Make sure to use the “important” modifier, the “Yes Really” modifier, and adjust character by character until you realize you’re missing yet another modifier 🙃
Your typesetting will look professional, they said
Submitted 10 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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navigatron@beehaw.org 10 months ago
ladicius@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Is it worse than ms word in that regard?
ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It by default places them more intelligently than word. This frustrates people that want it to be placed where they want it.
Word doesn’t place images intelligently, but it makes it easier to move images for novice users. This makes word simpler and may initially seem better. However, if your document gets large and has more content added. Word can alter the locations of images erratically and you may find yourself constantly fixing them. If you understand how latex works and accept it methods, it can be a whole lot less stressful when working on larger documents.
pufferfisherpowder@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I have no experience with latex but I would argue that if you’re proficient in using word you can set up even a large document effectively. Most people just don’t bother. But things like page break, as a basic example, exist.
This isn’t to say that word is better than latex, again I have no experience with the latter, but word in 2023 is better than it’s reputation imo.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
No way it’s worse in this regard. LaTeX places figures and tables in floating environments, which tend to be fairly “smart” most of the time. Figure placement in MS is just painful by comparison.
Feeee23@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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Jaccident@lemm.ee 10 months ago
The best use of this meme format in years.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I asked my physics professor if it was even worth learning latex if I don’t want to pursue physics and he told me not to because it would consume so much time. On the bright side, the documents would look very well formated.
Engywuck@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I don’t fully agree with Latex being time consuming. It may be, at the beginning, but after then it avoids you a lot of annoyances that come with WYSIWYG editors.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I rather prefer latex over word, but I’m a programmer and I like fiddling with things to make it work properly. It’s not just for scientific papers, any pdf file can benefit from latex even if it’s only for the proffessional look.
rescue_toaster@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Physics professor here. I tell my students that i will give them unlimited help and assistance if they want to learn latex. I find that most students prefer latex once they get the hang of it.
I’m incredibly biased though. There is rarely a situation that I would prefer to use word over latex.
Fades@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Thesis flashbacks
WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
I find the
H
option (from thefloat
iirc) to work much better thanh!
for my needs. The picture will still end up on the next page if it doesn’t fit in the current one, but it won’t fill the rest of the page with the text I wanted after the picture and mess everything up