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 blogs and feeds
• LaTeX books
• LaTeX error in beamer
• LaTeX help on StackOverflow
• LaTeX templates
• LaTeX tips
• LaTeX workshop
• Maintaining local LaTeX files
• Maintaining your LaTeX software environment
• Managing a bibliographic database
• 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