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From the stackexchange thread: """Probably not before you are hired but you can impress with your good looking reports, presentations etc. after you're hired.""
by dextorious 15y ago
From the stackexchange thread: """Probably not before you are hired but you can impress with your good looking reports, presentations etc. after you're hired."""
I don't think so. The stock standard LaTeX templates are not that good looking compared to the kind of reports presentations etc a competent guy versatile in graphic design (not necessarily a graphic designer) can achieve -- perhaps even using some ready made presentation/report template bundled with his office suite or third-party.
Slightly better typography is the main advantage, but people would fell asleep reading a LaTeX template report or presentation. Lack of color, imagery, drab looking charts and diagrams etc --unless you really dive full in and peruse all of LaTeX. And it's not like anyone sweats over typography details when reading a bloody report.
- chalst 15y agoI think the commenter was thinking of Beamer, which does have some attractive layout in its standard suite. Beautifying Latex and Beamer is really not that difficult. An issue, though, is that the techniques to do so are different to those used in standard graphic design.
- dextorious 15y agoIf we're to judge from this: http://www.hartwork.org/beamer-theme-matrix/ http://www.hartwork.org/beamer-theme-matrix/ I wouldn't say that Beamer presentation themes are any better --actually worse--, than what's included with Pages/Powerpoint.
- dextorious 15y agoCheck here for some cv far better that the boring standard LaTeX ones: http://jobmob.co.il/blog/beautiful-resume-ideas-that-work/ http://jobmob.co.il/blog/beautiful-resume-ideas-that-work/ It's not as if your potential boss will be delighted because the hyphenation spacing and kerning is just perfect --but a touch of cleverness and color can get far.