Re: [libreoffice-users] Neat Writer Feature -- Relative Font Sizes

On 13/02/2014, Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com> wrote:
> e-letter wrote,
>
> > What control is lost in latex?
>
> Fair question, and I probably should have worded it better. Yes, with LaTeX,
>
> you can control everything, but (at least in my experience) the learning
> curve to gain that control can be daunting. The GUI of LyX makes things
> easier, but even then, if you want total control, you're mixing in raw TeX
> commands with options selected from a menu, all the while throwing in a long
>
> list of preamble commands, all of which can take a long time to learn. The
> point and click options in LO make things *so* much more accessible. Of
> course, I'll be the first to admit that LO can't match the professional
> final output of LaTeX, (especially with LaTeX's OSF font options and the
> Microtype justification package), but it's getting closer, and certainly
> acceptable for my purposes.
>
> So, to make matters easier, when using LaTeX, I try to stick with the its
> default formatting, which results in a (voluntary) loss of control.

OK, fair enough but as a latex user, was amazed to read a claim that
LO provides greater control! :)

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