I don’t do too heavy of math stuff, and I have figured out the Microsoft Word equation editor enough to suit most of my needs. The main nicety of LaTeX are math equations. I did my dissertation in LaTeX, and I would do that in LaTeX again, but smaller articles are not a big deal. (FYI folks, besides doing the obvious and pointing out typos if they exist, my text editor has a spell checker same as Word to highlight typos.) Besides this, none of my co-workers use LaTeX, so it is a non-starter for when I am collaborating. Last time I submitted a LaTeX document to Criminology a reviewer said it probably had typos - without pointing out any of course.
Many refuse to accept PDF articles outright, and last time I submitted a LaTeX file to JQC (a Springer journal) that would not compile I received zero help from staff over a month of emails, so I just reformatted it to a Word document anyway. Most of the journals in my field (criminology and criminal justice) make it difficult to turn in an article in that format.
It is recommended that you install it because it will provide better display of graphics.Īfter you install this download, start Word or OneNote.