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Re:Writing my PhD using groff by hyperdimension on Saturday July 23, 2022 @01:20PM (#32205381)
> writing formulas in latek is wayyy faster to write and easier to maintain

I was told by a friend that the Equation Editor in Word would silently accept LaTeX math-mode equation syntax and convert it automatically. Besides trying it out briefly, i never used it extensively, so I'm not sure how complete it is. Still, it's there.

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Re:Writing my PhD using groff by ygra on Saturday July 23, 2022 @03:40PM (#32206876)
I think the LaTeX compatibility came in a fairly recent version, but the usual Unicode-based syntax is already a lot easier to type (especially on non-US keyboard layouts) and read, since it's a lot more compact and uses whitespace to separate things by default instead of requiring large amounts of curly braces.
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Re:Writing my PhD using groff by ahmadmijot on Saturday July 23, 2022 @02:24PM (#32206040)
Can confirm. I use the LaTeX mode in equation editor in Word quite religiously for both equations and symbols.
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