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  In article <87237@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> 
  Todd R Johnson <tj@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes:

[comparison of WYSWIG and LaTex deleted; I am in general agreement
with Todd - I recommend Word or some such for papers but think a
dissertation calls for LaTex, with its nice crossrefs etc. however,]

>use TeX and LaTeX for their advanced features and cope with the
>amazingly complex code required for things that can be done without
>effort in a good WYSIWYG WP.  (For example, to convert a LaTeX
>document to double space, you have to develop or find a whole new
>document style.)

Unless there have been some radical changes in LaTex since I wrote my
dissertation, the above is not a good example. Changing line spacing
involves changing the value of an appropriate variable using a single
command (\baselinestretch or something like that).

Sriram.