Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-05 Thread Helge Hafting
Marcelo Acuña wrote: hello, a question rised in a free soft forum. I propposed latex/lyx and another person question: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? What I said about it? Well, test both! Are they equally capable? I use LyX out of habit - openoffice did not exist when

Re: Re[2]: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-05 Thread Eric S Fraga
At Fri, 2 Nov 2007 23:23:19 -0400, Alan G Isaac wrote: On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Steve Litt apparently wrote: OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've ever seen. They just magically change and disappear. Googling around, yours seems to be an uncommon experience. However if

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-05 Thread Helge Hafting
Marcelo Acuña wrote: hello, a question rised in a free soft forum. I propposed latex/lyx and another person question: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? What I said about it? Well, test both! Are they equally capable? I use LyX out of habit - openoffice did not exist when

Re: Re[2]: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-05 Thread Eric S Fraga
At Fri, 2 Nov 2007 23:23:19 -0400, Alan G Isaac wrote: On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Steve Litt apparently wrote: OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've ever seen. They just magically change and disappear. Googling around, yours seems to be an uncommon experience. However if

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-05 Thread Helge Hafting
Marcelo Acuña wrote: hello, a question rised in a free soft forum. I propposed latex/lyx and another person question: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? What I said about it? Well, test both! Are they equally capable? I use LyX out of habit - openoffice did not exist when

Re: Re[2]: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-05 Thread Eric S Fraga
At Fri, 2 Nov 2007 23:23:19 -0400, Alan G Isaac wrote: > > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Steve Litt apparently wrote: > > OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've > > ever seen. They just magically change and disappear. > > Googling around, yours seems to be an uncommon experience. >

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-04 Thread Marcelo Acuña
hello, a question rised in a free soft forum. I propposed latex/lyx and another person question: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? What I said about it? OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've ever seen. They just magically change and disappear.

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-04 Thread Marcelo Acuña
hello, a question rised in a free soft forum. I propposed latex/lyx and another person question: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? What I said about it? Anyhing but (La)TeX is awful at math typesetting. And I am not even talking about editing math, but the

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-04 Thread Maria Gouskova
Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've ever seen. They just magically change and disappear. If you're doing more than writing a letter, I'd recommend against OpenOffice. SteveT I have equal experience ;-)

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-04 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 04 November 2007 12:45, Maria Gouskova wrote: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've ever seen. They just magically change and disappear. If you're doing more than writing a letter, I'd recommend

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-04 Thread Marcelo Acuña
hello, a question rised in a free soft forum. I propposed latex/lyx and another person question: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? What I said about it? OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've ever seen. They just magically change and disappear.

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-04 Thread Marcelo Acuña
hello, a question rised in a free soft forum. I propposed latex/lyx and another person question: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? What I said about it? Anyhing but (La)TeX is awful at math typesetting. And I am not even talking about editing math, but the

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-04 Thread Maria Gouskova
Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've ever seen. They just magically change and disappear. If you're doing more than writing a letter, I'd recommend against OpenOffice. SteveT I have equal experience ;-)

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-04 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 04 November 2007 12:45, Maria Gouskova wrote: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've ever seen. They just magically change and disappear. If you're doing more than writing a letter, I'd recommend

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-04 Thread Marcelo Acuña
> > hello, > > a question rised in a free soft forum. I > > propposed latex/lyx and another person question: > > Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? > > What I said about it? > > OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles > I've ever seen. They just > magically change

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-04 Thread Marcelo Acuña
> > hello, > > a question rised in a free soft forum. I > > propposed latex/lyx and another person question: > > Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? > > What I said about it? > > Anyhing but (La)TeX is awful at math typesetting. > > And I am not even talking about editing

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-04 Thread Maria Gouskova
> > > Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? > > > > OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles > > I've ever seen. They just > > magically change and disappear. If you're doing more > > than writing a letter, > > I'd recommend against OpenOffice. > > > > SteveT > > I have equal

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-04 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 04 November 2007 12:45, Maria Gouskova wrote: > > > > Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? > > > > > > OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles > > > I've ever seen. They just > > > magically change and disappear. If you're doing more > > > than writing a letter, > >

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-03 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:14:21PM -0300, Marcelo Acuña wrote: hello, a question rised in a free soft forum. I propposed latex/lyx and another person question: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? What I said about it? Anyhing but (La)TeX is awful at math typesetting. And

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-03 Thread Roberto Gorjão
Olá Marcelo, One of the reasons that convinced me right away to learn and use LyX/LaTeX was the ability of changing the whole look of a text, no matter what length, with a single change of style. When you use a WYSIWYG application like Open Office, you may define styles for each component of a

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-03 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:14:21PM -0300, Marcelo Acuña wrote: hello, a question rised in a free soft forum. I propposed latex/lyx and another person question: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? What I said about it? Anyhing but (La)TeX is awful at math typesetting. And

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-03 Thread Roberto Gorjão
Olá Marcelo, One of the reasons that convinced me right away to learn and use LyX/LaTeX was the ability of changing the whole look of a text, no matter what length, with a single change of style. When you use a WYSIWYG application like Open Office, you may define styles for each component of a

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-03 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:14:21PM -0300, Marcelo Acuña wrote: > hello, > a question rised in a free soft forum. I > propposed latex/lyx and another person question: > Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? > What I said about it? Anyhing but (La)TeX is awful at math typesetting.

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-03 Thread Roberto Gorjão
Olá Marcelo, One of the reasons that convinced me right away to learn and use LyX/LaTeX was the ability of changing the whole look of a text, no matter what length, with a single change of style. When you use a WYSIWYG application like Open Office, you may define styles for each component of a

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-02 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 02 November 2007 19:14, Marcelo Acuña wrote: hello, a question rised in a free soft forum. I propposed latex/lyx and another person question: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? What I said about it? OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've ever

Re[2]: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-02 Thread Alan G Isaac
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Steve Litt apparently wrote: OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've ever seen. They just magically change and disappear. Googling around, yours seems to be an uncommon experience. However if you are importing Word documents, you may have styles troubles.

diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-02 Thread Marcelo Acuña
hello, a question rised in a free soft forum. I propposed latex/lyx and another person question: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? What I said about it? Marcelo Yahoo! Noticias

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-02 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 02 November 2007 19:14, Marcelo Acuña wrote: hello, a question rised in a free soft forum. I propposed latex/lyx and another person question: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? What I said about it? OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've ever

Re[2]: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-02 Thread Alan G Isaac
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Steve Litt apparently wrote: OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've ever seen. They just magically change and disappear. Googling around, yours seems to be an uncommon experience. However if you are importing Word documents, you may have styles troubles.

diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-02 Thread Marcelo Acuña
hello, a question rised in a free soft forum. I propposed latex/lyx and another person question: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? What I said about it? Marcelo Yahoo! Noticias

diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-02 Thread Marcelo Acuña
hello, a question rised in a free soft forum. I propposed latex/lyx and another person question: Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? What I said about it? Marcelo Yahoo! Noticias

Re: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-02 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 02 November 2007 19:14, Marcelo Acuña wrote: > hello, > a question rised in a free soft forum. I > propposed latex/lyx and another person question: > Why lyx/latex and not open office with styles? > What I said about it? OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've

Re[2]: diff within Lyx and OpenOffice with styles

2007-11-02 Thread Alan G Isaac
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Steve Litt apparently wrote: > OpenOffice has the worst implementation of styles I've > ever seen. They just magically change and disappear. Googling around, yours seems to be an uncommon experience. However if you are importing Word documents, you may have styles