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> Why is someone working in research publication not using a typesetting engine like tex? Research Publications is more than just Academia. The de facto standa
by asciimov 4y ago
> Why is someone working in research publication not using a typesetting engine like tex?
Research Publications is more than just Academia. The de facto standard in industry is Microsoft Word. Everyone accepts word docs and expects to receive them. Sure, some publications take tex family documents, but not all. Why use a tool not everybody takes.
Git is too obtuse of a tool to get not programmers to use.
- wyager 4y agoThat seems crazy to me. Word produces such ugly documents (poor line breaks, poor kerning, poor quality rendering, etc.). I would never publish something formatted in word just on an aesthetic basis, not to mention the downsides of using a propriety format without a proper typesetting engine.
- asciimov 4y agoBasically different publications have different style guides or templates. Some places you do the type setting, others do it for you. Eventually the text ends up as a pdf, and then that is marked up for corrections, revised, and approved for publication. You also have people of various skill levels using these docs. From MD/PhDs and lawyers all the way down to secretaries with high school diplomas. The only ubiquitous application between them is Microsoft Word.