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FiguresSideBySide

Simple example of putting two figures side by side.

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§ How can I put two figures side by side?

I would like to put two floating figures side by side in Lyx as Fig 1 and Fig 2

FIG 1 : .....                     FIG 2 : ...................

1. Insert→Float→Figure
2. Move cursor inside Float (not Legend)
3. Insert→Box (to insert a frameless box a.k.a. minipage)
4. Move cursor inside Float (not Box)
5. Insert→Formatting→Horizontal Space→Horizontal Fill or Ctrl-<space> -> right-click on space -> select "Horizontal Fill" (to insert a stretchable horizontal space)
6. Insert→Box (to insert another minipage)
7. Change the width of the two minipages to 45% Textwidth (by clicking the right mouse button on each minipage)
8. In each minipage:
   • change the paragraph alignment to center
   • add the graphics
   • press enter for a new paragraph
   • Insert a caption (Insert→Caption).

See FiguresSideBySide for example files, and perhaps also BigFigureOrTable.
You can also avoid repeating all the steps with a Command Sequence. See CommandSequences

This LyxUsersThreadRoot:14093 might also be of interest, where Herbert has attached an example file in LyxUsersPost:14093 — that solution is reportedly perfect :-)

§ But I want the figures to be labeled 1a and 1b!

I would like to put two floating figures side by side in Lyx, but not as described in the previous question, but rather like this:

FIG 1a : .....                     FIG 1b : ...................

OK, you want subfigures. Do this:

1. Insert→Float→Figure
2. Again, Insert→Float→Figure (this inserts a "subfigure float" into the float)
3. Put the cursor right next to the subfloat
4. Insert→Formatting→Horizontal Space→Horizontal Fill or Ctrl-<space> -> right-click on space -> select "Horizontal Fill" (to insert a stretchable horizontal space)
5. Insert→Float→Figure (this inserts another "subfigure float")
6. In each subfloat:
   • add the graphics
   • Edit the caption

See FiguresSideBySide for example files, and perhaps also BigFigureOrTable.

This LyxUsersThreadRoot:14093 might also be of interest, where Herbert has attached an example file in LyxUsersPost:14093 — that solution is reportedly perfect :-)

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Note that in version 1.4 minipage is under Insert->Box.

The example files:

[If you copy from the lyx-file you will copy the language, too. This might change the caption of the figues, too (e.g. "Abbildung 3.1"-->"Figure 3.1"). To change this you might change the language back to the original: Layout->Character->Language Reset.]

• example.lyx
• figure.eps
• two_figues.lyx

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