Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!stable.ecn.purdue.edu!yorkw From: yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: Mac's Microsoft Word Message-ID: Date: 16 Jan 91 22:43:11 GMT References: <1991Jan15.031444.5@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> <1991Jan14.222837.20284@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <662@tronsbox.xei.com> <1991Jan16.194832.25881@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 30 espie@egret.Stanford.EDU (Marc Espie) writes: >So... TeX has no GUI, Word has one. What does this mean ? >In particular, it means that you can do what you want with Word, >format a document in atrocious ways while believing you're doing >a great job. Nobody would be that stupid ? Well... One "argument" is that a WYSIYUG puts "emphasis" on the "apparence" so people "ignore" the contents. With TeX ya normally don't worry about the "Look" bacause it'll normally look good no matter what. Snd using a "simple" editor puts the "emphasis" back on content. >Why do you think most scientific books published >nowadays are designed with TeX or troff and not Word ? TeX (and Latex) [I haven't used AMStex] Really Cooks on equations, Automatic numbering, (YA add a new equation and the others get renumbered) Ease of use, and just plain Looking Good! >So you have a choice: >- you can learn TeX. Learning LaTeX is a LOT easier... -- yorkw@ecn.purdue.edu Willis F York ---------------------------------------------- Macintosh... Proof that a Person can use a Computer all day and still not know ANYTHING about computers.