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This page points to user-provided layouts (a.k.a. document classes). Modules can be found on the Modules page.

To use the layouts, just copy the respective *.layout (and, if included, *.inc) files to the layouts folder of your user directory (if the folder doesn't exist yet, create it) and then reconfigure LyX (Tools→Reconfigure). After a restart of LyX, the new layouts can be selected in Document→Settings→Document Class.

It is suggested that contributors take credit/accept blame. Unless noted otherwise, contributors can be contacted either through the user or developer mailing lists. If you want to contribute a layout file, see adding material and about uploading for tips and instructions. If you add a layout, please also add an item to PageList (included below).

1. Layouts shipped with LyX

If you are looking for layouts, don't forget to check the LyX documentation for the layouts that come with LyX.

Layouts for scientific journals that are already included in LyX are listed in the corresponding section of Examples
Note that many layouts are included in LyX, but may not be immediately available because your TeX installation doesn't include the style files.
- These layouts are listed in menu Document → Settings... → Document Class, and their names begin with "Unavailable: ...". If you select one, LyX will tell you the name of the style files missing, which you must download, for example from the "Author's Toolkit" of a journal that uses this style. You have to copy them to the path /tex/latex.
- For example, on Windows your TeX user files may be in C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\MiKTeX\. On Ubuntu, your TeX user files may be in "/usr/local/share/texmf/", so you should put the class file/s in the folder "/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/" (create this folder if it doesn't exist).
- After you copy the files, rehash by running texhash, or /miktex/bin/texhash.exe (on Windows this may be in C:\Programs). Then, in LyX click Tools > Reconfigure, and restart it. The layout will become available.
If all or most layouts are missing from LyX in Windows 8 (and possibly Windows 7) files need to be copied from the application directory to the users directory. This was used with LyX 2.1.1.
- Copy the files in C:/Program Files (x86)//Resources/layouts/
- Paste the files into C:/Users//AppData/Roaming//layouts/
  * You will have to view hidden files in order to see the AppData folder.
- In command prompt, run texhash or C:/Program Files (x86)//miktex/bin/texhash.exe
- Then, in LyX click Tools > Reconfigure; when finished restart LyX. The layouts should become available.

2. User-provided layouts

Journals and Stylesheets
- Layout and class file for the Astronomy&Astrophysics Journal you will find in the subfolder called layouts: http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/MacOSX/tex2lyx_MacOSX_21Jul05.zip (the template in LyX doesn't work)
- AMS: Modified AMS Layout Files (LyX 1.4.x and 1.5.x)
- AMS-de: AMS document classes for german documents
- layout and class file for International Ass. of Geodesy Proceedings: http://users.tkk.fi/~mvermeer/iagproc.tar.gz
- Nordic Journal for Surveying and Real estate Research, and related publ. http://users.tkk.fi/~mvermeer/njsr.tar.gz
- Institute of Navigation Proceedings class and layout files: http://users.tkk.fi/~mvermeer/ion.cls http://users.tkk.fi/~mvermeer/ion.layout
- International Journal of Computational Geometry and Applications (IJCGA): LaTeX class and LyX Layout (with permission from World Scientific Publishing Co.)
  Note: To get a PDF output you need to set the option Language package in the menu Document->Settings->Language to None.
- Advances in Modal Logic 2008 (AiML08) Layout files http://www.csse.uwa.edu.au/~john/lyx/aiml08_lyx_layout.zip
- Ergodic Theory and Dynamical systems layout files https://sites.google.com/site/mmesserschmidt/etds-layouts.tar.gz?attredirects=0&d=1
- revtex4-1: Using REVTeX 4.1 with LyX
- tRES2e: Layout and example file for the International Journal of Remote Sensing (IJRS)
- Eurographics Publications (SGP, CGF, etc.): https://sites.google.com/site/lyxeglayouts/
- Layout (and installation instructions) for SIAM journals JUQ, SIADS, SIIMS, and SIFIN: https://github.com/parsiad/siamltexmm.layout
- BMC: layout (and installation) for BMC (BiomedCentral) journals (over 60 journals in biology and medecine field): http://houchmandzadeh.net/cours/LyxLayouts/BMC/BMC.zip
- London Math Society layout files are available here.
- Layout and related files for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS): https://github.com/carlobaldassi/LyX_PNAS
Books
- tufte-book: Layout produces a book from the tufte-book class at Tufte-LaTeX webpage
- sffms: Layout produces fiction manuscripts for submission http://github.com/kcyarn/sffms-LyX-Layouts. Note: Different layouts for 1.6.* and 2.0.*. To report an issue, please go to the Github project page and click "Issues".
- LyXBook is a collection of layouts from the Editorium designed specifically for typesetting books in LyX (novels, histories, biographies, and so on).
- Springer document classes: Detailed instructions for installing them on Mac OS and Windows.
- Arabic School Book Template as used in this book on the Basics of Physics
Theses
- UC thesis: UC Thesis - A LyX layout with sample template based on the UCThesis LaTeX Class
Presentations/Slides
- LaTeX-beamer: LaTeX-beamer – a class and layout for presentations
- Powerdot: Powerdot — another powerful presentation class
- Seminar: Alternative implementation of seminar.layout, a comprehensive LaTeX class for slides (including documentation and template).
Letters
- Dinbrief: Letter layout according to the German DIN norm. (revised version)
- Brev: A4 letters for window envelopes.
- beletter: Typeset Belgian letters
- frletter: Typeset French letters
- lettre: Typeset French letters (Observatoire de Gen�ve class)
Proposals
- NIH Grant proposal. You can find a LaTeX document class, LyX layout and LyX template for creating NIH grant proposals.
Miscellaneous
- Songbook: Layout for the documentclass songbook (installation instructions)
- Exam Layout for partial support of Philip Hirschhorn's Exam Document class(approve sites)
- Some layouts and scripts for screenplays: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ruby2shoes
- Layout for Frank Küster's labbook LaTeX class: http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/LabbookInLatex
- Flashcards: a (German) layout for the flashcards class: http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~mhoffman/latex/flashcards/
- Recipebook: Layout to produce a “book” of recipes.
- tufte-handout: Layout to produce a nice-looking handout.
- HMCMathematicsHomeworkClass: Layout for math homeworks
- thms_fr: French translation of labels in theorem-like statements.
- Standalone - A very minimal layout for the standalone class, which allows you to generate LaTeX-coded pictures (for instance, with TiKZ/Pgf), properly cropped, in individual files. (The latest version is on GitHub.)
- uspatent: LaTeX class and LyX layout for U.S. Patent Applications
- designcon: LaTeX class and LyX layout DesignCon conference papers
- Software Requirements Specification (SRS) with LyX LyX layout for writing software specifications. Includes Requirements, Features, Use Cases, and Test Cases. Supports traceability using references.

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3. Creating your own layout

Creating layouts: Tips and links related to creating your own LyX layout-files

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