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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: Lyx for business
From:       Steve Litt <slitt () troubleshooters ! com>
Date:       2008-06-22 18:06:53
Message-ID: 200806221406.54116.slitt () troubleshooters ! com
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On Sunday 22 June 2008 13:32, Graham Smith wrote:
> Steve,
>
> >> This is what I am mainly interested in, having experienced how much
> >> better a report looks produced in Lyx is compared to Word, its the
> >> production of technical reports that I can see the biggest advantage.
> >> But I admit, I had been thinking of trying to move everything over to
> >> Lyx, as Rich has now done.
> >
> > My experience is that LyX is really bad for ad-hoc type stuff.
> > Therefore, if
> > you move completely to LyX, I'd recommend you pick up VimOutliner
> > (http://www.vimoutliner.org) for "thinking on paper". If you use it
> > under
> > Linux or on Windows with Cygwin, you can incorporate non-text stuff
> > into your
> > outline via executable lines.
> >
> > Another suggestion -- For the ultimate multi-format ad hoc docs,
> > use Kompozer,
> > a graphic web designer. It's available at http://kompozer.net/.
> >
> > I use VimOutliner many hours each day, and I use Kompozer several
> > times per
> > week.
>
> Mmmm, I think I will be doing well to get people using Lyx, without
> introducing more alien programs to them !
>
> But I agree about the usefulness of something like VimOutliner for ad
> hoc stuff.  I have used Emacs with org.mode for this, and I take on
> board the issues of ad hoc stuff in Lyx.
>
> Graham

In that case, make a standard layout file for your company before you start. 
Think of all the paragraph and character styles needed, and put them in. Be 
sure to put in things like Note, Tip, Warning, Caution, and a generic type of 
thing where the writer inserts the title of the box in the boxtitle 
environment, and then the box contents in the boxcontents style. Teach them 
how to do outlines in LyX. I like to have a "story" environment which I use 
for short narrative stories. 

Pre-think all possible writing situations, and the environments and character 
styles those situations make necessary. If you give them a good enough 
layout, and a document explaining what to use when, most LyX writing, even ad 
hoc stuff, can become easy.

SteveT

Steve Litt
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http://www.recession-relief.US

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