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Some examples of how to use minipages
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in LyX 
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by Jürgen Vigna (jug@sad.it)
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This is Table 1
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This is Table 2
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I use the following when I have to write bilingual text (I live in a region
 in Italy where about 60% of the people speak german and so you have to
 write letters in german and italian in two columns as the following text
 shows):
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\pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_hfill 1 \pextra_start_minipage 1 \pextra_widthp 45


\lang german
Dies ist ein deutscher Text.
 Dies ist ein deutscher Text.
 Dies ist ein deutscher Text.
 Dies ist ein deutscher Text.
 Dies ist ein deutscher Text.
 Dies ist ein deutscher Text.
 Dies ist ein deutscher Text.
 Dies ist ein deutscher Text.
 Dies ist ein deutscher Text.
 Dies ist ein deutscher Text.
 Dies ist ein deutscher Text.
 Dies ist ein deutscher Text.
 Dies ist ein deutscher Text
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\lang german
Dies ist eine Fußnote
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 Dies ist ein deutscher Text.
 Dies ist ein deutscher Text.
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This is an english Text.
 This is an english Text.
 This is an english Text.
 This is an english Text.
 This is an english Text.
 This is an english Text.
 This is an english Text.
 This is an english Text.
 This is an english Text.
 This is an english Text.
 This is an english Text.
 This is an english Text.
 This is an english Text.
 This is an english Text.
 This is an english Text.
 This is an english Text.
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This is a footnote
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 This is an english Text.
 
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I hope this helps understand for what f.ex.
 you can use minipages!
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Greets Jürgen
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