Linked by Christian Paratschek on Fri 10th Sep 2004 05:18 UTC
Before I start, let me tell you the little story, how I got the idea for writing this article. When I wrote my first article for OSNews, one of the screenshots I included showed my diploma thesis. I merely wanted to show that OpenOffice.org in Fedora Core 2 features native icons, nothing more.
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In reply to Fooker,
I do think there is a place to discuss Latex in these comments. The author of the original article is essentially expressing his surprise (and relief) at having styles available in his word processor of choice. Yet, for those who are familiar with other methods of producing documents, for example, Latex, there isn't really a choice. You are almost forced to opt for a structured approach - defining which bits are titles, sections etc. But Latex has been around for AGES! Before all the fancy wysiwyg processors came along.
Therefore, if people are interested in approches to stucturing their OO documents using styles, then maybe they would be interested in Latex. Just because it's not wysiwyg does not (i believe) make it any less valid a comment.
I my mind, the average reader of OSNews is fairly proficient in their technical abilities. Therefore, I wouldn't be worried about recommending tools without a GUI.
I can't imagine that anyone who has mentioned Latex here thinks it's cool to do so. I do use Latex, but I also use OO. Both are great but for different types of documents (in my experience anyway). This thread is more about text formatting than it is word processors IMHO. It applies to web design too, in so far as it's best to stucture your document with the proper tags for headings and subheadings etc. And then you can customise their appearance using CSS style sheets.