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I think even for casual users LyX (a LaTeX editor) is better than Word for documents with simple layouts or many equations. Word is really complicated to under
by akvadrako 5y ago
I think even for casual users LyX (a LaTeX editor) is better than Word for documents with simple layouts or many equations.
Word is really complicated to understand and often makes formatting more difficult than it needs to be. So this doesn't seem like an elitist thing.
- tombert 5y agoSure, but even if you're technically right, for Word there's a million tutorials and YouTube videos if you get stuck, not to mention that basically every office seems to have "that MS Office person" who seemingly knows every single trick imaginable in Word. Even if Word is more complicated, it's relatively cheap and easy to unblock yourself. I've not used LyX, but I suspect that it doesn't have nearly the same level of domain knowledge in the corporate world, artificially making it harder to learn. Is that fair? No, not at all, but that just seems to be how it is.
- Thrymr 5y ago> I think even for casual users LyX (a LaTeX editor) is better than Word for documents with simple layouts or many equations. That really depends on what you mean by "casual users". It's a lot of overhead for someone who isn't familiar with LaTeX already. I've tried showing this to students, and it's a much heavier lift than MS equation editor for limited tasks. Of course for professional typesetting or many complex equations LyX will win, but truly "casual" use it isn't close IMO.
- akvadrako 5y agoWell in college I only used LyX and I never knew LaTeX and I never found it easier to learn Word's equation editor.
- netizen-936824 5y agoWhen I first got into LaTeX I tried LyX. Horrible, clunky experience. I never recommend it to anyone, instead I recommend just using VSCodium and associated plugins, its a far smoother experience