My suggestion: Go personally and install lyx by yourself on your boss's/co-author's computer, make sure everything works by yourself.
Now spend 5 minutes with him on basic editing in lyx, and hope for the best. Is that feasable? "Martin A. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >i am currently writing a paper (in lyx of couse) and my coauthor wanted > the manuscript for editing. now, he uses word and only word. therefore i > am forced to use some two-step method in order to generate a .rtf > document he can open. at this point the 50 or so citation references > have gone fubar. after my coauthor has finished editing the manuscript > he will return it in .doc or .rtf format and i am going to either locate > the changes he made and copy/paste those to my version of the manuscript > - or reformat the entire manuscript again with lyx (includin the 50 > citation refs). > > if that is not horrible, i dont want to know what horrible is! > > > > martin > > > > > On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 02:26:59PM -0700, Jack M. Lyon wrote: >> > cons: >> > ===== >> > >> > * lyx/word exchange is horrible >> >> That depends. There are lots of ways to get a LaTeX file out of a Word >> document (got to use Word paragraph styles, though): >> >> http://www.tug.org/utilities/texconv/pc2txtbl.html >> >> Then use TeX2LyX or reLyX to bring the file into LyX. >> >> Also worth investigating would be saving a Word document as filtered HTML >> or >> as XML and then using an HTML2LaTeX or XML2LaTeX converter, which you can >> find on Google. >> >> And if you export a LyX document as HTML, you can open the HTML document >> into Word. >> >> It's certainly not a perfect round-trip, but it's not bad, either. And >> I'm >> not taking math into account. :) >> >> Best wishes, >> Jack M. Lyon >> ___________________________________________________ >> >> The EDITORIUM >> Microsoft Word Add-Ins for Publishing Professionals >> http://www.editorium.com >> ___________________________________________________ >> >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Martin A. Hansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 2:09 PM >> > To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org >> > Subject: selling lyx part 2 >> > >> > >> > hello again >> > >> > >> > thank you very much for the input. >> > >> > apparently noone have any slideshow presentations introducing >> > lyx to the ignorant word user. >> > >> > i hereby suggest we make one - and perhaps even include it in >> > the documentation on lyx.org? >> > >> > but first i will summon up the pro/con input from the mailing list: >> > >> > >> > pros: >> > ===== >> > >> > * easy to use and stable >> > >> > * free >> > >> > * well written and intelligent docs >> > >> > * focus on content instead of layout >> > >> > * the printed output is truely typeset giving nicer output >> > >> > * table of contents, lists, etc are automatic (with no errors >> > like word) >> > >> > * superb bibliographies using bibtex >> > >> > * cross references are awesome >> > >> > * cross references (and citition dito) are automatically >> > numbered and maintained >> > >> > * departmental/group standard documents gets lean >> > >> > * math equations are handled professionally >> > >> > * journals may provide latex classes of thier own >> > >> > * it is possible to make pdf files with pdflatex >> > >> > * uses a text file format allowing for easy and full back >> > compatibility >> > >> > * encourages structured thinking with putting in the section >> > and subsection when one starts writing >> > >> > * tables and graphics within tables is possible >> > >> > * minitoc is a nice feature >> > >> > * great at placement of figures etc. no orphans. >> > >> > * figure placement are superior and true to typesetting >> > >> > >> > cons: >> > ===== >> > >> > * lyx/word exchange is horrible >> > >> > * the word position in the printed doc is not the same as on >> > the screen >> > >> > * a longer learning curve once you need to move beyond the basics >> > >> > * you will hit very quickly the ceiling of lyx and have your >> > documents full of ERT >> > >> > * latex is hard to debug. error messages are usually quite >> > meaningless >> > >> > * lyx on windows is still a bit of a challenge >> > >> > * not very many people uses lyx. you need to bring your own >> > laptop with lyx always. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > did i miss anything important in the above? >> > >> > is it not a strong argument that the entire body of >> > litterature within the sciences is typeset with latex? (is this true?) >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > now for the layout of the slideshow (first the >> > thinking/brainstorming part - your help is ugently needed!). >> > >> > i will suggest something around 20 slides and if possible >> > examplify all of the above pros. and of couse, one >> > should also mention the cons ... >> > >> > >> > 1 cover slide >> > >> > 1 slide with introduction >> > >> > 1 slide with tex/latex/lyx history and use >> > >> > some slides giving a graphical tour just like on lyx.org >> > >> > a couple of slides showing how to insert citation references >> > (this really seem to win peoples hearts) >> > >> > a couple of slides on how to install lyx >> > >> > 1 final slide with pros and cons >> > >> > >> > >> > suggestions to the composition of this slideshow is welcome - >> > and if anyone have ideas to any particular slide, dont hesitate. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > best regards >> > >> > >> > >> > martin >> > >
