> > * the printed output is truely typeset giving nicer output > > I'd really focus this a bit more, since it is my personal "killer" argument: > The LaTeX output is way better than word's output from a typographical point > of view. Especially with pdflatex, you are able to produce highly > professional output, including straightforward macrotypographical (very good > page layout, intelligent setting of floating objects, good line breaking > algorithm, paragraph-based instead of the line-based thing of word, mostly > good dealing with widows/orphans) as well as microtypographical features > (ligatures, character protuding, font expansion, possibility to use high > quality [type1] fonts) etc. [1] Also, the quality of the pdf files is quite > good. I got very good feedback from the printers which had to deal with my > files. I also submit acrobat-created word-pdf files from time to time, and > almost anytime, something is fishy with the file (which might of course be > due to my missing skills).
can someone supply screenshots showing the differences of a given layout in word and in lyx. i think it would be very nice to draw peoples attention to small examples where the typesetting differences are clear: 1. line-based vs paragraph-based layout 2. floats 3. orphans best regards martin
