Certainly LyX is very nice for beginners, and yes you can start typing
without reading the manual (Although I do recommend reading the manual).
But there are lots of problems with compatibility (like Lyx 2.X cannot open
Lyx 1.6.x files or something like that). And sometimes if you do
\usepackage{whatever} in the preamble and that package was going to be
loaded by LyX, then you wil end up with a package clash... and there is
where the beginner gets lost. The citation manager that I like to use with
LyX (or LaTeX) is called Jabref (F5 to open the look for dialog; choose
database ->pubmed; input pubmed id; click on import and generate key; and
finally with one button you can push that reference into LyX).
Why I like about sharelatex is that you can start by a minimum input,
others can watch you in real time...far away...and then they can be as good
..as you (limiting factor) in a couple of days.
2015-05-19 11:39 GMT-05:00 Mooers, Blaine H.M. (HSC) <
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> Hi Randy,
>
> You could use a LyX-->LaTeXiT-->MS Word workflow to solve the equation
> editing issue without anyone learning LaTeX syntax.
>
> The LyX document with equations can be exported to a LaTeX *.tex file,
> and you can open this tex file in any text editor to copy the equations
> encoded in LaTeX syntax for pasting into the LaTeXiT gui. Alternatively,
> you can select and copy the equation in the LyX document and paste it
> directly into the LaTeXiT gui to get back the LaTeX encoding.
>
> LyX gui is very easy to start using productively without reading the
> manual. However, I do not know of a way to directly use ENDNOTE with LyX. I
> use LyX to assemble my early drafts, and then I move the draft into MS Word
> when I need to start adding citations. In MS Word 2011 on a Mac, it is
> painful to scroll through a large document (>10 pages) with tables and
> figures, whereas a 1000 page document in LyX can be scrolled through in a
> flash. LyX has been used to assemble books.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Blaine
>
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> From: CCP4 bulletin board [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of George
> Reeke [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 10:17 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Equation Editor woes with Office 2011 for Mac
>
> Dear Randy et al,
> May I suggest Lyx, an open-source wysiwyg editor that outputs
> Latex. The interface is so much like other word processors that
> it is a snap to learn quickly and you get those Latex files with
> equations that journals, at least math and physics journals, like.
> Maybe you could get your colleagues to try it--I did even though
> I was sure I didn't want to learn Latex. I use it in Linux,
> where you do one of those configure-make-install-from-source-
> code installs. Here is the online info for using it on a mac:
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__wiki.lyx.org_Mac_Mac&d=AwIFaQ&c=qRnFByZajCb3ogDwk-HidsbrxD-31vTsTBEIa6TCCEk&r=39ovrj_9gtbpqLqHj52qObHez22uGBx1oHrj21rIdII&m=LcTP6vjD81n8gdU8pO7MO0O_G5V4cd6IYIjH5HR5LAQ&s=ZKNr8DjE1hiSYE6bjdgorDpAUWU_3gUFfRH9urzCZxI&e=
> George Reeke
>
> On Mon, 2015-05-18 at 09:10 +0100, Randy Read wrote:
> > Rather off-topic, but maybe someone on the list has found a way to work
> around this!
> >
> > There’s a problem with the Equation Editor in Office 2011 for Mac (i.e.
> the one that is based on a stripped-down version of MathType, which you get
> with Insert->Object->Microsoft Equation). You can insert an equation,
> re-open it and edit it several times, and then suddenly (and seemingly
> randomly) the equation object will be replaced by a picture showing the
> equation, which can no longer be edited. I’m writing a rather
> equation-heavy paper at the moment, and this is driving me crazy.
> >
> > This seems to be a known bug, which has existed from the release of
> Office 2011. Apparently it happens, unpredictably, when an AutoSave copy
> of the document is saved, so you can avoid it by turning off the AutoSave
> feature. The last time this drove me crazy, several years ago, I did try
> turning off AutoSave. For a while, I was very good about manually saving
> frequently, but I got into bad habits and eventually Word crashed after I
> had worked for several hours on a grant proposal without manually saving.
> So I turned AutoSave back on.
> >
> > At the moment, the least-bad solution seems to be to turn off AutoSave
> while I’m working on a document with lots of equations and then (hopefully)
> remember to turn it back on after that document is finished. But it would
> be great if someone has come up with a better cure for this problem.
> >
> > No doubt someone will suggest switching from Word to LaTeX, but I need
> to be able to collaborate on paper-writing, and even though I might be
> willing to invest the effort in learning LaTeX, I can’t really expect that
> of my collaborators. Most people in our field do use Microsoft Word,
> regardless of its failings. I’ve also tried using the professional version
> of MathType, but that requires your collaborators to install it as well —
> and I don’t think that cured the equation to picture problem anyway.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -----
> > Randy J. Read
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