Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-08 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2010-04-08, Typhoon wrote: Well, if you are going to abandon LyX for the job, you might also want to take a look at S5: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/ Depends on how fancy your presentation needs to be, but I like S5 for fairly simple ones (and I personally think that most *should* be

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-08 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 07 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: [snip] As I read that doc I begin to wonder whether pure LaTeX would be the preferred way to make a Beamer presentation. LyX is great for 50,000 word books, but I'm thinking the line oriented nature of LaTeX might better match the line oriented

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-08 Thread Typhoon
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 07:24:33 + (UTC) Guenter Milde mi...@users.berlios.de wrote: On 2010-04-08, Typhoon wrote: Well, if you are going to abandon LyX for the job, you might also want to take a look at S5: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/ Depends on how fancy your presentation needs

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-08 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2010-04-08, Typhoon wrote: Well, if you are going to abandon LyX for the job, you might also want to take a look at S5: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/ Depends on how fancy your presentation needs to be, but I like S5 for fairly simple ones (and I personally think that most *should* be

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-08 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 07 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: [snip] As I read that doc I begin to wonder whether pure LaTeX would be the preferred way to make a Beamer presentation. LyX is great for 50,000 word books, but I'm thinking the line oriented nature of LaTeX might better match the line oriented

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-08 Thread Typhoon
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 07:24:33 + (UTC) Guenter Milde mi...@users.berlios.de wrote: On 2010-04-08, Typhoon wrote: Well, if you are going to abandon LyX for the job, you might also want to take a look at S5: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/ Depends on how fancy your presentation needs

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-08 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2010-04-08, Typhoon wrote: > Well, if you are going to abandon LyX for the job, you might also want > to take a look at S5: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/ > Depends on how fancy your presentation needs to be, but I like S5 for > fairly simple ones (and I personally think that most

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-08 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 07 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: > [snip] > As I read that doc I begin to wonder whether pure LaTeX would be the > preferred > way to make a Beamer presentation. LyX is great for 50,000 word books, but > I'm > thinking the line oriented nature of LaTeX might better match the line >

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-08 Thread Typhoon
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 07:24:33 + (UTC) Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2010-04-08, Typhoon wrote: > > > Well, if you are going to abandon LyX for the job, you might also > > want to take a look at S5: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/ > > > Depends on how fancy your

Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I've never made a presentation in LyX, but I'd like to try it out on a ten minute presentation. What do I use, Beamer? Could someone point me to a Beamer tutorial or Beamer proof of concept, or a tutorial or proof of concept for another presentation making tool? Thanks SteveT Steve

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: I've never made a presentation in LyX, but I'd like to try it out on a ten minute presentation. What do I use, Beamer? Could someone point me to a Beamer tutorial or Beamer proof of concept, or a tutorial or proof of

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: I've never made a presentation in LyX, but I'd like to try it out on a ten minute presentation. What do I use, Beamer? Could someone point me to a Beamer tutorial or Beamer proof of concept, or a tutorial or proof of concept for another presentation making

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 07 April 2010 12:55:07 Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: I've never made a presentation in LyX, but I'd like to try it out on a ten minute presentation. What do I use, Beamer? Could someone point me to a Beamer tutorial or Beamer proof of concept, or a

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: Which PDF guide -- what's the URL, filename, or mouse click path to get to it? Steve, Here it's: /usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/beamer/beameruserguide.pdf Rich

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 17:51 +0100, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: I've never made a presentation in LyX, but I'd like to try it out on a ten minute presentation. What do I use, Beamer? Could someone point me to a Beamer

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 07 April 2010 13:28:04 Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: Which PDF guide -- what's the URL, filename, or mouse click path to get to it? Steve, Here it's: /usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/beamer/beameruserguide.pdf Rich Got it! It was in a different

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 19:49:11 -0400 Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: On Wednesday 07 April 2010 13:28:04 Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: Which PDF guide -- what's the URL, filename, or mouse click path to get to it? Steve, Here it's:

Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I've never made a presentation in LyX, but I'd like to try it out on a ten minute presentation. What do I use, Beamer? Could someone point me to a Beamer tutorial or Beamer proof of concept, or a tutorial or proof of concept for another presentation making tool? Thanks SteveT Steve

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: I've never made a presentation in LyX, but I'd like to try it out on a ten minute presentation. What do I use, Beamer? Could someone point me to a Beamer tutorial or Beamer proof of concept, or a tutorial or proof of

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: I've never made a presentation in LyX, but I'd like to try it out on a ten minute presentation. What do I use, Beamer? Could someone point me to a Beamer tutorial or Beamer proof of concept, or a tutorial or proof of concept for another presentation making

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 07 April 2010 12:55:07 Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: I've never made a presentation in LyX, but I'd like to try it out on a ten minute presentation. What do I use, Beamer? Could someone point me to a Beamer tutorial or Beamer proof of concept, or a

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: Which PDF guide -- what's the URL, filename, or mouse click path to get to it? Steve, Here it's: /usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/beamer/beameruserguide.pdf Rich

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 17:51 +0100, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: I've never made a presentation in LyX, but I'd like to try it out on a ten minute presentation. What do I use, Beamer? Could someone point me to a Beamer

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 07 April 2010 13:28:04 Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: Which PDF guide -- what's the URL, filename, or mouse click path to get to it? Steve, Here it's: /usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/beamer/beameruserguide.pdf Rich Got it! It was in a different

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 19:49:11 -0400 Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: On Wednesday 07 April 2010 13:28:04 Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: Which PDF guide -- what's the URL, filename, or mouse click path to get to it? Steve, Here it's:

Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I've never made a presentation in LyX, but I'd like to try it out on a ten minute presentation. What do I use, Beamer? Could someone point me to a Beamer tutorial or Beamer proof of concept, or a tutorial or proof of concept for another presentation making tool? Thanks SteveT Steve

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > I've never made a presentation in LyX, but I'd like to try it out on a ten > minute presentation. What do I use, Beamer? Could someone point me to a Beamer > tutorial or Beamer proof of concept, or a tutorial or proof

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: I've never made a presentation in LyX, but I'd like to try it out on a ten minute presentation. What do I use, Beamer? Could someone point me to a Beamer tutorial or Beamer proof of concept, or a tutorial or proof of concept for another presentation making

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 07 April 2010 12:55:07 Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: > > I've never made a presentation in LyX, but I'd like to try it out on a > > ten minute presentation. What do I use, Beamer? Could someone point me to > > a Beamer tutorial or Beamer proof of concept,

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: Which PDF guide -- what's the URL, filename, or mouse click path to get to it? Steve, Here it's: /usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/beamer/beameruserguide.pdf Rich

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 17:51 +0100, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > I've never made a presentation in LyX, but I'd like to try it out on a ten > > minute presentation. What do I use, Beamer? Could someone point me to a > >

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 07 April 2010 13:28:04 Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: > > Which PDF guide -- what's the URL, filename, or mouse click path to get > > to it? > > Steve, > >Here it's: /usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/beamer/beameruserguide.pdf > > Rich Got it! It was in a

Re: Making a presentation in LyX

2010-04-07 Thread Typhoon
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 19:49:11 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > On Wednesday 07 April 2010 13:28:04 Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Steve Litt wrote: > > > Which PDF guide -- what's the URL, filename, or mouse click path > > > to get to it? > > > > Steve, > > > >