There are really only three choices for math­e­mat­i­cal writ­ing: MS-Word, Sci­en­tific Word or LaTeX. MS-Word is use­less for any­thing but the sim­plest doc­u­ments. Sci­en­tific Word is tol­er­a­ble, but very restric­tive in lay­out, style and fonts. LaTeX is what any seri­ous researcher in the math­e­mat­i­cal sci­ences should use. It takes some get­ting use to, but the invest­ment is well worth the effort.

Blog posts about LaTeX

• Con­trol­ling fig­ure and table place­ment in LaTeX
• Con­vert­ing eps to pdf
• Find­ing LaTeX symbols
• Get­ting a LaTeX sys­tem set up on a PC
• Giv­ing a research seminar
• Index­ing in LaTeX
• LaTeX books
• LaTeX help on StackOverflow
• LaTeX tem­plates for Monash
• LaTeX tips
• LaTeX work­shop
• Main­tain­ing local LaTeX files
• Main­tain­ing your LaTeX soft­ware environment
• Mak­ing a poster in beamer
• Man­ag­ing a bib­li­o­graphic database
• More Stack­Ex­change sites
• My stan­dard LaTeX preamble
• Online col­lab­o­ra­tive writing
• Squeez­ing space with LaTeX
• Syn­chro­niz­ing WinEdt and pdf files
• Tables in LaTeX
• Top four LaTeX mistakes
• Track­ing changes in LaTeX files
• Use­ful LaTeX links
• Using Google Reader
• Why Word is a bad choice for aca­d­e­mic writing