On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > 1. The fonts in a PDF can look ratty / ragged on the screen in some cases. > There's a whole bunch of stuff about this on the LyX web site in the FAQ, > but the bottom line is that it's a non-trivial exercise to get it right, > and not a simple "plug and play" operation. I'm told they print fine, but > I rarely print anything these days.
I use Palatino (and the math font version) and haven't had any issues for years. My book is typeset with Palatino. > 2. If you use the Beamer (aka latex-beamer) tools with LyX for > presentations, there are things you can do that will crash PDF production > in LaTeX with totally non-informative error messages. You basically have > to divide your document up into small chunks and > *constantly* test-make PDFs, and undo what you just did if it crashes. Never had this happen. If a frame is not closed there are issues, but with experience it's easy to figure out where we screwed up and go fix the problem. > 3. I have not been able to get an automated Word format document out of > LyX, even though it's *supposed* to be possible. HTML export is pretty > good, but then you have to manually import the HTML into some other tool > and format it. Never done either of these. If I need to send someone Microsoft-formatted processed words I use OO.o and send them the .doc export; if I need HTML I write it with emacs. Horses for courses, is my approach. Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
