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Program that saved me 100 hours: using LaTeX to write a scientific paper. Program that wasted me 100 hours: using LaTeX to make the poster for said scientific

Program that saved me 100 hours: using LaTeX to write a scientific paper. Program that wasted me 100 hours: using LaTeX to make the poster for said scientific paper. LaTeX is great for when you need to focus on your content and don't have much time to spend on the presentation. However, once the presentation is the entire point, LaTeX is not the right tool. Well, except if you like boring posters.

Random_ernest 6y ago
For me personally, my slides improved significantly when I started using Latex. Imo Latex forces you to give clean, concise presentations. If there is content that takes a lot of fiddling, your presentation is probably overloaded with things that won't reach the audience anyway.
- j7ake 6y ago
  You’ve never had to give a talk with a video inside ? Or have you gotten that to work in latex ?
  - tetris11 6y ago
    Tab out to the video. Play. Tab back to presentation. Video is included as a separate attachment in the email sent around.
7532yahoogmail 6y ago
Agree with both sides of latex