[Tex/LaTex] Create a longtable in Lyx with multiple line header

Question

I didn't find a solution to this problem in the Lyx documentation.

I have created a table in Lyx (outside of a float), and it need to span multiple pages and posses a 2 line header on each subsequent page.

What is the best way to do this.

David

Answer 1

So this was much easier than I expected.

First you add the table outside of a 'float' environment (floats are made to only fit on a single page).

Then select all the cells in the table (otherwise it did't seem to work in my instance ?. Right click -> More -> Settings. This open the table dialog box, the 3rd tab is for longtable settings. Select it.

Now for each line that you would like to appear as a header on every page. Select the first cell in the row. Again go to the right click -> More -> Settings (longtable tab).

Select the 2 options for 'Header' and 'First row'. Now do the same for the next rows in that you want to have as a heading.

Unfortunately this isn't the obvious course of affairs. But is in fact fairly obvious... when you realise it.

I initially selected both the lines at a time (Which didn't work).

Hope this helps someone else.

David