"Anna H.Pryor" wrote:
>
> For a conference that I am putting my paper in, I have the following:
>
> We discourage the use of LaTeX but if you must use this format please observe
> the following instructions:
Aside from the good practical advice other people have offered, I would
also suggest that you chew their ears a bit. If this a conference, I
assume it is at some academic institution, and LaTeX is _the_ format for
academic publications. If they're at a university, they've got LaTeX; if
they don't know how to use it, they should know someone who does. As
for PDF, it's a useful fix for circulating printer-friendly documents,
but haven't they thought that they might need to edit submissions? OK,
it is possible to edit a PDF file, but it's probably easier to print it
out, scan it as a text file and put back the formatting!
As an aside, I was looking at the website of a local university in one
of those "Maybe I should apply for a better-paid job" moods. The
application form was a downloadable MS Word document. I hit my Back
button.
Robin
