Lyx

Posted by Graham Smith
Jan 2, 2007 at 07:39 AM

Derek

>> And I shall stop with that example for I can go on for pages describing my
>Word experiences, and it just gets me annoyed.
> >A pretty fair reflection of my feelings.

And many others I know

>As part of my recent plain-text obsession I did look at Lyx, but I have the
>usual problem of having to collaborate with others, or follow journal guidelines -
>even when I am doing reviews for them.

Well, I have a similar problem, and Word will still be my most used tool. However, I can still see good use for Lyx when I am working on my own, especially when I need to provide a well laid out hard copy report. The final layout is often where a lot of time is wasted in Word.

So far I am enjoying Lyz, (1.4 seems to have added a lot of useful features over 1.3) and it seems to fill that middle ground between Word and DTP that I wanted for my printed reports as well giving a useful writing environment.

>Now that I am drafting in a plain-text editor the way I used to a few years ago I can feel the BP falling rapidly.

What are you using for the drafting?

Graham