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Subject: Re: real books
From: Deborah Hemstreet <dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:45:48 +0300

Actually, TeX is quite powerful and to one used to using it, Word can't compare.

Word CAN do the job, but it requires knowledge of all the commands and layout issues.

TeX on the other hand is pure commands. No WSIYWIG. Many scientists prefer it. TeX is VERY popular amongst academia here in Israel.

The problem is you have to learn it....

Having said all that, where I'm working, we are producing quality journal articles for our journal at Rambam hosptial. (Look up RMMJ.org.il (I think, just started there).

The articles are not as I would have produced as I only just started there. But they've improved. Take a look and see if you like the quality. All of that was done in Word 2007. I am now working in Word 2010.

Give me a call if you need help.

Debbie
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On 09/06/2011 3:03 PM, Erika Yanovich wrote:

Hi all,

Our chief scientist (the author of several textbooks) is writing a new series (something between an idiot's guide and a scientific textbook) that we should edit and format. The neighboring marcom dept will design the cover and take care of production. Our tool is MS Word and that's what we intended to use for this purpose, but the author claims that Word can't produce 'real' books (by this he means the look and feel of modern textbooks).

Is this true? Are there any [hidden] advanced features of Word for this purpose, not used by tech writers? What tools would you use?
The author prefers TeX for which he has (and can develop) styles guides. Needless to say, he is a power user of TeX and he is used to produce camera-ready copies in postscript.

I have mixed feelings about him doing the formatting (apparently he doesn't mind, but isn't his time too expensive for this?), based on our definitions (which is what he apparently expects). Also, how would we get it for review? What formats are available to export from TeX?

Any thoughts appreciated.

Erika

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