On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:56 AM, ARUN PALANIAPPAN < [email protected]> wrote:
> 2012/8/20 Mohan Sundaram <[email protected]> > > > > > > Apps like OO, Word etc are good for documents. I've found DocBook and > > Latex useful when one does compilations where we have chapters, section > > headers, subsections etc... These are automatically done based on indents > > in OO/Word but the user has only a few controls. DocBook/Latex gives fine > > grained controls for these, numbering/labelling figures etc and helps > > maintain uniformity across a large document without any overrides. > > > > > Please explain more Sir > One good example is a manual or a book with multiple chapters. This is what I call a compilation, especially when different chapters have different authors. The whole compilation needs an uniform look and feel. One example is the format of a note or a symbol giving a warning, foot noting etc. For a large compilation, it is too laborious to check uniformity in word processors even if it came from the same source. The person compiling can ensure uniformity when he uses tools like Latex. -- Mohan Sundaram _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
