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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Boris Veytsman wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">I definitely disagree. One of the consequences of the new front ends
to TeX (Overleaf here is one of the most striking examples) is that
there is no longer a real need for the monstrosity of word
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Well, I am no fan of Microsoft Word, but I do believe that it (and
other word processors) have a rôle in real life. Even I have been
known to write the odd letter in Word — it is just <i>convenient</i>
— and I use Excel on a daily basis.<br>
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<pre wrap="">In my exprience the users who recently switched from expensive and
bloated Office products to the Google docs are ready for another
switch to Overleaf. This opens a lot of interesting prospects for TeX
for a casual user. I am rather optimistic here.
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I have no experience of Google docs, nor of Overleaf, but I spend a
considerable amount of time using many of the members of the Adobe
Creative Cloud family — Audition, Dreamweaver, Illustrator,
InDesign, Photoshop, to name just the first five that come to mind.
Premiere, as well, though not as frequently. I very strongly
believe that there is a place, and a rôle, for commercial products,
and whilst I am more that happy to use XeTeX for <i>serious </i>multi-page
documents, little four-side flyers such as I am preparing at this
instant are far easier done in Illustrator or InDesign. If and when
TeX is extended to support gradient fills (etc.,), then I may have
less use for Adobe CC. But until that time comes, I will spend at
least as much time using Adobe CC as I do using TeX and friends.<br>
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** Phil.<br>
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