If you work on a Windows PC your life most likely revolves around Microsoft Word. It does not need to be so on a Mac. I still need MS Word to exchange files with Windows-based colleagues and also because it has some important features not available in any other software (for example the ability to and some important features for ). The Normal.dotm file is a Microsoft Word template file that saves your personal settings. Settings like margins, default font and other personalized settings are kept in this file. Macros are kept in this file as well. The Normal.dotm file provided for Hawaiian diacritics support contains macros. Yet, I often observe how MS Word is misused to do simple tasks less efficiently than could be done with other Mac apps. Here are the five most frequent instances when MS Word can easily be replaced to make academic work better, faster and more pleasant. • Note-taking. Is far superior for making notes faster to take, easier to find, and more universally available (e.g. Macademic using such apps as,. • Early stages of academic writing. Going through the of an academic paper you need focus and ability to structure your thinking. You don’t need formatting or other wordprocessing distractions. At these early stages of writing I with and write with. For manuscripts longer than 2,000 words I also use. Check Macademic posts on. • Preparing short documents. If you want your text to look professional, snappy and elegant use for final formatting. An ancient philosopher said ‘ The difference between Pages and Word in Pages it is very diffivult to make a document look ugly whereas in MS Word it is very difficult to make a document look pretty.’ So most of my memos, briefings, case-studies, and reports are written in and then transferred to Pages for final formatting. Of course you should not email Pages files – convert them to PDFs. How to make PDFs with a lighting-fast ⌘-P-P keyboard shortcut. Check also Macademic entry on. • Exchanging textual information. I often receive emails starting as follows: “ Please find enclosed my inputs/thoughts/an interesting idea”. Attached are MS Word documents with 2–3 paragraphs of unformatted text.. The best alternative is again plain text inserted at the end of your email. • Disseminating and storing reference documents. Another type of emails I receive start like this: “ Please find attached my recent paper on XXX for your files”. Once again, the attachment is a “.doc(x)” file. I find it frustrating. What if I do not have this version of Word or a particular font or something else prevents my computer from displaying the file properly? What if I want to import the file in a pdf-management software such as? What if in 10-years time MS Word won’t be used any longer? For circulating and storing final papers and documents it is always best to use the open document-exchange maintained by the International Organization for Standardization. Even if your document was prepared in Word c can be done in seconds. In summary, while it is too early to phase Microsoft Word out of academic workflows (I will write about its necessary uses), it can clearly be substituted in a variety of situations to result in faster and more effective work. I couldn’t agree more with you. Not only have I tried to avoid MS word since I changed to Mac, but I even feel more creative or inspired to write. Writing in Byword or even in simple text lets one concentrate on the writing. I don’t know if it’s just me, but MS Word appears to have been changing for the worse, or at least in functionality and the counterintuitive menus. And if you want to continue to throw things at MS Word, the current flashback trojan takes advantage of an exploit in it to spread. This should clearly be a message to stop sending files in MS Word unless strictly necessary. Thank you for the clear comparison and the objective opinion, I believe that Microsoft word is better than LaTEX when it comes to writing simple documents with graphics. ![]() And when writing technical documents such software and IT documentation. I think LaTEX is better for research houses and mathematical documents. Anyway I did an analysis about LaTEX and Microsoft Word for IT organization please have a look on it: I will be waiting for your opinion, kindly post your agreement in the comment. Thank you Like.
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