Greetings, On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Vignesh Nandha Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > >> What is the difference between LaTex and a normal Office Document? >> > > Unlike Office suites, LaTex is not a WYSIWYG way of creating the document. > Rather you write markups and styles, (think of HTML and CSS) and then you > export it to PDF or other formats to view it.
Lyx provides a sorta WYSIWYG. LaTex is very mature and has tons of addons, extensions etc. as it has been around for a very long time. It is a derivative of TeX (pronounced as tek -- the last letter is supposed to be the greek chi) and designed by none other than Donald G Knuth. The input is pure text (images\drawings originally were in EPS format, again pure text). Has a learning curve. but worth it. > > What are the advantages of using LaTex or what difference does it make? >> > > With LaTeX, you can do much complex things, like complex mathematical > equations, etc. Open/Libre office Math can do that too. -- Regards, Rajagopal _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
