Any TeX-perts out there? (was: Re: [PLUG] Struggling with OpenOffice

[Anthony Schlemmer]

This isn't something I use much anymore but at one time there were 
numerous books on this subject. TeX, and LaTEX are great for saving 
paper. The nice thing is what I saw on the screen using "xdvi" I would 
get on paper when I was finally ready to print a hardcopy. 

I can't tell you how many times Word and other WYSIWYG word processors 
have hosed me where things looked great on the screen only to appear 
not-so-great when output to paper. I really think WYSIWYG should really 
be renamed to WYSMBWYG instead (What You See Might Be What You Get) 
where a lot of word processors are concerned.

Here are some reference books if anyone is interested. I don't know if 
these books are still in print or not as I've had most of them for 4-5 
years now:

"The LaTEX Companion" ISBN 0-201-54199-8
"The LaTEX" Graphics Companion" ISBN 0-201-85469-4
"A Guide to LaTEX 2E" ISBN 0-201-42777-X

I used TeX and LaTEX though "emacs" putting tags in by hand, etc. I know 
there is a wordprocessor called "LyX" that uses LaTEX for output. They 
call it WYSIWYM which is "What You See Is What You Mean)...

http://www.lyx.org/

Tony

On Thursday 08 August 2002 12:34 pm, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, E. Rogan Creswick wrote:
> > >   Maybe what we need is a group session where we all install
> > > LaTeX fonts and learn how to build customized style sheets.
> >
> > ...sounds like a good topic for a learning co-op. If there is
> > no-one better suited, Jason and I could probably put together a
> > session if there is interest.
>
>   I am very interested in overcoming these two hurdles to the regular
> use of TeX for document typesetting in the business environment. If
> the entire process can be clearly explained for the non-Donald
> Knuth's among us (me, for example) and well documented we're well on
> the way of offering LyX as a business document production system.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
>
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