11.6.1. Layout Language Options

The Document Layout dialog lets you set the language and character encoding for your language. Access this dialog by selecting Layout->Document.

Choose your language by clicking on the arrow in the Language combobox of the Document Layout dialog. The default is U.S. English. Scroll to find the language you want and then click on your choice. The language name appears in the window.[1]

The Encoding box lets you choose the character encoding map you want to use. The default is the ASCII encoding which is typically sufficient for U.S. English. A superset of the ASCII encoding is the Latin1 encoding, which includes the characters required by the various Western European languages. The third choice, Latin2, is for support of Eastern European languages. Click on the dialog and then click on the encoding you want to use, and it appears in the window. (Refer to Section 11.6.2 for the character encodings.)

To change the paper size, select Layout->Paper. Then use the Papersize combobox to select a paper size. The default is the U.S. Letter paper size.

To use any language, papersize, or encoding change you made, click on the OK button. Your new configuration will now be used as long as you are in the current LyX session.