--- John Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:34:36 -0500 (EST) > From: John Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: OpenOffice vs. LyX > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- Gunnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Unfortunatly I must also say that OpenOffice is > far > > behind MS Word. I'm trying > > to forget how to use Ms Word and OO, it always > just > > ends up in a total mess > > if I try to do something except just writing > letters > > and pressing space and > > enter for formating. > > > > I hope you have learnt your lesson: LyX is always > > worth the effort ;-) > > Strange. I have been using OOo for about 2 years > without any real problems and it has been a great > relief to get away from Word. > > One of the big problems that former MS Word users > have > is expecting it to work in the same way as Word and > while it superficially looks like Word it is not the > same under the hood. > > I know of several books that have been published > using > OOo. It works quite well but I suspect that if you > know how to set up LyX properly it would be as fast > and better than doing the same thing in OOo > particularly if you're writing academic or technical > books > > It certainly does not do all the things that Word > does > but the Word does not do all the things that OOo > does. > > > > > > > But I do hope that some day (in lyx 1.5 perhaps?) > > there will be a nice gui to > > customize styles/layouts in LyX. that will be so > > easy to use so that even a > > person that never have used LyX can use it and > > create stuff so beautiful that > > it would put MS Word and OO out of business. > > > > Best wishes > > Gunnar > > > > On Tuesday 23 January 2007 06:00, Steve Litt > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I was considering switching to OpenOffice > because > > of the excessive effort > > > in creating/modifying styles in LyX. > > > > > > So as an experiment, I began making a > derivative, > > in OpenOffice, of a book > > > I originally wrote using MS Word. > > > > > > WHAT A MESS! Styles I created in OpenOffice > > wouldn't stay created. If they > > > stayed created, they'd magically change > properties > > from time to time. > > > Numbers kept changing to bullets and vice versa. > > I'm scared I'll be fine > > > tuning this document every time it's edited in > any > > way, or even printed. I > > > will NEVER AGAIN write a book in OpenOffice. > > I have seen it done. It does mean you need to learn > a > fair bit about how OOo Writer works. As a new LyX > user I suspect that I would use LyX rather than OOo > for a book and probably for major reports. > > However if you need a good word > processor/spreadsheet/graphics program/decent > presention program/fairly database for zero money it > is a good deal. > > I don't understand why you had missing styles but I > suspect they were not missing as much as they were > under a different menu item in the Stylist. > > Bullets/numbers may have meant an buggy version. > Try > upgrading to OOo 2.04 or 2.1 > > Like any large program it takes time to figure out > the > idiosyncraces > > > > > > > > > Yeah, it's tough to create custom styles in LyX > > (LaTeX), but at least once > > > they're made, they stay made, and always print > the > > same way. While writing > > > this derivative book, not a day goes by where I > > don't miss LyX. > > > > > > SteveT > > > > > > Steve Litt > > > Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books > > and courseware > > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/ > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
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