Create that outline in the document itself, break it into manageable chunks, and put each chunk in an "outline" branch. Perhaps you like to have an outline to work from as you write a paper. If your note is very long, you might want to insert a line ( Insert→Special Formatting→Horizontal Line) before and after it – within the branch.
If your note is long, you might want to put it in a box ( Insert→Box) (and you can right-click on the box label to modify its appearance – by drawing a rectangle around it, for example). If your note is very short, you might want to insert a marginal note ( Insert→Marginal Note) within the branch, and put your note inside that. Simply create a note branch for this purpose. In each case, you might want to flag the text with a note that is a clearly visible reminder, but which you can turn off if you wanted to give the paper to someone else. Alternatively, you can insert the branch first and then type your text.Īs you write a paper, you might phrase something poorly but not want to stop writing to go back and fix it, or you might promise to do something later and not want to forget to do it. Once a new branch is created, you can designate text as belonging to that branch by selecting that text and choosing Insert→Branch→. (If you like, you can select a branch in the list of Available Branches and click on (De)activate to turn it on or off, or Alter color to change the background color for text in that branch as it appears in the LyX window. Type the name of a new branch into the "New" field, and click the Add button. To create a branch, go to Document→Settings→Branches. How can this feature be used in the humanities? Below are some suggestions (followed by a sample file illustrating these tricks), but first instructions on creating branches.
Why would you want to do this? The official suggestion is to create problem sets: you might put the answers to problems in a branch that can be turned off when you print out problem sets for students, but turned on when you print out an answer key for yourself.
Branches are chunks of text that can be "activated" or "deactivated" – turned on or off – within document settings.
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