Xref: utzoo comp.text:6536 comp.text.tex:237 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!clyde.concordia.ca!s3!lamarche From: lamarche@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Louis Lamarche) Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Why learn Tex? Message-ID: <597@s3.ireq.hydro.qc.ca> Date: 2 Mar 90 15:37:02 GMT References: <90059.234829GILLA@QUCDN.BITNET> Sender: root@s3.ireq.hydro.qc.ca Reply-To: lamarche@s1.UUCP (Louis Lamarche) Organization: IREQ, Hydro-Quebec Lines: 17 I am a Word(4.0) user on the Macintosh. Typically, I produce scientific reports having ~100 pages. Scientific equations are handle with a program called Expressionist (very WYSIWYG oriented) from which I cut and paste. On the other side, I work with peoples pleased with Tex and Latex. I am not convinced to switch to Tex or LaTex, for the following reason: o In my opinion figures help to understand a subject. o Tex and LaTex do not handle figures easily, so peoples dont put figures in their documents. (This is what I see) o Sometimes a figure may equal a thousand of words :-) -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | Louis Lamarche, IREQ | lamarche@ireq.hydro.qc.ca | CP 1000, Varennes | or | QC, Canada, J3X 1S1 | 514-652-8077 (office) 514-324-2919 (home)