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whats the difference between LyX and latex???

ok ima read it... Thanks

Also whats the biggest difference between word and latex?? do you have an example of the "same document" written in word and in latex so i can see the difference.. Thanks

i dont find that l2short.pdf file you referring to.. I only find http://www.ctan.org/get/info/lshort/english/lshort.pdf

So im an Electric Engineering Student, and hile doing a bit of research on what word processor to use for my Mac book pro, few people recommended Latex, MacTex for Macs.

So i installed it and it doesn't seem as straight forward as other word processing software...

Is there a book or a manual that ...