuts: Tips about frequently used shortcuts in Lyx.
  - CommandSequences: Creating keyboard macros
  - CommandSequencesTips: Tips for creating/testing command sequences using the mini-buffer
  - Blocked keyboard shortcuts: Blocked keyboard shortcuts
  - KeyboardShortcutForCharacterStyles: How to define a keyboard shortcut to work better with character styles.
- Color: How to customize the colors of LyX.
  - Color schemes: This is the place to share different color schemes that change the look of LyX. If you want to apply these color schemes, copy and paste the listed text into the file "preferences" (located in "Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Lyx" on Windows or ~/.lyx on most other systems, and created for the first time after changing your LyX settings and pressing the "Save" button).
- Fullscreen: Using LyX in Full-screen mode
Writing documents
- Outline: Tips related to using an outline when creating a document, i.e. when outlining the document.
- Typography: This article is about Typography in LyX.
Using LyX Features
- Change Tracking Lyx 1-3-2: Change tracking for LyX 1.3
- Indexing: This page is for adding tips about writing an index. feel free to add to it.
- Nomenclature: Create a list of symbols with LyX and the nomencl package
- MathMacros: This page contains tips about Math Macros in LyX
  - ChildMathMacros: How to include a file containing math-macros in child documents (LyX < 1.6).
LyX Tricks
- Reset numbering of Tables and Figures in an Appendix: How to Reset the Numbering of Tables and Figures in an Appendix
- MultipleLyxCodeInSingleEnumerate: Example of entering a nested list by keyboard
- access table of contents as a seperate document: Access TOC information in isolation.
- PaperLayout: Paper layout, i.e. about margins and various lengths appearing on a page
- Equation numbering: Tips related to equation numbering
- OptionalEnvironmentArguments: How to add optional arguments to environments
- FeynmanDiagrams: How to create Feynman diagrams
- PasteTexCodeIntoLyx: How to insert raw TeX code into Lyx.
- Cyrillic: Tips for writing documents in the Cyrillic alphabet
- Beamer: Tips for using the Beamer presentation class. Various tips for using the Beamer presentation class
Classes and Layouts
- DebuggingLayoutFiles: This pages gives some tips for creating and debugging Lyx Layout files.
General LaTeX Tips
- TheLetTrick: Redefining a Command While Keeping the Old One
- ModifyChapterEtc: How To Modify Chapter, Section, and the Like
Using LaTeX Packages with LyX
- ProducingGlossary: Producing a glossary
- EndNotes: Using Endnotes With LyX
- Placing figures and producing legends: How to treat long legends and big figures with the nonfloat package.
- Subfigures and cross references: Subfigures And Cross-references
- The tensind package: Tensor Index Notation
- Placing pictures beside the text: How to insert wrapped floats beside the text using picins or wrapfigure (LyX 1.6+)
- Enumitem: The enumitem.module provides customizable versions of the Custom lists, resume enumeration
Exporting and Sharing LyX Documents
- ConvertFilesIntoArchive: Script to creates archive with lyx file and all included files (graphics and so on).
- UsingMakefileToExportPDF: How you can use a Makefile to create PDF-files from LyX-files
- Exporting Rich Text Format with LaTeX2rtf: Use LaTeX2rtf to export Rich Text Format documents from within LyX
- Convert Sweave: Link to tips on converting Sweave output to various formats
Using LyX with Other Programs
- Additional software: A place for users to share tips about software that is useful in combination with LyX, e.g. vector drawing software.
- Using LyX with Tgif: Tips for using LyX with Tgif....
- Use Inkscape SVG Images: As of version 1.6.6 LyX directly supports SVG files - only librsvg or Inkscape needs to be installed on your computer.
- WordCount: Counting the words in a LyX document
- Copy tables from spreadsheets: Pasting data from a spreadsheet into LyX
- Correcting split Subversion keywords: How to block and correct subversion keywords split across lines in .lyx files
- Use Ipe files directly in LyX: How to use Ipe files (*.ipe) directly in LyX, using converts.
Other tips
- Export with comments included: How to Switch Printing of Comments On and Off
- LyX files backup script: Simple bash script to backup LyX files.

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