On Sunday 22 June 2008 12:08, Graham Smith wrote: > Steve, > > > Personally, I think for everyday letters, ad-hoc reports, informal > > reports, > > initial design documents, and general "stuff" that's not too > > important, > > That's worth thinking about. > > > For formal reports that have to look good, and especially if they > > have to look > > consistent with former reports, I'd go with LyX over Word. > > This is what I am mainly interested in, having experienced how much > better a report looks produced in Lyx is compared to Word, its the > production of technical reports that I can see the biggest advantage. > But I admit, I had been thinking of trying to move everything over to > Lyx, as Rich has now done.
My experience is that LyX is really bad for ad-hoc type stuff. Therefore, if you move completely to LyX, I'd recommend you pick up VimOutliner (http://www.vimoutliner.org) for "thinking on paper". If you use it under Linux or on Windows with Cygwin, you can incorporate non-text stuff into your outline via executable lines. Another suggestion -- For the ultimate multi-format ad hoc docs, use Kompozer, a graphic web designer. It's available at http://kompozer.net/. I use VimOutliner many hours each day, and I use Kompozer several times per week. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US
