I should be thanking you. The issue we have is that science-type students have no problem working with LaTeX. Our humanities students on the other hand will use MS Word which as we all know is completely suboptimal for creating long structured documents with lists of tables, figures, and so on.
We've found that by importing our university branded template into Overleaf and getting to our humanities students to think about their work as a structured document we can try to transition them away from MS Word. Unfortunately I think all bar two kept their old workflow.
Do check out the video by Pollen creator and typography nerd "(fourth RacketCon): Matthew Butterick — Like a Blind Squirrel in a Ferrari" linked from http://pollenpub.com/
His argument is that LaTeX has hindered innovation because it is so good. He gives his reasons for re-inventing the wheel with a Racket DSL. In the end we may realise the errors of our ways and come crawling back to LaTeX :)
is completely suboptimal for creating long structured documents
I actually saw many science students work very well with MS Word. They knew how to use it and liked it, whereas I completely despised it as I was never able to fit an image properly for example. To me, LaTeX seemed completely logical and superior to MS Word, but I have seen long documents typeset using Word also.
The people who liked MS Word had no programming knowledge, if that's an indicator ;)
We've found that by importing our university branded template into Overleaf and getting to our humanities students to think about their work as a structured document we can try to transition them away from MS Word. Unfortunately I think all bar two kept their old workflow.
Do check out the video by Pollen creator and typography nerd "(fourth RacketCon): Matthew Butterick — Like a Blind Squirrel in a Ferrari" linked from http://pollenpub.com/ His argument is that LaTeX has hindered innovation because it is so good. He gives his reasons for re-inventing the wheel with a Racket DSL. In the end we may realise the errors of our ways and come crawling back to LaTeX :)