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So much frustration could have been avoided by just using LaTeX.
by antoineMoPa 8y ago
So much frustration could have been avoided by just using LaTeX.
- pjc50 8y agoVery different tool for different purposes. And it's never really been WYSIWYG.
- antoineMoPa 8y ago(?) Both can be used for CVs, letters, lab reports, publications. My life was only simplified when I switched to LaTeX. WYSIWYGs are overrated.
- pjc50 8y agoI keep my CV in Latex, and did my undergraduate thesis that way; but I'm very aware that for day to day non-maths work this is not a simple workflow and that most people would prefer a system in which they can see the effect of their changes immediately. (See the discussion in another comment about styles in word and how few people use them). WYSIWYG and DTP was the liberatory technology of the 80s and early 90s - suddenly everyone could produce documents with little training.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoSimplify your life further. Use Lyx (a frontend for LaTeX). It's pretty much WYSIWYG, but you're still using LaTeX.
- krylon 8y agoI do like LaTeX very much, but I do not think it is fair to expect the average person to learn LaTeX.
- pjmlp 8y agoI did my university project reports and the final dissertation in LaTeX. Since 2000 I never bothered to deal with it ever again.