How to edit lyx document with two people.

odpr · Post by **odpr** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 3:58 pm

I am using the lyx software for few weeks now, and I found it very good so far.
My only problem now is that my advisor want to edit the document with me (that is to add comments on my paper and so on...)
In Word you have the yellow mark, and the red line that can be crossed on the text.

Is something like that exist in Lyx?

Thanks!

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meho_r · Post by **meho_r** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:58 pm

Sure, just activate change tracking in Document > Change Tracking > Track changes, save the document and send it to your advisor. All changes will be recorded and you may revise them and accept as you would in any word processor.

For notes (Insert > Note), there are three types:

1. LyX Note, which is similar to OpenOffice.org Writer's or MS Word's. They do not appear in the output.
2. Comment, which does not appear in the output, but do appear as comment when you export your document as a .tex file.
3. Greyed out, which appears in the output as grey text.

Caution: Be careful when using last two types of notes since the space before and after these boxes is counted and may appear in the output as double space.

For more infos, you may consult LyX's User's Guide, sections 4.1 and 6.14.

odpr · Post by **odpr** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:42 pm

That was great answer

I played with all the options and it's really nice,two things though:
1) when I mark the some line in the text and choose grayed out, it draw a line on the text, which is nice, but now let's say I want to remove that line, how can I do that?
2) it also enable you to add some comment to replace that texts, but when I try to choose dissolve text, it remove the comment, but still the text is in different color (blue.)
How can I remove it, and make the text in the original color?

Thanks

meho_r · Post by **meho_r** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 11:52 pm

odpr wrote: I played with all the options and it's really nice,two things though:
1) when I mark the some line in the text and choose grayed out, it draw a line on the text, which is nice, but now let's say I want to remove that line, how can I do that?

If you select a text and then go to Insert > Note > Greyed out, you actually delete the selected test and paste it into the "Greyed out" box.

2) it also enable you to add some comment to replace that texts, but when I try to choose dissolve text, it remove the comment, but still the text is in different color (blue.)
How can I remove it, and make the text in the original color?

I don't understand what you mean with that. Maybe the best way is to create a .lyx file with an example of the problematic behaviour and steps necessary to reproduce it, put the file into a .zip archive and attach it to your next post.

odpr · Post by **odpr** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:55 pm

Thanks for the help so far

So to what you explained, let's say I want to remove the grayed out text (for example if I added it in the wrong place, and I regret it ..) how can I return the text to it's regular state?

meho_r · Post by **meho_r** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:36 am

1. Using "Undo" instead of select > delete,
2. temporarily disabling Track Changes,
3. accepting changes on those specific places in your document (select the text and press "Accept" on the "Review" toolbar (View > Toolbars > Review).

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