I went through many iterations of this very same issue, and note that I have pretty deep experience with latex and other publishing tools. At the end of the da

I went through many iterations of this very same issue, and note that I have pretty deep experience with latex and other publishing tools. At the end of the day, now I'm optimizing for simplicity. Personally I use Google docs, but open office would be exactly the same. You just print as PDF when you need the PDF -- and with Google docs typically you can just share the link in view only mode, you don't even need the PDF. The reason for me is small edits. With Gdocs I can do any small change even on my phone, and most importantly I can share the file with anyone and they can make edits for me, if needed.