I really want to convince my friends and family that LaTeX is the choice for them when it comes to formatting and creating beautiful documents. I am aware of the major advantages that come with using LaTeX but some are not convinced. Can someone please provide a side by side comparison of a Word document (or something of the sort) and a LaTeX document that shows the obvious and subtle differences between the two? I want people to look at it and say "Ahhh, I see it, there's a major difference".
[Tex/LaTex] Visual comparison between LaTeX and Word output (hyphenation, typesetting, ligatures etc)
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I find the comparison posted http://www.rtznet.nl/zink/latex.php?lang=en to be very effective- here's a visual
If the visual isn't enough, check out the analysis!
Where IWS is the inter-word spacing and SD, stands for Standard Deviation, a measure of the variability of IWS (as computed by the square root of the average square deviation from the mean IWS). A lower value indicates less variability and therefore more regularity.