The referenced article concerning the speed of Latex vs Word can be read freely online [0]. I remember reading that article shortly after it was published. The

The referenced article concerning the speed of Latex vs Word can be read freely online [0]. I remember reading that article shortly after it was published. They conducted an experiment in which participants were instructed to typeset a piece of work from scratch in thirty minutes in either Latex or Word. Since Latex is most valuable and efficient when writing a large document such as a book, containing multiple chapters, citations, cross-references and potentially images, the study is almost meaningless. The only conclusion I would draw from it is "if you want to type something small up real quick, maybe consider something other than Latex". [0] http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0115069 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....