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I agree that I'd be faster getting a small document done in Word than in Latex. But when the document gets huge: ToC, key phrase index, quotes half-way in the
by cies 12y ago
I agree that I'd be faster getting a small document done in Word than in Latex.
But when the document gets huge: ToC, key phrase index, quotes half-way in the margin, output to several paper sizes, multi-page tables, both footnotes AND endnotes, source code listings, a large number of references to journals... In that case I'm glad I used Latex for the smaller documents, because now I'm acquainted to it in time for the big thing.
- Osmium 12y agoI agree with you except for: > multi-page tables You won't be able to persuade me that's easier in LaTeX than Word! I say that as an otherwise very proficient LaTeX user who finds himself much more productive with LaTeX than Word. As for this study, I imagine it's a question of proficiency–good LaTeX users will be better with LaTeX, and good Word users will be better with Word. I have colleagues who can only barely use LaTeX, so it takes them forever, and they'd be much better off with Word. We do all our paper collaborations using Word, for example (which drives me nuts but there we go).