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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Chris wrote:
, I gave up. Writer works fine for me.
For LaTeX: Tried to do my papers in it too, but since I'm a business major and all my stuff needs an exactly defined style (Times New Roman, 12 for Text, Arial 14 for Header 1 etc) and I didnt figure that out within THREE DAYS (yeah, I may be a morron when it comes to LaTeX
This is an interesting remark, it (partly) shows why people are confused about LaTeX. A rough explanation.
With tools like Word, OOo, Writer, the end user enters the text and after having entered the text, she/he applies styling, manually or with the help of predefined styles (a).
Using LaTeX, the process is inverted. You firstly inform LaTeX by giving it some directives on how the text should be styled and formated. Later, you enter the text (b).
The netto results may be the same (neglecting the technical superiority of TeX), the editing approach is different.
I would say, this is because you want "an exactly defined style", that you have to choose the (b) way. You write the text and then you "milled" it with LaTeX.
Interestingly, the text you submit is not formated. It is a pure ascii text, a serie of characters, it may originate from Linux, Windows, Mac of from different editors like word, notepad or writer. Only the text is relevant.
The publishers are using that way. They recieve the text from around the world, then they "milled" it with their own LaTeX directives before printing.
The principles are still valid on a single PC. It may take time to create the first document. But, later, you save time, a lot of time.
For Windows users:
To install MiKTeX, download and run the MiKTeX setup wizard:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/miktex/setup.exe.
For more information, visit the MiKTeX Project Page at
http://www.miktex.org.
A wrapper for LaTeX, GPL
http://www.texniccenter.org
Nice. Refreshing article.
jmf