This would be great, but I cannot volunteer as, in the words of Sgt Schultz: "I know nothink."
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 08:52:52 +1300 Lance BLACKLER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about a demo of these programs at a CLUG meeting sometime - need not be > too in depth - maybe just show us some examples of documents created and a > quick demo of the process followed by a discussion of the pros and cons. It > might whet some appetites enough to give it a go. > > Any volunteers? > > Lance B > > > > > > > >From: Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: What is latex > >Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 17:18:57 +1300 > > > >I've always thought it would be good for legal documents, if you could > >dumb it down enough for legal secretaries (that sounds awful but most of > >them treat word like a typewriter you don't need to put a ribbon in) > > > >features it seems would be good in my line of work: > > > >1. documents need to follow a number of style formats, eg letters, Court > >documents (different styles for different courts). > > > >2. documents need good and configurable multi-depth numbering & > >outlining, as well as headings to go with it. > > > >3. documents can lend themselves to variables and scripting - eg a set > >of mirror wills for husband & wife, changing him/his to her/hers or > >them/theirs, choosing options for documents (eg put in grandchildren, > >provide for mistress, etc), dragging client details from a database etc. > > > >One day I will grok LaTeX or [k]lyx and combine it with a new gui > >frontend linked to a database back end make it all work. > > > >On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 17:05:41 +1300 > >Mark Carey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 17:00, Peter Glassenbury wrote: > > > > > Latex is good for what it is but it is *not* for writing casual one > >page > > > > > documents or similar. > > > > What -- that is mainly what I use it for (since I don't write > > > > large documents.) > > > > > > I use it for both, casual and formal documents, I love that I can > > > concentrate on the content and not split hairs about the positioning of > > > my tables or figures ..... yes you can have tables and figures in a > > > letter. > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > >-- > >Nick Rout > >Barrister & Solicitor > >Christchurch, NZ > >Ph +64 3 3798966 > >Fax + 64 3 3798853 > >http://www.rout.co.nz > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
