__/ [Linønut] on Sunday 11 December 2005 15:28 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, r.e.ballard@xxxxxxx belched out this bit o'
> wisdom:
>
>> Personally, I agree in principle with both Microsoft and the BSA. If
>> you really want to use a $300 office package, you should pay $300 for
>> it. If you don't want to pay that much, then you should stop stealing
>> Microsoft software and use Open Office instead.
>
> Or at least just use WordPad, which covers about 90% of what Joe SixPack
> would ever need. MS Office itself adds only 2% to that.
>
> Personally, I'm learning LaTeX right now.
Use Kile/LyX. They are top-level abstractions of LaTeX and use the same
underlying technology. You needn't learn and memorise LaTeX syntax and you
have the benefit of WYSIWYG-ish, where strict embedment of _structure_ and
semantic is enforced.
I have used LyX ( http://lyx.org ) for 4 years and never looked back. Being
fluent with TeX helps...
Good luck,
Roy
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