> LyX strives to offer an authoring environment that requires no (or > truly minimal) knowledge of LaTeX.
And this feature is pretty foolproof. As proven by this fool. >;-> > In practice, however, rudimentary LaTeX knowledge is always required > when working with LyX, You can learn all that from the manuals while authoring your first document with LyX. I did it exactly that way myself. Sincerely, Wolfgang