> 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 m

> 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.