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What are the vital PROs of LaTex over easy-2-use word processing programs like Ms Word ?
by sus_007 9y ago
What are the vital PROs of LaTex over easy-2-use word processing programs like Ms Word ?
- grecy 9y agoI am putting the finishing touches on my first book that will go to print, using latex for the first time since University. Things like gutters and margins are precisely controlled, can be different for left and right pages, etc. The ability to define your own macros, that can be used through the doc. The ability to use conditionals within your document, so it's easy to produce say a print-ready pdf and an epub from the same source. Really, really easy to put your doc unto source control (cvs or git) and get legible diffs. IMHO, if you are printing a major document or book for professional purposes, you want to use latex.