On Fri, 1 May 2009, Thomas L?cke wrote:
I'm currently working my way through the tutorial and the user's guide, and already I'm impressed at how nice output looks. I can't quite put my finger on what it is, but there's definitely something slick about it.
Word processors work with each line as a formatting unit. TeX uses the paragraph and the page as units for formatting. We are used to seeing typeset output in published books and magazines so we unconsiously register the appearance of the entire page. If you want to see the differences very clearly, print one page of text using your favorite word processor, then the same text using LyX. When seen side-by-side the differences are immediately obvious.
I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean: If I don't use any of the styles of a document class, why use the class in the first place? Or am I missing something?
When you select a document class it provides all the typographic styles you need ... unless there's something specific and non-standard. The layout of an article is different from that of a report, and both are different from that of a book. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
