LyX is a document processor based on WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean) rather than WYSIWYG like traditional word processors. It acts as a front end for LaTeX, allowing users to focus on content over formatting. LyX handles formatting tasks like page numbering, footnotes, and cross-references automatically after content is written. It excels at features for academic writing like mathematics, lists, tables, and cross-referencing. The document provides instructions on how to get started using LyX and resources for learning more.

1. LyX
The Document Processor
or
A Book writers Dream

2. What is LyX?
● A document processor based on (WYSIWYM)
What you see is what you mean
● Differs from traditional word processors like MS
Word, WordPerfect and even Open Office and Libre
Office which use (WYSIWYG). What you see is
what you get.
● Front End for a typesetting program used in
Academia know as LaTeX.

3. Why use LyX?
● You can worry more about your content rather than
how to format it.
● Once what your writing is written it produce a
published output. You don't have to worry about
page numbering, footnotes, Table of contents and
cross references.

4. What you won't find in LyX.
● Document Ruler
● Tab Stops
● Extra white spaces – hitting space or enter a couple
of times.

5. Where LyX excels
● Hyphenation
● Lists of any type
● Mathematics
● Tables
● Cross-referencing

6. Basics of LyX

7. How to get started
● File > New
● Document > Settings...
● Document Class – pick the type you want to make

8. Pick your Document from Document class

9. Everything you need is here

10. Help
● Help > Introduction
● Help > Tutorial
● Help > User Guide

11. Things to Do
● Just write, Include everything, Titles, Chapters, and
content.
● Formatting - can come latter : not while your in your
writing unless it is needed. Can keep you creativity
flowing without worrying about how it looks.
● Look at your book before you publish it.

12. Now Show some examples
● http://www.lipsum.com/ Use this to see add some
text
● Type away Format later
● Format – Title , Author, Chapter, footnotes and
others.

13. Resources
● http://www.lyx.org/
● Use the help in LyX for Introduction, Tutorial and
User Guide.
● http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCo8-Fbx1xU
● http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvhdLJ0C6pk