Re: Thesis/Dissertation authoring application
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 21:56:54 -0400 (EDT)
Andrew Perrin <clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Apr 2005, Bruno Hertz wrote:
>
> > Rhys Hardwick <rhys@rhyshardwick.co.uk> writes:
> >
> > > Hey there everyone.
> > >
> > > I was wondering if anyone knew of a good open-source program for writing
> > > Theses, Dissertations, Journal articles, etc. Open office, AbiWord etc are
> > > all good word processors, but there must be a program that is specifically
> > > for the porpus of writing these types of things.
> > >
> > > If anyone knows of anything like this, that would be fantastic!
> >
> > In academic circles it's common to use Tex/Latex. This is also the
> > format required by most journals, if you plan to publish. A GUI
> > frontend like lyx might help you to get started.
>
> Boy, I wish that were true! Sadly most social science journals have never
> heard of TeX/LaTeX and make me jump through hoops to submit.
>
On the other hand most mathematical journals/conferences never heard of
anything else.
Don't they accept ps or pdf output? Its not the best option but you could
always export as rtf also.
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