(this list always fools me into replying directly, instead of to the list)
Yes, the learning curve is steep, but worth it for the control you get.
If you're already 250 pages into it then yes, you want to look for
conversions. At worst you could install OpenOffice, convert the Word
document, then convert to Lyx (I think you may have to convert to LaTeX,
then from there to LyX). Between the fundamental differences between
Word and LaTeX, and the fact that you've been WYSIWYGing you are
guaranteed to end up with a messed-up document, which you will have to fix.
But those last 50 pages will still be easier to end up with in LyX if
you convert now.
*Meredith * wrote:
Thanks for this Tim, being new to Lyx it just seemed like a steep
learning curve (though outputs are so much better than word) that I
thought pasting the entire ref list at the end of the document (from
word) would be easier than importing them all (especially since I have
only about 50 more pages to write and 250 already written in word). Is
there an easy way that you know of to import word documents?
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Tim Wescott <t...@wescottdesign.com
<mailto:t...@wescottdesign.com>> wrote:
*Meredith * wrote:
Having realised that the importing of my 500+ references into
Lyx would be quite a mission, I decided to write the very
large document I am working on in Word 2007, and then when I
get to the rough draft stage to import and format in Lyx. I
was just curious if anyone had any suggestions on how to make
this transition as smooth as possible. Ideally I'd like to
keep most of the basic formating from Word (italics and
indents, heading classes I can of course input into Lyx).
Many thanks for any help you can provide!
Meredith
If importing those 500 references is going to be a chore now, how
is it going to be less of a chore when you have to do it and deal
with your very large document to boot?
You _will_ have less work to do to end up with a decent LyX
document if you write in LyX from the start, even if you do have
those references to contend with.
--
Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
Voice: 503-631-7815
Cell: 503-349-8432
http://www.wescottdesign.com
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Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
Voice: 503-631-7815
Cell: 503-349-8432
http://www.wescottdesign.com
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Thanks for this Tim, being new to Lyx it just seemed like a steep learning
curve (though outputs are so much better than word) that I thought pasting
the entire ref list at the end of the document (from word) would be easier
than importing them all (especially since I have only about 50 more pages to
write and 250 already written in word). Is there an easy way that you know
of to import word documents?
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Tim Wescott <t...@wescottdesign.com> wrote:
> *Meredith * wrote:
>
>> Having realised that the importing of my 500+ references into Lyx would be
>> quite a mission, I decided to write the very large document I am working on
>> in Word 2007, and then when I get to the rough draft stage to import and
>> format in Lyx. I was just curious if anyone had any suggestions on how to
>> make this transition as smooth as possible. Ideally I'd like to keep most of
>> the basic formating from Word (italics and indents, heading classes I can of
>> course input into Lyx).
>> Many thanks for any help you can provide!
>> Meredith
>>
> If importing those 500 references is going to be a chore now, how is it
> going to be less of a chore when you have to do it and deal with your very
> large document to boot?
>
> You _will_ have less work to do to end up with a decent LyX document if you
> write in LyX from the start, even if you do have those references to contend
> with.
>
> --
> Tim Wescott
> Wescott Design Services
> Voice: 503-631-7815
> Cell: 503-349-8432
> http://www.wescottdesign.com
>
>
>
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