On 20 November 2011 15:48, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
TeX is, well,
sort of the "de facto standard". For the past ten years,
Word has done all the heavy lifting in academics, like it or not.
Maybe among the academics you know, but certainly not with the ones that
I deal with.
I have not following this thread closely but this caught my eye.
In support of the answer, I note that LaTeX source is the preferred
submission format for every math, computer science, physics, and
chemistry journal that I know of. It is also extensively used by
publishing houses such as Springer, CUP, and OUP. I cannot speak for
humanities.