Which word processor do you recommend?

[Anonymous Student]

I usually use Microsoft Word, but is there anything else that you recommend?

[Simon]

It is possible to get really excellent results from Microsoft Word, if you are an expert user and know how to control all the settings. However, in my experience very few people manage that. The default output from Word looks ugly. It is poor at typesetting equations. For long documents, it becomes unreliable.

For these reasons, I recommend learning (and mastering) LaTeX. It is a little harder to learn than Word, but its default output is better. I don’t recommend learning it just to write the coursework for this course; but, if you need to write a dissertation later in your programme, this is a better tool than Word.

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