Re: [NTG-context] I need some advices/guidelines before start writing my PhD thesis

2005-06-20 Thread andrea valle
It *is* possible if you know how and are very careful (split the text in chapters, safe and backup often etc.), but OpenOffice.org is better for that - besides any TeX, of course. ;-) I like the idea of OO, but I have to say I have always found strange behaviour in OO. I switched to

Re: [NTG-context] I need some advices/guidelines before start writing my PhD thesis

2005-06-20 Thread Peter Münster
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Alexandra Ribeiro wrote: At this moment I've to make a choice: continue using Word or start learning a new tool, which will probably consume much of my time. So, I'm in a dilemma. That's why I'm asking for help. Another point, that you should perhaps consider when

Re: [NTG-context] I need some advices/guidelines before start writing my PhD thesis

2005-06-19 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 18.06.2005 um 18:06 schrieb Peter Mnster: With this experience I'm quite sure, that ConTeXt is much easier to use for a thesis, than MS-Word. After about 4 or 5 days reading the Don't know if it's easier (for a programmer, sure), but much more reliable - MSW is famous for destroying

Re: [NTG-context] I need some advices/guidelines before start writing my PhD thesis

2005-06-19 Thread Peter Münster
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Am 18.06.2005 um 18:06 schrieb Peter Münster: With this experience I'm quite sure, that ConTeXt is much easier to use for a thesis, than MS-Word. After about 4 or 5 days reading the Don't know if it's easier (for a programmer, sure),

Re: [NTG-context] I need some advices/guidelines before start writing my PhD thesis

2005-06-18 Thread Peter Münster
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Alexandra Ribeiro wrote: At this moment I've to make a choice: continue using Word or start learning a new tool, which will probably consume much of my time. So, I'm in a dilemma. That's why I'm asking for help. Hi Alex, I don't know MS-Word very well, but *all* of my

[NTG-context] I need some advices/guidelines before start writing my PhD thesis

2005-06-17 Thread Alexandra Ribeiro
Hi, I need some advices/guidelines before start writing my PhD thesis. I?m completely new to TeX and of course to Context but I?m convinced that Microsoft Word is far away from being the right tool for writing a long document. Well, in the past I had some big big headaches? At this

Re: [NTG-context] I need some advices/guidelines before start writing my PhD thesis

2005-06-17 Thread Jörg Hagmann
Hi Alex, I am in a similar situation, just a few months ahead of you. I am writing a textbook and decided to do that in Context, without having had any experience with TeX or LaTeX. So far, I am pleased with my decision (my experience covers figures, math, tables, footnotes, text and figures in

Re: [NTG-context] I need some advices/guidelines before start writing my PhD thesis

2005-06-17 Thread luigi.scarso
Alexandra Ribeiro wrote: Hi, I need some advices/guidelines before start writing my PhD thesis. I'm completely new to TeX and of course to Context but I'm convinced that Microsoft Word is far away from being the right tool for writing a long document. Well, in the past I had some big big