Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread Chris Carlen
Greetings: I am considering using Lyx to prepare some documents. I have tried to do it with OpenOffice/StarOffice, but the quality of the formulas is inadequate, and the program is too buggy and quirky when the document is increasingly complicated. Lyx is my last hope to avoid using Word,

Re: Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 07:51:56AM -0700, Chris Carlen wrote: Greetings: Hi ! Why is the first line of the first paragraph after a section not indented, while the first lines of all the following paragraphs are indented? The LyX documentation covers this. Par indentnation is used as a

Re: Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 07:51:56AM -0700, Chris Carlen wrote: Why is the first line of the first paragraph after a section not indented, while the first lines of all the following paragraphs are indented? Because that's the default chosen by LaTeX, not LyX's doing... You could toggle

Re: Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 07:51:56AM -0700, Chris Carlen wrote: A question for now: Why is the first line of the first paragraph after a section not indented, while the first lines of all the following paragraphs are indented? Because this is a standard typography rule.

Re: Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 09 October 2002 10:51 am, Chris Carlen wrote: Greetings: I am considering using Lyx to prepare some documents. I have tried to do it with OpenOffice/StarOffice, but the quality of the formulas is inadequate, and the program is too buggy and quirky when the document is

Re: Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread Chris Carlen
Chris Carlen wrote: [stuff] Thanks for the input, folks. -- Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser/Optical Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread Chris Carlen
Greetings: I am considering using Lyx to prepare some documents. I have tried to do it with OpenOffice/StarOffice, but the quality of the formulas is inadequate, and the program is too buggy and quirky when the document is increasingly complicated. Lyx is my last hope to avoid using Word,

Re: Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 07:51:56AM -0700, Chris Carlen wrote: Greetings: Hi ! Why is the first line of the first paragraph after a section not indented, while the first lines of all the following paragraphs are indented? The LyX documentation covers this. Par indentnation is used as a

Re: Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 07:51:56AM -0700, Chris Carlen wrote: Why is the first line of the first paragraph after a section not indented, while the first lines of all the following paragraphs are indented? Because that's the default chosen by LaTeX, not LyX's doing... You could toggle

Re: Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 07:51:56AM -0700, Chris Carlen wrote: A question for now: Why is the first line of the first paragraph after a section not indented, while the first lines of all the following paragraphs are indented? Because this is a standard typography rule.

Re: Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 09 October 2002 10:51 am, Chris Carlen wrote: Greetings: I am considering using Lyx to prepare some documents. I have tried to do it with OpenOffice/StarOffice, but the quality of the formulas is inadequate, and the program is too buggy and quirky when the document is

Re: Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread Chris Carlen
Chris Carlen wrote: [stuff] Thanks for the input, folks. -- Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser/Optical Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread Chris Carlen
Greetings: I am considering using Lyx to prepare some documents. I have tried to do it with OpenOffice/StarOffice, but the quality of the formulas is inadequate, and the program is too buggy and quirky when the document is increasingly complicated. Lyx is my last hope to avoid using Word,

Re: Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 07:51:56AM -0700, Chris Carlen wrote: > Greetings: Hi ! > Why is the first line of the first paragraph after a section not > indented, while the first lines of all the following paragraphs are > indented? The LyX documentation covers this. Par indentnation is used as

Re: Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 07:51:56AM -0700, Chris Carlen wrote: > Why is the first line of the first paragraph after a section not > indented, while the first lines of all the following paragraphs are > indented? Because that's the default chosen by LaTeX, not LyX's doing... You could toggle

Re: Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread Dekel Tsur
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 07:51:56AM -0700, Chris Carlen wrote: > A question for now: > > Why is the first line of the first paragraph after a section not > indented, while the first lines of all the following paragraphs are > indented? Because this is a standard typography rule.

Re: Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread Steve Litt
On Wednesday 09 October 2002 10:51 am, Chris Carlen wrote: > Greetings: > > I am considering using Lyx to prepare some documents. I have tried to > do it with OpenOffice/StarOffice, but the quality of the formulas is > inadequate, and the program is too buggy and quirky when the document is >

Re: Hi, I'm new here, first question

2002-10-09 Thread Chris Carlen
Chris Carlen wrote: [stuff] Thanks for the input, folks. -- Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser/Optical Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]