LaTeX
| September 23, 2004 @ 9:12 pm | Filed under Software |
I have decided that I like using LaTeX to type up my homework assignments. The first time I used LaTeX I felt like it was a burden and that it was slower for me to type my papers up using LaTeX than it was to write them in Microsoft Word or OpenOffice.
I decided to give LaTeX another try when I started my database class. I found that it was hard to insert mathematical symbols for the relational algebra and calculus. I decided that I would would bookmark the LaTeX reference pages that I used in my del.icio.us account so I could find them easily. Part of my problem is I could never find the right sources if I didn’t bookmark them. Now that I have taken a little bit of time to get a real handle on LaTeX I find it much easier to do the formatting then it would be otherwise with a word processor.
I’m converted! I won’t use LaTeX for all my assignments however, I will use it when I need mathematical notation and other such things that take too much time to do in a word processor.
You can see my LaTeX reference links at http://del.icio.us/danolsen/LaTeX.