- LaTeX if the document will have a bunch of equations.
- Word for everything else.
For me, it's a question of efficiency. I find that I can typeset equations much faster with LaTeX than with Word, and I find that I can typeset general text much faster with Word than with LaTeX. The other issue is with shared documents: if I need to share an editable version of a document with somebody, there's a far better chance that they will be able to use a Word file than a LaTeX file.
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Here's what I use:
- LaTeX if the document will have a bunch of equations.
- Word for everything else.
For me, it's a question of efficiency. I find that I can typeset equations much faster with LaTeX than with Word, and I find that I can typeset general text much faster with Word than with LaTeX. The other issue is with shared documents: if I need to share an editable version of a document with somebody, there's a far better chance that they will be able to use a Word file than a LaTeX file.
Have you tried LyX? http://www.lyx.org/
I started using it a few years ago and haven't looked back.
I assume you've seen the plugins that'll let you typeset equations within Word using LaTeX syntax?
http://texpoint.necula.org/