Take the 2-minute tour ×  I just installed the newest version of
LyX 2.0.4 and notice that the table numbering is by section. How
do I remove this so that it is naturally incremented for each
table created, like it was before?  Edit: Here is a sample file
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down vote accepted  Thank you for posting a nice minimum working
example. Two things to note here: 1. You are using the report
class. 2. By "section" you mean "chapter".  Either change your
chapters to sections or go to Document > Settings > LaTeX
Preamble and add the following:   Note that this assumes you
have the chngcntr package installed.  share|improve this answer
Thank you, it works :) But why change chapters to sections? I
didn't see any difference in the names. Chapter 3 is still
Chapter 3 –  Wilhelmsen Oct 5 '12 at 12:40 @Wilhelmsen I don't
understand. If you change the chapters to sections, I don't
think you should see "Chapter 3". –  scottkosty Oct 5 '12 at
20:54 Well, I do. If I use o