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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: Lyx for business
From:       Graham Smith <graham.smith () myotis ! co ! uk>
Date:       2008-06-22 19:18:28
Message-ID: 85DB6D14-FD32-4FE7-B5BE-B912701DD4C4 () myotis ! co ! uk
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Steve,

>>
>> 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.

That's exactly what I did with Word, and is my plan for Lyx, but I  
don't have the same level of expertise in Lyx that I did in Word,  
when I did it for Word.

Graham

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