On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:59:58 +1100 Heracles <herac...@iprimus.com.au> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi All, > I've recently taken back the job of creating the monthly magazine for > a computer club I have been a member of since 1982. The person who > gave me a couple of years rest used windows and word so I will have > to recreate the templates from scratch probably. The magazine is 24 > pages for which the format is fairly fixed. > > Page 1 is a cover with graphics and some text, Page 2 has an index > (which obviously changes monthly) and other fixed text and page 24 is > basically fixed with only a small part (Dates) of its text changing > monthly. Pages 3 to 23 (where all the new content is placed) are set > up as 2 columns with a footer but no header. <SNIP> I should have added a few more notes about LyX. First, you can get a better preview of "The Restless Minestrone" here: http://books.google.com/books?id=w0hUXHizmaAC&dq=tyree+restless+minestrone&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=Pe8Cn4xBv6&sig=Mhnh1GqzsKDyUa_duZKO3kAupDw&hl=en&ei=FadOS9_3N5SXkQW41cSwCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false (If that doesn't come through, just Google "tyree restless minestrone") Second, I used Memoir class to make the book. Lots of the lists/graphics are in "boxes" which are just LaTeX minipages. Third, I enjoyed the experience with LyX so much that I wrote short (100 pages) book "Self-publishing with LyX" which is available as a free PDF download from Lulu.com: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/self-publishing-with-lyx/1502465 The Self-publishing book is based on an earlier version of LyX, but the details haven't changed much. LyX itself has some of the best open source documentation that I have seen. HTH, Alan -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
