The next time I need to create that kind of publication, I plan to try ConTeXt to see if it is any better than LaTeX. "LaTeX was created with the idea of separ

The next time I need to create that kind of publication, I plan to try ConTeXt to see if it is any better than LaTeX. "LaTeX was created with the idea of separating content and presentation to such an extent that the typical author would write their content and then use a style file created by someone else to provide the visual presentation. Thus, the proliferation of style files and related things. ConTeXt, on the other hand, retained the idea of separating content and presentation, but was created with the idea of being used for books, where each book tends to have a different layout, and so the expected 'end user' is the person doing all the layout. Thus, it's designed to provide a vast amount of flexibility for layout in a way that can be fairly easily defined without needing to write a package (or go find one that's already written)." "ConTeXt is a macro package that’s far more advanced than LaTeX. You can enhance LaTeX with third party packages, but not all macro packages work together with each other. ConTeXt is an integrated, powerful and flexible macro package for which you seldom need third party packages." http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page