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I highly prefer LaTeX (and Markdown via pandoc) for writing, but Word does not require you to work serially. If you store a document on OneDrive (or SharePoint
by danieldk 9y ago
I highly prefer LaTeX (and Markdown via pandoc) for writing, but Word does not require you to work serially. If you store a document on OneDrive (or SharePoint I guess), you can edit a document with multiple people simultaneously. Both from Word Online and Word on your PC/Mac.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Collaborate-on-Word-documents-with-real-time-co-authoring-7dd3040c-3f30-4fdd-bab0-8586492a1f1d https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Collaborate-on-Word...
- pletnes 9y agoWe've tried using it, as have other peopke I know. There are serious limitations to it. In practice I'd call it vapourware. Sharelatex delivers. In a SW dev team, markdown/latex+git also works great.
- while1 9y agoNeither does markdown. Just put it in a git repo.
- arethuza 9y agoMultiple authors collaborating on documents seems to work pretty well on SharePoint Online and the latest version of Word - I did have some problems with this in the past but seems pretty solid now. NB I do prefer working with something like git - but for collaborating with people who are never going to use git (even with a GUI) - particularly sales and marketing folks - it is very useful.
- Nullabillity 9y agoThere's a huge difference between "use this specific cloud service" and "use anything that can diff text".
- rubidium 9y ago"use this specific cloud service" that most large companies and universities are adopting. And with a GUI that's much more familiar to non-programmers.