On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 01:30:15AM +0200, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I write all my texts in latex, use JabRef/bibtex to manage references, > > subversion to keep track of things and to collaborate with coauthors, > > and -- if I need to submit to a journal misguided enough only to accept > > word, latex2rtf. > > My wife works in a field where most journals want Word files. So I thought > I'd try and sell her on LaTeX + some conversion (latex2rtf for example), but > it turns out it's no good for her: even though she's the sole author, she > always sends her articles for feedback/corrections to friends who also want > Word format and then do their modification in-place and send back a Word > file (with changes marked as such), so she could start with a LaTeX file , > but as soon as the text is ready enough to send to friends, she needs to > convert to Word and then needs to keep working in OOs to integrate the > comments/fixes etc... so she may as well use OOo all the way. > If she had a private wiki (password protected), she could post the article there, invite folks to edit it with user accounts, track changes and comments, then IIRC there may tools to translate wiki-markup into various formats like tex or something more friendly that could be sent to the journal.
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