Re: Three pre-versions of PR doc

[Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen]

> Sorry to write it: Scientific Word/Workplace.
> But actually most Word users might not know that Windoze program as well.

I have Scientific Word 2.5.  It's an ok program, but IMO not as
good as LyX.  It's similar in many aspects, since it's built
on top of LaTeX.  It imports LaTeX to a (very) limited degree.

It has a relatively large range of default document styles
built in.  The range from all kinds of technical articles to
books, faxes, letters, memos, press releases, thesis and
a lot more.

However, Scientific Word is IMO more similar to ordinary
word processors, and includes a (custom built?) LaTeX rendering engine
to provide more WYSIWYG than LyX does.  This is abuse of the
main benefit of LaTeX, IMO.

Scientific Word is also relatively expensive, although their
do have a student discount.

There are a few areas where they are ahead of us, but in many
others, they are trailing us by far.
I prefer LyX any day.

Greets,

Asger