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#LyX 1.6svn created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
#LyX 1.6.0svn created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
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Linux distributions: Debian, RedHat, SUSE, Mandrake, Fedora, Ubuntu, etc
Linux distributions: Debian, RedHat, SUSE, Mandrake, Fedora, Ubuntu, Gentoo,
etc
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, if you want to report a bug in LyX.
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www.devel.lyx.org
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, if you are interested in the real blood and guts.
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Known mirror sites include:
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www.mx.lyx.org
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www.no.lyx.org
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www.it.lyx.org
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Where can I get LyX material by FTP?
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; definitely see
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http://www.lyx.org/internet/mailing.php3
http://www.lyx.org/MailingLists
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Announce:
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Users:
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Devel:
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Not trivially.
People have had some level of success with the following sequence: LyX
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See these page:
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http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ConvertingFromWord
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LaTeX
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and also the converters section which will give another possibilities of
conversion routes:
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http://www.lyx.org/AdditionalSoftware#toc9
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RTF
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Word, and vice versa.
However, Word is inherently not a markup language like LyX and LaTeX are,
so conversions are usually difficult and almost meaningless.
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However, here are a few suggestions which were sent in:
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word2x produces LaTeX, HTML and plain text output.
The LaTeX is importable in principle (and is rather clean) but I often
prefer plain text and add the formatting back in.
(This requires that you have knowledge on the original formatting).
On last writing did not yet handle Office 2000 Word.
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wvware (found at www.wvware.com, or the abisource CVS repository for the latest).
This was previously called msWordView.
Very good, only tends to produce visually formatted LaTeX/HTML.
Is however highly configurable: a config file
\family typewriter
wvLaTeX.xml
\family default
guides the translation process.
Handles also the newest Office formats.
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Ted This is the editor to use when someone sends you an RTF file created
by Word.
Fine product.
Mail yourself the converted version (plain text or HTML).
.
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For me personally, at least, it's faster doing this than cleaning up attempts
at a conversion, though it is certainly unsatisfactory if you need to go
back and forth a lot.
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Can I read/write HTML files?
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converter program, amongst others.
There may be a HTML
There is a HTML
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LaTeX program available which allows you to convert the other direction.
LaTeX program available (html2latex) which allows you to convert the other
direction.
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A LaTeX installation: we strongly recommend teTeX-1.0 or higher on Linux,
MikTeX on Window
A LaTeX installation: we strongly recommend teTeX/TeXLive on Linux, MikTeX
on Window
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Most of the above packages are available as precompiled binaries for a variety
Most of the above packages are available as precompiled binaries in a variety
of Linux systems, perhaps others as well.
The LyX binaries are available as RPMS, Windows and Mac installers, plus
a few other formats and may be obtained from
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LyX will auto-label the entries.
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How do I count words in LyX?
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Run a spellcheck; it will display the total number of words checked.
Make sure the cursor is at the top of the document when you start the spellchec
ker so that everything is counted.
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How do I insert a fixed amount of horizontal space?
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This should work anywhere, whether or not X is actually running.
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How do I create PDF files from my LyX document?
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Read Section 5.3.6 of the
\emph on
Extended Features
\emph default
manual.
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Why do the fonts in my document look so bad in
\family typewriter
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manual.
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Why doesn't my latest and greatest version of Ghostscript render EPS inline
figures properly?
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[Note: this only applies to versions of LyX older than 1.2.0, since the graphics
rendering code has been rewritten in this version]
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A couple of users reported that they couldn't get recent Ghostscript versions
to display inline figures in LyX.
It transpires that this is a Ghostscript bug:
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http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=124957&group_id=1897
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\noindent
This bug appears to affect Ghostscript 6.22 and upwards.
After applying the above mentioned patch, rendering in Lyx works fine again.
GNU Ghostscript 6.53 and above include this fix.
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Questions Related to LyX on Windows
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Examples
\family default
.
Don't forget we have Tips and Tricks database in LyX wiki.
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