Re: Lyx for business

2008-07-17 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Christian Ridderström wrote: I added some minor stuff to http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/HellmutsBusiness Oh, a final thing. Hellmut, could you leave some information on the page about whom to contact and how in case they need to ask a question? This could simply

Re: Lyx for business

2008-07-17 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi Christian, Thanks for your help, i finally made it Examples/HellmutsBusiness *lol* I can't say why, but that name is funny - I like it :-) I added some minor stuff to http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/HellmutsBusiness just look in the history

Re: Lyx for business

2008-07-17 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Christian Ridderström wrote: I added some minor stuff to http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/HellmutsBusiness Oh, a final thing. Hellmut, could you leave some information on the page about whom to contact and how in case they need to ask a question? This could simply

Re: Lyx for business

2008-07-17 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi Christian, Thanks for your help, i finally made it Examples/HellmutsBusiness *lol* I can't say why, but that name is funny - I like it :-) I added some minor stuff to http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/HellmutsBusiness just look in the history

Re: Lyx for business

2008-07-17 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Christian Ridderström wrote: I added some minor stuff to http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/HellmutsBusiness Oh, a final thing. Hellmut, could you leave some information on the page about whom to contact and how in case they need to ask a question? This could simply

Re: Lyx for business

2008-07-17 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi Christian, Thanks for your help, i finally made it Examples/HellmutsBusiness *lol* I can't say why, but that name is funny - I like it :-) I added some minor stuff to http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/HellmutsBusiness just look in the history

[Fwd: Re: Lyx for business]

2008-07-16 Thread Hellmut Weber
I should have asked openly, sorry Hellmut Original-Nachricht ... On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Hellmut Weber wrote: Hi Christian, the file manager permitted me to create 2 directories under Examples/hw-business-paper. I also could already upload the files into the 'Letter'

Lyx for business

2008-07-16 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi Graham, hi Steve, you were interested in my templates. Finally (after voyage and first days in holidays ;-) I made it to create an example page in the wiki.lyx.org for my two major business uses of LyX: * Official company letter * Company paper for background material I would be glad

Re: Lyx for business

2008-07-16 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi Christian, How can I make these files visible form the correspondong page Examples/hw-business-paper? Or put there links to these files? Is it possible to change the name of my example page to be simply 'hw-business'? Hi Hellmut, I'll be happy to help you, but would you mind posting

Re: Lyx for business

2008-07-16 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Hellmut Weber wrote: Thanks for your help, i finally made it Examples/HellmutsBusiness *lol* I can't say why, but that name is funny - I like it :-) I added some minor stuff to http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/HellmutsBusiness just look in the history

[Fwd: Re: Lyx for business]

2008-07-16 Thread Hellmut Weber
I should have asked openly, sorry Hellmut Original-Nachricht ... On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Hellmut Weber wrote: Hi Christian, the file manager permitted me to create 2 directories under Examples/hw-business-paper. I also could already upload the files into the 'Letter'

Lyx for business

2008-07-16 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi Graham, hi Steve, you were interested in my templates. Finally (after voyage and first days in holidays ;-) I made it to create an example page in the wiki.lyx.org for my two major business uses of LyX: * Official company letter * Company paper for background material I would be glad

Re: Lyx for business

2008-07-16 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi Christian, How can I make these files visible form the correspondong page Examples/hw-business-paper? Or put there links to these files? Is it possible to change the name of my example page to be simply 'hw-business'? Hi Hellmut, I'll be happy to help you, but would you mind posting

Re: Lyx for business

2008-07-16 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Hellmut Weber wrote: Thanks for your help, i finally made it Examples/HellmutsBusiness *lol* I can't say why, but that name is funny - I like it :-) I added some minor stuff to http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/HellmutsBusiness just look in the history

[Fwd: Re: Lyx for business]

2008-07-16 Thread Hellmut Weber
I should have asked openly, sorry Hellmut Original-Nachricht ... On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Hellmut Weber wrote: Hi Christian, the file manager permitted me to create 2 directories under Examples/hw-business-paper. I also could already upload the files into the 'Letter'

Lyx for business

2008-07-16 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi Graham, hi Steve, you were interested in my templates. Finally (after voyage and first days in holidays ;-) I made it to create an example page in the wiki.lyx.org for my two major business uses of LyX: * Official company letter * Company paper for background material I would be glad

Re: Lyx for business

2008-07-16 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi Christian, How can I make these files visible form the correspondong page Examples/hw-business-paper? Or put there links to these files? Is it possible to change the name of my example page to be simply 'hw-business'? Hi Hellmut, I'll be happy to help you, but would you mind posting

Re: Lyx for business

2008-07-16 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Hellmut Weber wrote: Thanks for your help, i finally made it Examples/HellmutsBusiness *lol* I can't say why, but that name is funny - I like it :-) I added some minor stuff to http://wiki.lyx.org/Examples/HellmutsBusiness just look in the history

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-23 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: Pre-think all possible writing situations, and the environments and character styles those situations make necessary. If you give them a good enough layout, and a document explaining what to use when, most LyX writing, even ad hoc stuff, can become

Share layouts/examples/templates on the wiki (Was: Lyx for business)

2008-06-23 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Les Denham wrote: I have several templates for different purposes, and start my documents with a copy of one of them. They are mainly based on Koma classes, and have features like a logo at the top of the first page, and a small logo in the running header on subsequent

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-23 Thread Graham Smith
Christian Pre-think all possible writing situations, and the environments and character styles those situations make necessary. If you give them a good enough layout, and a document explaining what to use when, most LyX writing, even ad hoc stuff, can become easy. That's exactly what I

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-23 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: Pre-think all possible writing situations, and the environments and character styles those situations make necessary. If you give them a good enough layout, and a document explaining what to use when, most LyX writing, even ad hoc stuff, can become

Share layouts/examples/templates on the wiki (Was: Lyx for business)

2008-06-23 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Les Denham wrote: I have several templates for different purposes, and start my documents with a copy of one of them. They are mainly based on Koma classes, and have features like a logo at the top of the first page, and a small logo in the running header on subsequent

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-23 Thread Graham Smith
Christian Pre-think all possible writing situations, and the environments and character styles those situations make necessary. If you give them a good enough layout, and a document explaining what to use when, most LyX writing, even ad hoc stuff, can become easy. That's exactly what I

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-23 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: Pre-think all possible writing situations, and the environments and character styles those situations make necessary. If you give them a good enough layout, and a document explaining what to use when, most LyX writing, even ad hoc stuff, can become

Share layouts/examples/templates on the wiki (Was: Lyx for business)

2008-06-23 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Les Denham wrote: I have several templates for different purposes, and start my documents with a copy of one of them. They are mainly based on Koma classes, and have features like a logo at the top of the first page, and a small logo in the running header on subsequent

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-23 Thread Graham Smith
Christian Pre-think all possible writing situations, and the environments and character styles those situations make necessary. If you give them a good enough layout, and a document explaining what to use when, most LyX writing, even ad hoc stuff, can become easy. That's exactly what I

Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with smart covers etc. I've been toying with Lyx for a while

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Charles de Miramon
Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) You can insert an image (for example the logo

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Charles, Thanks, I mean by a smart cover, one with things like a vertical line to add a bit of style, maybe a photograph etc. Graham On 22 Jun 2008, at 14:11, Charles de Miramon wrote: Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with smart covers

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 22 June 2008 06:32, Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with smart

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Rich, All my technical documents, articles, white papers and so on -- including my book -- have been written using LyX. Earlier this year I decided to make the transition complete by using LyX for letters and proposals. Thanks for this, it gives encouragement to persevere with Lyx, I'm

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
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

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
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

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: There's a long thread in this mail list's archives on adding the letterhead (a .pdf file), signature (a .jpg file), and so on. I sent the .lyx file of a working template to Christian for inclusion in the wiki, so that's a resource, too. I can't

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Steve, 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

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 22 June 2008 13:32, Graham Smith wrote: Steve, 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

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi Graham, I'm using LyX for many (probably at least five or six) years now. Before I had used plain LaTeX also for years. I have invested some time and used my experience with LaTeX to design templates for LyX documents for a few different types of papers I need for my small one man

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Christian, There's a long thread in this mail list's archives on adding the letterhead (a .pdf file), signature (a .jpg file), and so on. I sent the .lyx file of a working template to Christian for inclusion in the wiki, so that's a resource, too. I can't actually find this on the

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Steve, Mmmm, I think I will be doing well to get people using Lyx, without introducing more alien programs to them ! But I agree about the usefulness of something like VimOutliner for ad hoc stuff. I have used Emacs with org.mode for this, and I take on board the issues of ad hoc stuff in

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: I think this is a marketing thing, I have been to too many meetings where, the people making the decisions, are impressed by how a report looks more than what the report says. Graham, Yes, there are too many people for whom appearance is more

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Rich I think this is a marketing thing, I have been to too many meetings where, the people making the decisions, are impressed by how a report looks more than what the report says. Graham, Yes, there are too many people for whom appearance is more important than is content. I don't

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Les Denham
On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 11:32 +0100, Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Graham, I've been trying to do this for some years

Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with smart covers etc. I've been toying with Lyx for a while

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Charles de Miramon
Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) You can insert an image (for example the logo

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Charles, Thanks, I mean by a smart cover, one with things like a vertical line to add a bit of style, maybe a photograph etc. Graham On 22 Jun 2008, at 14:11, Charles de Miramon wrote: Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with smart covers

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 22 June 2008 06:32, Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with smart

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Rich, All my technical documents, articles, white papers and so on -- including my book -- have been written using LyX. Earlier this year I decided to make the transition complete by using LyX for letters and proposals. Thanks for this, it gives encouragement to persevere with Lyx, I'm

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
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

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
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

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: There's a long thread in this mail list's archives on adding the letterhead (a .pdf file), signature (a .jpg file), and so on. I sent the .lyx file of a working template to Christian for inclusion in the wiki, so that's a resource, too. I can't

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Steve, 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

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 22 June 2008 13:32, Graham Smith wrote: Steve, 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

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi Graham, I'm using LyX for many (probably at least five or six) years now. Before I had used plain LaTeX also for years. I have invested some time and used my experience with LaTeX to design templates for LyX documents for a few different types of papers I need for my small one man

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Christian, There's a long thread in this mail list's archives on adding the letterhead (a .pdf file), signature (a .jpg file), and so on. I sent the .lyx file of a working template to Christian for inclusion in the wiki, so that's a resource, too. I can't actually find this on the

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Steve, Mmmm, I think I will be doing well to get people using Lyx, without introducing more alien programs to them ! But I agree about the usefulness of something like VimOutliner for ad hoc stuff. I have used Emacs with org.mode for this, and I take on board the issues of ad hoc stuff in

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: I think this is a marketing thing, I have been to too many meetings where, the people making the decisions, are impressed by how a report looks more than what the report says. Graham, Yes, there are too many people for whom appearance is more

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Rich I think this is a marketing thing, I have been to too many meetings where, the people making the decisions, are impressed by how a report looks more than what the report says. Graham, Yes, there are too many people for whom appearance is more important than is content. I don't

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Les Denham
On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 11:32 +0100, Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Graham, I've been trying to do this for some years

Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with "smart" covers etc. I've been toying with Lyx for a

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Charles de Miramon
Graham Smith wrote: > A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their > experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me > towards some web links, with maybe example templates. > > Headed notepaper, business (technical) You can insert an image (for example the

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Charles, Thanks, I mean by a smart cover, one with things like a vertical line to add a bit of style, maybe a photograph etc. Graham On 22 Jun 2008, at 14:11, Charles de Miramon wrote: Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with "smart" covers

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 22 June 2008 06:32, Graham Smith wrote: > A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their > experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me > towards some web links, with maybe example templates. > > Headed notepaper, business (technical) reports with

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Rich, All my technical documents, articles, white papers and so on -- including my book -- have been written using LyX. Earlier this year I decided to make the transition complete by using LyX for letters and proposals. Thanks for this, it gives encouragement to persevere with Lyx, I'm

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
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

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
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

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: There's a long thread in this mail list's archives on adding the letterhead (a .pdf file), signature (a .jpg file), and so on. I sent the .lyx file of a working template to Christian for inclusion in the wiki, so that's a resource, too. I can't

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Steve, 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

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 22 June 2008 13:32, Graham Smith wrote: > Steve, > > >> 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,

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Hellmut Weber
Hi Graham, I'm using LyX for many (probably at least five or six) years now. Before I had used plain LaTeX also for years. I have invested some time and used my experience with LaTeX to design templates for LyX documents for a few different types of papers I need for my small one man

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Christian, There's a long thread in this mail list's archives on adding the letterhead (a .pdf file), signature (a .jpg file), and so on. I sent the .lyx file of a working template to Christian for inclusion in the wiki, so that's a resource, too. I can't actually find this on the

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Steve, Mmmm, I think I will be doing well to get people using Lyx, without introducing more alien programs to them ! But I agree about the usefulness of something like VimOutliner for ad hoc stuff. I have used Emacs with org.mode for this, and I take on board the issues of ad hoc stuff in

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Graham Smith wrote: I think this is a marketing thing, I have been to too many meetings where, the people making the decisions, are impressed by how a report looks more than what the report says. Graham, Yes, there are too many people for whom appearance is more

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Graham Smith
Rich I think this is a marketing thing, I have been to too many meetings where, the people making the decisions, are impressed by how a report looks more than what the report says. Graham, Yes, there are too many people for whom appearance is more important than is content. I don't

Re: Lyx for business

2008-06-22 Thread Les Denham
On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 11:32 +0100, Graham Smith wrote: > A rather vague question, but would anyone like to share their > experiences of using Lyx in a small business situation, or point me > towards some web links, with maybe example templates. Graham, I've been trying to do this for some