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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: Lyx for business
From:       Graham Smith <graham.smith () myotis ! co ! uk>
Date:       2008-06-23 14:10:38
Message-ID: D8DFD686-BBA6-4B82-B0E1-9E5D1C5AB9D0 () myotis ! co ! uk
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>
Christian

>>> 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.
>
> If you can list in detail what you need, I think you're half-way  
> home. :-)
> Then you can ask this mailing list for help, only keep it to one  
> issue per thread (i.e. one paragraph layout per thread). That'll  
> make things easier for those that want to help and also for people  
> searching the archives in the future.

Yes, for specific issues that is what I will do, this was more a  
brainstorming request.
>
> /Christian
>
> PS. It'd be great if you would allow the final layout to be used by  
> others, but I understand if that's impossible for business reasons.

I will see what I can do, as a selection of business type templates  
on the Wiki would be useful, if for nothing else to support Lyx as a  
serious business tool, and not just for quirky academics.

Graham
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