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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: Lyx for business
From:       Les Denham <ldenham () hal-pc ! org>
Date:       2008-06-23 4:08:02
Message-ID: 1214194082.30935.17.camel () azimat ! iiandt ! com
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On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 11:32 +0100, Graham Smith wrote:
> A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their  
> experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me  
> towards some web links, with maybe example templates.

Graham,

I've been trying to do this for some years now. I have yet to persuade
my partner to convert to LyX, even though every time he writes something
(in OpenOffice or MS Word) he passes it on to me to "fix the
formatting".  I usually just save it as text, import it into LyX, and
return it to him in PDF format.

I have several templates for different purposes, and start my documents
with a copy of one of them.  They are mainly based on Koma classes, and
have features like a logo at the top of the first page, and a small logo
in the running header on subsequent pages (set up in the Preamble).

I estimate writing and formatting most documents in LyX takes about half
the time required for the same document in MS Word.

I also use LyX and Powerdot instead of PowerPoint for presentations.

I have the most problems with clients who absolutely insist on receiving
reports in MS Word format (or even PowerPoint format!).  As far as
possible, I ignore such requirements and use PDF.

Les

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