Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with smart covers etc. I've been toying with Lyx for a while

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Charles de Miramon
Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) You can insert an image (for example the logo

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Charles, Thanks, I mean by a smart cover, one with things like a vertical line to add a bit of style, maybe a photograph etc. Graham On 22 Jun 2008, at 14:11, Charles de Miramon wrote: Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with smart covers

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 22 June 2008 06:32, Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with smart

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Rich, All my technical documents, articles, white papers and so on -- including my book -- have been written using LyX. Earlier this year I decided to make the transition complete by using LyX for letters and proposals. Thanks for this, it gives encouragement to persevere with Lyx, I'm

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Steve, Personally, I think for everyday letters, ad-hoc reports, informal reports, initial design documents, and general stuff that's not too important, That's worth thinking about. For formal reports that have to look good, and especially if they have to look consistent with

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 22 June 2008 12:08, Graham Smith wrote: Steve, Personally, I think for everyday letters, ad-hoc reports, informal reports, initial design documents, and general stuff that's not too important, That's worth thinking about. For formal reports that have to look good, and

Re: Password now required to approve URIs on the wiki

2008-06-22 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 3/26/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: password as for uploading files. If you need it, just ask on one of the mailing lists. I am currently cleaning teh LiveCDs containing LyX article, and would need to add external links. Could some of the developers please forward me the

Re: Password now required to approve URIs on the wiki

2008-06-22 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Liviu Andronic wrote: On 3/26/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: password as for uploading files. If you need it, just ask on one of the mailing lists. I am currently cleaning teh LiveCDs containing LyX article, and would need to add external links. Could

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: There's a long thread in this mail list's archives on adding the letterhead (a .pdf file), signature (a .jpg file), and so on. I sent the .lyx file of a working template to Christian for inclusion in the wiki, so that's a resource, too. I can't

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Steve, This is what I am mainly interested in, having experienced how much better a report looks produced in Lyx is compared to Word, its the production of technical reports that I can see the biggest advantage. But I admit, I had been thinking of trying to move everything over to Lyx, as Rich

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 22 June 2008 13:32, Graham Smith wrote: Steve, This is what I am mainly interested in, having experienced how much better a report looks produced in Lyx is compared to Word, its the production of technical reports that I can see the biggest advantage. But I admit, I had been

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi Graham, I'm using LyX for many (probably at least five or six) years now. Before I had used plain LaTeX also for years. I have invested some time and used my experience with LaTeX to design templates for LyX documents for a few different types of papers I need for my small one man

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Christian, There's a long thread in this mail list's archives on adding the letterhead (a .pdf file), signature (a .jpg file), and so on. I sent the .lyx file of a working template to Christian for inclusion in the wiki, so that's a resource, too. I can't actually find this on the

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Steve, Mmmm, I think I will be doing well to get people using Lyx, without introducing more alien programs to them ! But I agree about the usefulness of something like VimOutliner for ad hoc stuff. I have used Emacs with org.mode for this, and I take on board the issues of ad hoc stuff in

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: I think this is a marketing thing, I have been to too many meetings where, the people making the decisions, are impressed by how a report looks more than what the report says. Graham, Yes, there are too many people for whom appearance is more

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Rich I think this is a marketing thing, I have been to too many meetings where, the people making the decisions, are impressed by how a report looks more than what the report says. Graham, Yes, there are too many people for whom appearance is more important than is content. I don't

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Les Denham
On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 11:32 +0100, Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Graham, I've been trying to do this for some years

Where does Aspell need to be?

2008-06-22 Thread David Strang
Hi: LyX 1.5.5-3, Win2k SP4. I ask where aspell goes because I previously installed LyX as a portable app on a USB drive, specifified by E: . When I installed LyX under windows with the 1.5.5-3 installer. Aspell kept trying to install on the E: drive (which is not there and incorrect). Where

Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with smart covers etc. I've been toying with Lyx for a while

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Charles de Miramon
Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) You can insert an image (for example the logo

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Charles, Thanks, I mean by a smart cover, one with things like a vertical line to add a bit of style, maybe a photograph etc. Graham On 22 Jun 2008, at 14:11, Charles de Miramon wrote: Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with smart covers

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 22 June 2008 06:32, Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with smart

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Rich, All my technical documents, articles, white papers and so on -- including my book -- have been written using LyX. Earlier this year I decided to make the transition complete by using LyX for letters and proposals. Thanks for this, it gives encouragement to persevere with Lyx, I'm

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Steve, Personally, I think for everyday letters, ad-hoc reports, informal reports, initial design documents, and general stuff that's not too important, That's worth thinking about. For formal reports that have to look good, and especially if they have to look consistent with

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 22 June 2008 12:08, Graham Smith wrote: Steve, Personally, I think for everyday letters, ad-hoc reports, informal reports, initial design documents, and general stuff that's not too important, That's worth thinking about. For formal reports that have to look good, and

Re: Password now required to approve URIs on the wiki

2008-06-22 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 3/26/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: password as for uploading files. If you need it, just ask on one of the mailing lists. I am currently cleaning teh LiveCDs containing LyX article, and would need to add external links. Could some of the developers please forward me the

Re: Password now required to approve URIs on the wiki

2008-06-22 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Liviu Andronic wrote: On 3/26/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: password as for uploading files. If you need it, just ask on one of the mailing lists. I am currently cleaning teh LiveCDs containing LyX article, and would need to add external links. Could

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: There's a long thread in this mail list's archives on adding the letterhead (a .pdf file), signature (a .jpg file), and so on. I sent the .lyx file of a working template to Christian for inclusion in the wiki, so that's a resource, too. I can't

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Steve, This is what I am mainly interested in, having experienced how much better a report looks produced in Lyx is compared to Word, its the production of technical reports that I can see the biggest advantage. But I admit, I had been thinking of trying to move everything over to Lyx, as Rich

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 22 June 2008 13:32, Graham Smith wrote: Steve, This is what I am mainly interested in, having experienced how much better a report looks produced in Lyx is compared to Word, its the production of technical reports that I can see the biggest advantage. But I admit, I had been

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi Graham, I'm using LyX for many (probably at least five or six) years now. Before I had used plain LaTeX also for years. I have invested some time and used my experience with LaTeX to design templates for LyX documents for a few different types of papers I need for my small one man

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Christian, There's a long thread in this mail list's archives on adding the letterhead (a .pdf file), signature (a .jpg file), and so on. I sent the .lyx file of a working template to Christian for inclusion in the wiki, so that's a resource, too. I can't actually find this on the

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Steve, Mmmm, I think I will be doing well to get people using Lyx, without introducing more alien programs to them ! But I agree about the usefulness of something like VimOutliner for ad hoc stuff. I have used Emacs with org.mode for this, and I take on board the issues of ad hoc stuff in

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: I think this is a marketing thing, I have been to too many meetings where, the people making the decisions, are impressed by how a report looks more than what the report says. Graham, Yes, there are too many people for whom appearance is more

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Rich I think this is a marketing thing, I have been to too many meetings where, the people making the decisions, are impressed by how a report looks more than what the report says. Graham, Yes, there are too many people for whom appearance is more important than is content. I don't

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Les Denham
On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 11:32 +0100, Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Graham, I've been trying to do this for some years

Where does Aspell need to be?

2008-06-22 Thread David Strang
Hi: LyX 1.5.5-3, Win2k SP4. I ask where aspell goes because I previously installed LyX as a portable app on a USB drive, specifified by E: . When I installed LyX under windows with the 1.5.5-3 installer. Aspell kept trying to install on the E: drive (which is not there and incorrect). Where

Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with "smart" covers etc. I've been toying with Lyx for a

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Charles de Miramon
Graham Smith wrote: > A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their > experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me > towards some web links, with maybe example templates. > > Headed notepaper, business (technical) You can insert an image (for example the

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Charles, Thanks, I mean by a smart cover, one with things like a vertical line to add a bit of style, maybe a photograph etc. Graham On 22 Jun 2008, at 14:11, Charles de Miramon wrote: Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with "smart" covers

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 22 June 2008 06:32, Graham Smith wrote: > A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their > experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me > towards some web links, with maybe example templates. > > Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Rich, All my technical documents, articles, white papers and so on -- including my book -- have been written using LyX. Earlier this year I decided to make the transition complete by using LyX for letters and proposals. Thanks for this, it gives encouragement to persevere with Lyx, I'm

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Steve, Personally, I think for everyday letters, ad-hoc reports, informal reports, initial design documents, and general "stuff" that's not too important, That's worth thinking about. For formal reports that have to look good, and especially if they have to look consistent with

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 22 June 2008 12:08, Graham Smith wrote: > Steve, > > > Personally, I think for everyday letters, ad-hoc reports, informal > > reports, > > initial design documents, and general "stuff" that's not too > > important, > > That's worth thinking about. > > > For formal reports that have to

Re: Password now required to approve URIs on the wiki

2008-06-22 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 3/26/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > password as for uploading files. If you need it, just ask on one of the > mailing lists. > I am currently cleaning teh "LiveCDs containing LyX" article, and would need to add external links. Could some of the developers please forward me

Re: Password now required to approve URIs on the wiki

2008-06-22 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Liviu Andronic wrote: On 3/26/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: password as for uploading files. If you need it, just ask on one of the mailing lists. I am currently cleaning teh "LiveCDs containing LyX" article, and would need to add external links. Could

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: There's a long thread in this mail list's archives on adding the letterhead (a .pdf file), signature (a .jpg file), and so on. I sent the .lyx file of a working template to Christian for inclusion in the wiki, so that's a resource, too. I can't

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Steve, This is what I am mainly interested in, having experienced how much better a report looks produced in Lyx is compared to Word, its the production of technical reports that I can see the biggest advantage. But I admit, I had been thinking of trying to move everything over to Lyx, as Rich

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 22 June 2008 13:32, Graham Smith wrote: > Steve, > > >> This is what I am mainly interested in, having experienced how much > >> better a report looks produced in Lyx is compared to Word, its the > >> production of technical reports that I can see the biggest advantage. > >> But I admit,

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi Graham, I'm using LyX for many (probably at least five or six) years now. Before I had used plain LaTeX also for years. I have invested some time and used my experience with LaTeX to design templates for LyX documents for a few different types of papers I need for my small one man

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Christian, There's a long thread in this mail list's archives on adding the letterhead (a .pdf file), signature (a .jpg file), and so on. I sent the .lyx file of a working template to Christian for inclusion in the wiki, so that's a resource, too. I can't actually find this on the

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Steve, Mmmm, I think I will be doing well to get people using Lyx, without introducing more alien programs to them ! But I agree about the usefulness of something like VimOutliner for ad hoc stuff. I have used Emacs with org.mode for this, and I take on board the issues of ad hoc stuff in

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: I think this is a marketing thing, I have been to too many meetings where, the people making the decisions, are impressed by how a report looks more than what the report says. Graham, Yes, there are too many people for whom appearance is more

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Rich I think this is a marketing thing, I have been to too many meetings where, the people making the decisions, are impressed by how a report looks more than what the report says. Graham, Yes, there are too many people for whom appearance is more important than is content. I don't

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Les Denham
On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 11:32 +0100, Graham Smith wrote: > A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their > experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me > towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Graham, I've been trying to do this for some

Where does Aspell need to be?

2008-06-22 Thread David Strang
Hi: LyX 1.5.5-3, Win2k SP4. I ask where aspell goes because I previously installed LyX as a portable app on a USB drive, specifified by E: . When I installed LyX under windows with the 1.5.5-3 installer. Aspell kept trying to install on the E: drive (which is not there and incorrect). Where