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LyX 2.4.2
File Name: LyX-242-Installer-1-x64.exe	File Size: 56.87 MB	Date Added: October 22, 2024

Price	Free
Version	2.4.2
Release Date	October 22, 2024
Publisher	LyX - https://www.lyx.org
Publisher's Description

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 world-class support for creation of mathematical content (via a fully integrated equation editor) and structured documents like academic articles, theses, and books. In addition, staples of scientific authoring such as reference list and index creation come standard. But you can also use LyX to create a letter or a novel or a theatre play or film script. A broad array of ready, well-designed document layouts are built in.

LyX is for people who want their writing to look great, right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting details, “finger painting” font attributes or futzing around with page boundaries. You just write. On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output — or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced — looks like nothing else.

Math/science features

Mathematical formula editor which is easily best of breed. Fully harnesses the power of LaTeX.
Equations can be entered via point-and-click interface or via keyboard with LaTeX commands (optionally via auto-completion). Formulas are immediately visually rendered on screen.
Copy/paste to and from LaTeX source code.
Equation arrays, equation numbering, theorems, matrices, algorithms, and much more.
Support of customizable math macros
Basic support for various Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) - Maple, Maxima, Octave, Mathematica

Structured document creation

Advanced features for labels, references, index and bibliography (including advanced BibTeX support)
Standard word processor operations, like cut/paste, multiple open documents, undo/redo, spellchecking (uses aspell or hunspell in the background), and thesaurus and revision tracking
Different textclasses allow you to type letters, articles, books, movie scripts, LinuxDoc, slides, presentations. Also included are some textclasses for scientific societies, such as AMS, APS, IEEE, or specific journals like Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Dedicated modules let you dynamically enhance the functionality of the textclass by adding features that are needed for specific tasks (such as endnotes, linguistic glosses, Noweb/Sweave or LilyPond support)
Numbered section headings, table of contents (with hypertext functionality), lists of figures/tables
The outliner mode allows for easy navigating in your document as well as for moving or nesting complete chapters and sections
Character styles provide access to fully semantic markup

Graphics/tables

Support for many graphic formats (including EPS, SVG, XFig, Dia and others)
WYSIWYG for cropping, rotation, scaling of images
Enhanced support for intelligently floating figures and tables
Support for subfigures, subtables and captions
Support for wrapped figures and tables
Interactive WYSIWYG tables
Shared (geometry) settings for multiple figures

Internationalization

Support for writing documents in many languages of the world
Bidi support for Right-to-Left languages such as Hebrew and Arabic
Support for many writing systems (including CJK)
Write multilingual documents consisting of diverse languages and scripts thanks to unicode compliance.
Menus, error messages, manuals and key bindings are available in many languages

Document formats

Access to all LaTeX functionality with capability to insert plain LaTeX code anywhere in a document.
Import and export to many formats (LaTeX, PDF, Postscript, DVI, ASCII, HTML, OpenDocument, RTF, MS Word, and others) thanks to configurable converters
Source code viewer for instant LaTeX and DocBook view.
SGML-tools support (DocBook DTDs)
Literate programming support (noweb, Sweave)
Support for export of PDF bookmarks and header information

Usability/user interface

Graphical user interface that gives access to all functions via menus and mouse, as well as configurable key bindings
Extensive documentation, including a beginner's tutorial, available in many languages
Text completion support
Typesetting in background

Document management