For example, you can type \gamma, hit the space bar, and then the equation will actually change to showing the gamma symbol. One of the things to note about the equation editor in Word is that you can type various shortcuts and then they will be automatically converted. Those have a few references I gathered from the internet, but the best IMO is this guys blog (who I think is a developer for Word) and this document authored by the same individual. I also have this in a Word (docx) document and a PDF for handy reference. So here are a set of examples for many of the use cases I have needed to use in journal articles. I don’t do too heavy of math stuff, and I have figured out the Microsoft Word equation editor enough to suit most of my needs. The main nicety of LaTeX are math equations. I did my dissertation in LaTeX, and I would do that in LaTeX again, but smaller articles are not a big deal. (FYI folks, besides doing the obvious and pointing out typos if they exist, my text editor has a spell checker same as Word to highlight typos.) Besides this, none of my co-workers use LaTeX, so it is a non-starter for when I am collaborating. Last time I submitted a LaTeX document to Criminology a reviewer said it probably had typos - without pointing out any of course. Many refuse to accept PDF articles outright, and last time I submitted a LaTeX file to JQC (a Springer journal) that would not compile I received zero help from staff over a month of emails, so I just reformatted it to a Word document anyway. Most of the journals in my field (criminology and criminal justice) make it difficult to turn in an article in that format. A student asked me about using LaTeX the other day, and I stated that it is a bit of a hassle for journal articles in our field, so I have begun to use it less.
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