I have to write some documents that will include source code examples. Some of the examples will be written from the IDE, and others would be written in place. My examples a
This is related to this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/2653406/931265 Creating an object solved all of my problems.
Insert > Object > Opendocument Text
This will open a document window, paste your text, format it how you want, and close it.
The result is a figure. Right click the object, and select 'add a caption'.
You can now make cross references, create a table of figures.