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[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Laughs in LaTeX.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago

Laughs in more advanced Word/Libre skills.

[–] Andrew15_5@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Laughs in Typst.

[–] Dingleberry@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is latex better than Libre?

[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Depends on who you ask... LaTeX is a typesetting system that uses plain text commands to format and structure documents. Has a bit of a learning curve. It also (usually) does exactly what you ask it for.

[–] Dingleberry@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So, maybe not worth teaching the in laws, but could be adapted for personal use with some practice?

[–] rainerloeten@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Depends on what you wanna do. Also it's a matter of preferences. For anything more complex than a simple letter or a table I'm using Latex. But although I love Latex, I must acknowledge that for some it's not the right tool.

It has advantages and disadvantages as everything in life ;) Ask your favorite search engine or LLM what those are, I don't feel qualified to elaborate on that.

[–] gornius@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

It's a go to solution for scientific papers.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Me trying to move tables and figures around in Word:

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

We need to bring back '90s hats.

[–] theFibonacciEffect@feddit.de 17 points 2 years ago

Me in LaTeX: [H!], please be where I want you to be!

[–] Beefytootz@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Pro-tip, at least when I last used Word, hold alt when dragging and dropping images. It somehow fixed the brokenness of the default way of doing it. I think this still works, I just haven't had to type anything up in like 5-10 years, of the stuff I have, I don't think I've ever had to include an image.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago

This is the Moment for the Latex or Typst people!

[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago

https://www.johndcook.com/wordvslatex.gif

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wouldn't happen if you use formatting tools correctly.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 years ago

I'm actually pretty good at formating. Just found this funny

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Rarely happened to me either.

If it happened it was usually due to me creating a design problem beforehand.