On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 09:57:35PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
Not having to learn LaTeX would be the head of my list. While I am sure
it is a fine and dandy language for what it does and I know there are people
who have produced some nice text using it I do not wish to learn a third
computer language just to write fiction in my native language. What
OpenOffice offers is convenience of visually representing what I want with a
low barrier to entry.
Did you try lyx? Just going through the tutorial should give you an
idea.