fluffster

I use Word a lot from time to time to write big reports and it is quite frustrating. I know Latex is superior and I have started using it for my PhD work. But I still don't know enough to use it in my workplace where I don't always have the time to tinker around.

So, if you use Word to write big documents, do you have any good tips to share? I find that as soon as documents grow beyond a few pages and have lots of tables and figures, Word becomes really slow. Often, the document structure is screwed and I have to re-reference and re-format things a million times.

I'd be really grateful if you could help.

Thanks.

I keep checking HN again and again throughout the day. And I don't get anything out of it. I would like to use my habit to do something useful.

I don't think this is the same as contributing to an open source project. I want to lower the barrier to entry and get over akrasia. The point is to use my distraction and habit of procrastination to do something fun and useful (even if it's for someone else).

So, do you have any small problems I can solve for you?

I am good at math and know Python, Ruby, Javascript, C, a bit of lisp and even VB (yes it's true).

Thanks.