I fully agree with Roger
George
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Chliveros, Georgios
Sheffield Hallam University, UK
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Subject: Re: LaTex is so last century
I haven't tried MathType. HOWEVER, my immediate gut response is that I
wouldn't want the definitive version of my life's work ever to be locked
into a Microsoft proprietary format.
Roger
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On 08/02/2012 07:14, Evan Kontopantelis wrote:
> LaTex templates drive the costs down for publishers and allow some open and free technical journals to survive.
> Once you get used to them it speeds up write up - besides creating tables.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Evan
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> Subject: Re: LaTex is so last century
>
> if you try to write a book or a scientific paper, more often than not the publishers give you a Latex template.
> it is not so bad after all for a last century tool...
>
> Of course if you work with doctors, never use Latex.
>
> Stephane
>
>> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 22:36:51 +0000
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: LaTex is so last century
>> To: [log in to unmask]
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>> I've never used Tex, and I doubt if I ever will. Latex is
>> definitely more human friendly, and with Sweave (which puts
>> R into LAtex) it's much more useful,
>> Anthony
>> PS - LaTex is a set of macros which hides the innards of TeX
>> from the innocent user.
>>
>> On 07/02/12 19:12, James bradley wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Have you ever used Tex to produce a document ?
>>>
>>> James Bradley
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> MathType plus Word does all I need to do.
>>>
>>> Phillip Good
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: Essex Short Course in LaTex
>>> From: "Allum, Nick"<[log in to unmask]>
>>> Date: Tue, February 07, 2012 10:51 am
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> Dear colleagues (with apologies for cross-posting)
>>>
>>>
>>> Many of our PGR students here at Essex are requesting training in LaTex,
>>> and we are able to offer discounts to Ph.D. students in the social
>>> sciences who wish to take the two-day course that we've designed as part
>>> of our offering to the DTC Advanced Training Network.
>>>
>>> The course will be offered on the 16th and 17th of April, and will cost
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>>>
>>> =====================================
>>> Course Outline:
>>> LaTeX is a system for high-quality typesetting that is particularly
>>> useful for technical and scientific documents. This course prepares
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>>> interface between LaTex and statistical software to produce tables of
>>> estimation results. The students will also learn to use figures in
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>>> LaTex class to create amazing slides for presentations.
>>> ====================================
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
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