Marshall Feldman wrote: > Hi, > > I'm starting a project for which LyX appears to be the best choice, but > I have a few questions related to getting started. I'd prefer to ask > them now and start doing things the right way rather than find out six > months from now that I have to go back and change things or, worse, that > I can't do what I intended to do from the beginning. So here are my > questions. > > 1. My usual work flow is to draft a paper, circulate it as a working > paper, present it at a conference, and then submit it to a journal > or as a book chapter. Each of these kinds of documents have > similar but distinct formats. What's the best way to set up a > document and work on in, understanding that it will go through > these stages of evolution and have to be changed along the way?
The LyX (or LaTeX) way is to take an existing template, generally an elaborate one like KomaScript or Memoir, use the default, do not try to tweak. Concentrate on the writing. Later on, you can read the documentation, read a LaTeX manual and modify stuff. You will get a good looking draft and working papers. A beginner mistake in LyX is to try to tweak things to get something similar to the cherished .dot file you have created for years in Word. You will loose a lot of time. Start from scratch. For the end product : a) Your publisher accepts LaTeX and then you should use the publisher's style b) He wants a MsWord document and the you should stick to a classic template and export to MsWord c) He wants a pdf. Then you'll have to work more and tweak a LaTeX template. Cheers, Charles
