which version are you using? pctex, miktex, or others? which editor are you using for latex?

could you describe how to generate report faster with latex in more details?

I've asked the similar question about how to use latex in industry on R-list and didn't get much useful feedback.

thanks a lot.

On 8/6/06, A.J. Rossini <blindglobe@gmail.com> wrote: > > The company (major pharma) that I'm with uses it as part of our > reporting scheme (this was a surprise to me). > > However, stat methods and modeling/simulation folks will use it as > needed for fast report generation. > > (I thought I was the only one who could generate data analysis reports > faster with LaTeX than MS Word, but apparently, there are many others > -- hence the need). > > Note that most of this is via the R/Sweave literate reporting > approach, though some is just using a mirror of the MS Word "insert > and paste" approach. > > On 8/6/06, Wensui Liu <liuwensui@gmail.com> wrote: > > tony, > > > > I've never realized that latex could be successfully applied in the > > industry. could you please brief when and how latex can be used in the > real > > business world? thank you so much! > > > > > > On 8/6/06, A.J. Rossini <blindglobe@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Since leaving my faculty position, I've not used it any less (and I > > > used it a good deal before). It's a matter of the job. > > > > > > On 8/5/06, Wensui Liu <liuwensui@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks, Fehd. > > > > > > > > I really like latex. But since leaving graduate school, I've never > had > > > > chance to use it again. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/4/06, Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCHM) < rjf2@cdc.gov> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > ah, the joys of attending user group conferences! > > > > > > > > > > PracTeX (Practical TeX) User Group, August, 2006 > > > > > > > > > > http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In My Opinion: > > > > > LaTeX isn't for everyone but it could be for you (with responses) > > > > > Andy Roberts > > > > > http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/2006-2/roberts/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > miscellaneous url from my conference notes > > > > > > > > > > LaTeX resources > > > > > Jim Hefferon, St. Michael's College, VT > > > > > http://joshua.smcvt.edu/practex_conf/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pointers to Frequently Asked and Answered Questions > > > > > comp.text.tex > > > > > http://www.tug.org/tex-ptr-faq > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rolling your own document class > > > > > Peter Flynn > > > > > http://epu.ucc.ie/articles/practex06 > > > > > > > > > > Ron Fehd the LaTeX maven CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot gov > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > WenSui Liu > > > > ( http://spaces.msn.com/statcompute/blog) > > > > Senior Decision Support Analyst > > > > Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness > > > > Cincinnati Children Hospital Medical Center > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > best, > > > -tony > > > > > > blindglobe@gmail.com > > > Muttenz, Switzerland. > > > "Commit early,commit often, and commit in a repository from which we > can > > easily > > > roll-back your mistakes" (AJR, 4Jan05). > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > WenSui Liu > > (http://spaces.msn.com/statcompute/blog) > > Senior Decision Support Analyst > > Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness > > Cincinnati Children Hospital Medical Center > > > -- > best, > -tony > > blindglobe@gmail.com > Muttenz, Switzerland. > "Commit early,commit often, and commit in a repository from which we can > easily > roll-back your mistakes" (AJR, 4Jan05). >

-- WenSui Liu (http://spaces.msn.com/statcompute/blog) Senior Decision Support Analyst Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness Cincinnati Children Hospital Medical Center