LyX THE DOCUMENT WORD PROCESSOR

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COURSE DURATION	:	1 Day (7 Hours)
AWARD TYPE	:	CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
TOTAL COURSE FEES	:	RM 600 per participant (HRDF Claimable)
MIN/MAX Participants	:	Minimum 5 participants, MAximum 20 participants

INTRODUCTION: What is LyX?

LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based on the structure of your documents (WYSIWYM ^†) and not simply their appearance (WYSIWYG ^††).

LyX combines the power and flexibility of TeX/LaTeX with the ease of use of a graphical interface. This results in creation of mathematical content (via a fully integrated equation editor) and structured documents like academic articles, thesis, and books.  So, if you find LaTeX too difficult to learn, then LyX is for you!

LyX software itself is free to download and use. It is released under a Free Software/Open Source license, runs on Linux/Unix, Windows, and Mac OS, and is available in several languages.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

LyX is for anyone who want their writing to look great, right out of the box. If you don’t want to worry about  formatting details, font attributes or page boundaries or the continuous problem you face when using Ms. WORD, then LyX is the answer. 

You just write. On screen, LyX looks like any Graphical User Interface word processor such as Microsoft Word or Apple Pages; however, its printed output — or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced — looks like nothing else.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Download, install, set up, and use the Graphical User Interface-based LyX software.
2. Typeset math formulas and scientific expressions with the highest standards along with inserting graphic images; and working with figures and tables.
3. Use professional fonts along with modern PDF features.

Prerequisite: Should have basic knowledge of word-processing apps (Ms. Word, Pages, Google Docs)  or at the very least, any text editors.

Additional Note: Participants are required to bring their own personal laptops (running Windows OS, UBUNTU or Mac OS)  for hands-on training.

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^{† What you see is what you mean}

^{†† What you see is what you get}

   COURSE CONTENTS    

1. Trainer & Course Introduction

1. The Trainer & LyX
2. What the training is about

2. First LyX Document

1. Typing, Viewing 
2. Preparing for Printing
3. Simple Operations
4. WYSIWYM: Whitespace in LYX
5. Sections and Subsections
6. Lists and sublists
7. Verses,  Quotations, and More

3. Writing Documents

1. Text classes
2. Templates: Writing a Letter
3. Document Titles
4. Labels and Cross-References
5. Footnotes and Margin Notes
6. Bibliographies
7. Table of Contents

3. Using Math

1. Math Mode
2. Navigating an Equation
3. Exponents and Indices
4. The Math Panel:

1. Greek and symbols
2. Square roots, accents, and delimiters
3. Fractions
4. TEX mode: Limits, log, sin and others
5. Matrices
6. Display mode

4. Matrices & Display Mode

1. LYX for LATEX Users
2. TEX Mode
3. Importing LATEX Documents — tex2lyx
4. Converting LYX Documents to LATEX
5. LATEX Preamble
6. Document Class
7.  Other Preamble Matters
8. BibTEX
9. Errors!