Using LaTeX is like writing a program to automate something you do a lot:[1] lots of effort up front for payback down the line. Once you work out how to use it

Using LaTeX is like writing a program to automate something you do a lot:[1] lots of effort up front for payback down the line. Once you work out how to use it and iron out the kinks in your templates, it becomes much easier, permanently. Whereas with Word, while you'll get started much quicker, every sufficiently complex document will break in new and strange ways that require extreme dexterity with a mouse and a good deal of random fiddling to fix. [1] https://xkcd.com/1319/ https://xkcd.com/1319/ (ignore the bottom graph)