On Sunday 04 November 2007 12:45, Maria Gouskova wrote:
> > > > Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles?
> > >
> > > OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles
> > > I've ever seen. They just
> > > magically change and disappear. If you're doing more
> > > than writing a letter,
> > > I'd recommend against OpenOffice.
> > >
> > > SteveT
> >
> > I have equal experience ;-)
> > Marcelo
>
> I initially tried NeoOffice (OpenOffice implementation for Macs) after
> defecting from MSWord, but had to gave up after struggling with it for
> a couple of weeks. Even Word has a better implementation of styles
> than OO. I had some other problems with it--for example, it either
> hides or doesn't provide formatting features that I use on a daily
> basis. The inability to work with styles and the mystery behind
> bibliography support were total deal busters for me.
>
> I still keep it on my computer to open old WordPerfect files.
That's the perfect example of how lame OpenOffice is. I just opened my 1990
WordPerfect 5.1 authored book "Troubleshooting: Tools, Tips and Techniques"
in OpenOffice. It got some of the formatting right, but then dropped ALL the
styles of that heavily stylized book. If I wanted to change the appearance of
every instance of the word Mental Model, I'd need to search and change them
all rather than changing the character style MentalModel that I put in the
original WP5.1 document.
OpenOffice could have been a tremendous tool, but instead it's turned out to
be a huge disappointment. LyX is sooooo much cleaner.
SteveT
Steve Litt
Books written in LyX:
Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist
Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: Just the Facts
