[plug] LyX/LaTeX vs Word: the verdict

[Warren Duff]

I am also keeping it in mind for writing my Thesis due around this time next
year.  However, I must hand in an electronic version on either disk or CD.
The school requires it in word format - (restraint of trade if you ask me!).

So is it possible to use LaTeX to convert to a word document to satisfy the
school's restrictive policy?

Warren Duff
Computer Systems Engineering
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Curtin University of Technology


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-plug at linux.org.au [mailto:owner-plug at linux.org.au]On Behalf Of
Oliver White
Sent: Saturday, 6 November 1999 2:37 PM
To: plug at linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] LyX/LaTeX vs Word: the verdict

Congratulations! I know how hard you've been working on this, hopefully
now we can start a game of Civ III huh? Maybe sink a few beers... or a
bit of both (Help! The warriors of SlurredSpeach are attacking!)

WRT LaTeX, I'll definitely keep it in mind for my final year project
next year.

Fantastic!

--
Oliver White

Christian wrote:
>
> A few months ago, before I started writing my thesis, I made a post to
> this list asking for suggestions on what I should use, having not been
> particularly satisfied with Word Perfect 8 when I wrote the original
> research proposal.  The (nearly) unanimous response was to use LaTeX
> with a couple of people also suggesting LyX as a GUI front-end.  Well, I
> submitted the final thesis yesterday and I thought the list might be
> interested in the final verdict on it (LaTeX that is, not the thesis
> itself... ;-)