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It excels at letting you create complex technical and scientific articles
with mathematics, cross-references, bibliographies, indices, etc.
It is very good at documents of any length in which the usual processing
- abilities are required: automatic sectioning and pagination, spellchecking,
+ abilities are required: automatic sectioning and pagination, spell checking,
and so forth.
It can also be used to write a letter to your mom, though granted, there
are probably simpler programs available for that.
It is designed for authors who want professional output quickly with a
minimum of effort without becoming specialists in typesetting.
The job of typesetting is done mostly by the computer, not the author;
- with LyX, the author can concentrate on the contents of her writing.
+ with LyX, the author can concentrate on the contents of his writing.
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1.
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Introduction
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Yes, that's all.
- If you cut and paste the section, it will automatically be renumbered ---
+ If you cut and paste the section, it will automatically be renumbered —
everywhere.
And if you enter references to that section correctly (by inserting cross-refer
ence tags), LyX will automatically update them all throughout the file so
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Now let's look at the problem of consistency.
Five days later, you reopen your report and start Section
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4.
However, you forget that you were using 18pt bold instead of 16pt, so you
type in the heading for Section
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4 in a different font that what you used for Section
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1.
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It's a powerful idea that greatly simplifies the mechanics of writing documents.
- This is also why LyX isn't so good for creating posters and flyers---in
- this case, you
+ This is also why LyX isn't so good for creating posters and flyers.
+ In this case, you
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want to specify exactly where everything goes, because there are no functional
units like paragraphs, sections, etc.
This doesn't mean LyX is missing some cool function.
- It simply means that it isn't the right tool for the job --- you don't
- use a screwdriver to drive in nails.
+ It simply means that it isn't the right tool for the job — you don't use
+ a screwdriver to drive in nails.
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and/or the
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-Extended Features
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manual for details.
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, families, dishes to clean, kitty litter to dispose of, et cetera.
If you want to help out, be sure to read Section
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- in addition to the rest of this document.)
+ in addition to the rest of this document.
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-Also, please do us a favor -- if anything in these manuals confuses you,
+Also, please do us a favor – if anything in these manuals confuses you,
is unclear, or wrong, don't hesitate to let us know! You can reach the
current document maintainers by mailing to
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.
If you click on that box with the left mouse button, a dialog box will
appear containing a list of all the cross-references in the document.
- This introduction has only two, the first one is named
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-sec:Contrib
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-For menu accelerator keys and keybindings, you'll probably get referred
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- (the file
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- When we do need to reference keys, we'll use the following prefixing convention
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+When we do need to reference keys, we'll use the following prefixing convention:
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-You'll also see something like
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- from time to time.
- We've listed the possible default keybindings for a function in its entry
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- Note that there are two different keybinding maps in common use in the
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- Unless specifically noted, the keybindings in the documentation are from
- the default CUA map.
- If you like Emacs, you should be smart enough to read the documentation
- and figure out the bindings on your own.
+The list with the currently set shortcuts can be found in the
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To understand the units described in this documentation, Table
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-The following list describes the contents of each of the files in the documentat
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\begin_layout Description
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User's
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Guide The primary documentation.
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Embedded
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Objects Extension of the
User's Guide
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- Documents in detail how to use tables, graphics, floats, notes, and boxes.
+ Documents in detail how to use tables, graphics, floats, notes, program
+ listings, and boxes.
It also includes many tricks of the LaTeX masters.
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+Math Extension of the
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+ Documents in detail how to typeset any kind of formulas.
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Features Extension of the
onalization, and configuration files.
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+Shortcuts Tables with the currently defined LyX shortcuts.
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+
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LaTeX
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configuration LyX investigates your system upon installation.
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Otherwise, you could needlessly frustrate yourself.
- LyX does all that you need a word processor to do, but using a different
- approach.
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+Contributing to the LyX Project
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-Inside that directory is a file called
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- Read it; it's the style sheet for the documentation.
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