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Re: [O] Efficiency of Org v. LaTeX v. Word
From: |
Thomas S. Dye |
Subject: |
Re: [O] Efficiency of Org v. LaTeX v. Word |
Date: |
Fri, 26 Dec 2014 13:36:47 -1000 |
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| "One may also argue that given a well-designed LaTeX document class
| file, document development speed and text and formatting accuracy are
| significantly improved."
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Apparently, the LaTeX users didn't have the benefit of a document
class. Hard to take a "study" like this seriously.
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| "preventing researchers from producing documents in LaTeX would save
| time and money to maximize the benefit of research and development for
| both the research team and the public"
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All you have to lose is your freedom.
All the best,
Tom
Ken Mankoff <address@hidden> writes:
> People here might be interested in a publication from [2014-12-19 Fri]
> available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115069
>
> Title: An Efficiency Comparison of Document Preparation Systems Used
> in Academic Research and Development
>
> Summary: Word users are more efficient and have less errors than even
> experienced LaTeX users.
>
> Someone here should repeat experiment and add Org into the mix, perhaps
> Org -> ODT and/or Org -> LaTeX and see if it helps or hurts. I assume
> Org would trump LaTeX, but would Org -> ODT or Org -> X -> DOCX (via
> pandoc) beat straight Word?
>
> -k.
>
>
>
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