Martin wrote: > i am about to give an informal talk internally in our bioscience > research group. everybody uses word, and i am the sole lyx user hoping > to win some followers. > > does anyone have a 30 min presentation show on lyx i can use? Not for a science audience. > > i am also interested in strong pro/con arguments i can use (i am aware of the feature list > etc). please fill in below :o) > My ha'penny bit
1. Encourages structured thinking with putting in the section and subsection when one starts writing. 2. Beamer makes great presentations. 3. I use cross referencing a lot. Great help 4. Actually enjoy doing references with tkbibtex 5. Tables are easy in Word but with the capacity to put a table within a table or put graphics in a cell, or to format text with a table and then remove the lines. Just somehow actually gets used in lyx. 6. Things like minitoc really make a set of proceedings a cinch to make and easier to read. 7. Use ulineno a lot - better than trackchange for discursive work with remote collaborators. 8. Quite easy to create a word doc with the latex2html utility. > > pros: > > free > well written and intelligent docs > superb bibliographies using bibtex > > > cons: > > lyx/word exchange is horrible > Some of the problems I find. 1. People get a little overwhelmed when even a casual draft proposal looks like some sort of finished book. 2. Get very frustrated when one has to use Word for any reason occasionally. 3. A latex error can drive one nuts trying to work out what has happened. 4. Although one can do anything providing one knows about the appropriate sty file, working out which one to use can be trying. 5. lyx on windows is still a bit of a challenge. 6. When you are travelling and cant access your laptop for any reason, it does not help to have the lyx file for editing on a cdrom or a keychain drive. Hope this helps samar
