Cley wrote:
They are tools. Power users of each tools will find that they are on the
"better" side.
Some peoples feel that latex, with all the commands everywhere is too
>complicated, but when you learn a bit about it it's ok. Same for
LibreOffice; there's properties dialog everywhere, multip
2014-02-13 23:55 GMT+01:00 e-letter :
>
> OK, fair enough but as a latex user, was amazed to read a claim that
> LO provides greater control! :)
>
They are tools. Power users of each tools will find that they are on the
"better" side.
Some peoples feel that latex, with all the commands everywhe
TeX (and LaTeX) is one of those things I was always "gunna" learn to
use. More power to you.
--
Peter West
"What comes out of a man is what defiles him."
On 14/02/2014 8:55 am, e-letter wrote:
OK, fair enough but as a latex user, was amazed to read a claim that
LO provides greater control! :)
On 13/02/2014, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> e-letter wrote,
>
>>What control is lost in latex?
>
> Fair question, and I probably should have worded it better. Yes, with LaTeX,
>
> you can control everything, but (at least in my experience) the learning
> curve to gain that control can be daunting. Th
e-letter wrote,
What control is lost in latex?
Fair question, and I probably should have worded it better. Yes, with LaTeX,
you can control everything, but (at least in my experience) the learning
curve to gain that control can be daunting. The GUI of LyX makes things
easier, but even then,
On 13/02/2014, Virgil Arrington wrote:
>
> Ahh, control. That's one of the reasons I like LO; it gives me control over
>
> *everything*. By comparison, when I've used LaTeX, I've been overcome by the
>
Not convinced.
> beautiful results, but the trade-off is that I lose control.
>
What control
Tom wrote:
I didn't know they could go that extreme and usually try to switch-off
the relative font-sizes because the idea freaks me out. It feels like
everything goes outside of my direct control!
Ahh, control. That's one of the reasons I like LO; it gives me control over
*everything*. By c
Hi :)
Styles rock!!! :))
I didn't know they could go that extreme and usually try to switch-off
the relative font-sizes because the idea freaks me out. It feels like
everything goes outside of my direct control! However that means i
would have to adjust each heading-level individually which now
I just thought I’d share a neat feature I recently discovered in Writer.
The ability to set font sizes in styles as a percentage of the font size of a
base style.
For example, I often set documents in an 11 point font such as Palatino. My
headings are then at 14 or 16 points. But, if I decide t
