More reasons not previously included: Very Important pro in selling LyX to windows users: It works great and looks great on windows since 1.3.5 and Ruurd Reitsma's port (and even before, don't take offense). Previously, the cygwin environment and the "ugly" x-forms user interface deterred people... at least in my group.
Word is OK for non-technical documents with not a lot of graphics. Once you start including cross references, citation references, LyX is much easier: I tried not to laugh when a colleage of mine in the lab discovered that he had done a list of about 50 citations in Word in the WRONG format!!! I seized the opportunity and showed him how much time this takes in LyX and Bibtex styles. When Word has many graphics included, it starts hanging, many times corrupting the file beyond repair. In LyX, if it hangs (once a year or less), it leaves a beautiful emergency backup, as well as not corrupting the file (which is text only). Documents over 60 pages in word need a lot of prayers. Lyx actually does what you tell it to do, while Word feels it is smarter than you and knows for you what you wanted - placement of figures, widows, orphans, margins sometimes change by themselves. For heavy mathematics, people would want to know how much easier it will be to type equations in LyX. I always show the keyboard typing shortcuts, which you can learn as you type because of the hints, as well as a math panel "just like" Word, so you can choose what you prefer. Hope this helps Miki "Martin A. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > hello > > > > 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? > > 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) > > > pros: > > free > well written and intelligent docs > superb bibliographies using bibtex > > > cons: > > lyx/word exchange is horrible > > > > sincerely > > > martin >
