> whether added text is underlined in LyX's display. > In LyX 2.4.0 (not yet released), there will be a preference to control > Thanks for following up and sorry you didn't get a response on lyx-users. > Is there any way I can do that? I will happily attempt to edit the source I would like to disable just the underlining. > I find that the underlining of added text when tracking changes is a bit > I tried asking this on the users' list a few weeks ago, but perhaps I Next message (by thread): Remove underline from tracked changes?.Previous message (by thread): Remove underline from tracked changes?.LaTeX not only gets this stuff right, but, for the most part, it does it without any user intervention.Remove underline from tracked changes? Scott Kostyshak skostysh at lyx.org Word does not automatically implement kerning or ligatures, and doesn't seem able to do real smallcaps at all. It has poor equation spacing, incomplete OpenType support, a poor layout engine that produces excessive hyphenation and wildly inconsistent inter-word spacing, poor figure/table placement logic, and no proper plotting or figure-drawing functionality. But Word has a number of shortcomings from the reader's point of view. I'd be surprised if your choice of tool had much of an effect on the final outcome for your paper. You could also use a git repository with your coauthor, which is a much more robust and long-term way to track document changes and versions than Word's track changes feature. You can implement track changes functionality in LaTeX with two lines of code in the preamble: Ps: The spell-checker doesn't recognize "WordPerfect"! These don’t bother me so much for the type of writing I do-I never publish in journals but only in books, reports, PowerPoints, etc.-but I can understand why it would be a deal-breaker for most academic economists. Using cropped screen grabs is a possibility, but it means that the resulting document is not editable this is also problematic for inline equations. The chief drawbacks are (1) equations are lost in export to Word and (2) they are bolded and rather ugly in export to pdf. It incorporates a much more extensive and finely-tuned set of formatting tools than object-based alternatives, and it’s a wonder for copy-and-paste jobs like big matrices or equation sequences with repeating expressions. What makes it valuable is that it’s completely text-based, as befits a DOS-era program. (I had to buy a 20 year old or so used manual online I’ll be happy to send a scan to anyone who needs the section on equations.) It can still be found in modern releases, but you have to dig into the graphics settings to change the defaults, and there is no documentation for it. I find it well worth the cost.Īrchaic as I am, I want to put in a word for WordPerfect’s “old” equation editor, dating back to its DOS days. (Using it in a browser is also easy for people who don't usually work with LaTeX, because they can edit the text part of the document without worrying about installing a LaTeX package.) You can use it for free on your own, but sharing a document does require that the document owner has a paid, $10/month account. It works nicely with DropBox for having access to files offline, and when online, you can compile in a browser window - it's pretty user friendly. I've never thought about which program was used to generate the papers I review.įor those who dislike using LaTeX when working with coauthors because of the lack of track-changes, a very easy solution is to use, which now incorporates the old ShareLaTeX system and easily tracks changes and allows you to revert to previous versions of your document. I do think that poor formatting probably sends a negative signal to editors and reviewers, but papers can be formatted professionally in either Word or LaTeX. I don't think using LaTeX makes it more likely that a paper is accepted. Focus on finding knowledge gaps and how your paper fills them and your papers will be better received. My findings and set up helped (I think they were great, but I'm not biased at all), but I found the right gap in the literature, why that gap mattered, and why my paper was the first to fill in that gap. The single time I've published in a Top 5 journal, I probably wrote the best introduction I've written so far. They found a question no else could answer that was important and found a way to answer it. Go read a recently published paper in the QJE or AER and most often the introduction simply rocks. If you think your introduction is good, think again. Write an awesome introduction/conclusion. What does matter? Here are the two best investments involving your paper (other than your findings) that influence publication odds: I'm pretty sure you could make word look nearly exactly like latex if you want to.ĭoes it matter? I'd be surprised if you did a latex/word RCT and it matters.
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