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Answer by Jennifer for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
LaTeX is the friend you appreciate once you really get to know them. On the surface, it may be hard and the "getting to know" curve is steep, but once you overcome it, there are great gems to be...
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Answer by CarLaTeX for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
It's a way to do with a strange machine named "computer" what you did by hand.The front page of one of my grandma's calligraphy exercise notebook:One calligraphy homework of hers (1913):A couple of...
View ArticleAnswer by omtamal for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
Latex is a tool forchanging atoms into characters,molecules into words,planets & stars into sentences,solar systems into paragraphs,galaxies into chapters ...the Universe into text.
View ArticleAnswer by Smarzaro for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
Looks like everybody is forgetting the girlfriend. You can tell her that is a tool to save you time that you will spend with her. ;-)But it's better not to tell her the lots of time on TeX-SX site. :-)
View ArticleAnswer by murugan for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
A tool that enables you to create beautiful documents,article,reports and books and thereby attracts the attention of young and old.
View ArticleAnswer by drgibbon for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
I guess you could say that LaTeX is like a typewriter that doesn't print your words right away—it remembers them instead. Then at the end, when your document is done and you want to print it out on...
View ArticleAnswer by MattAllegro for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
A long time ago, every copy of every book was hand written. This was making books expensive and explains why they had no much diffusion.Then, say in 15th century, one sharp person called John Gutemberg...
View ArticleAnswer by Jens for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
First of all, I am a bloody latex beginner.. I love it when I proudly present my latex-document to my girlfriend and she responses like "Oh, and where is the difference to word? In word, it looks...
View ArticleAnswer by cfr for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
I think I would show what TeX can do. I think people are underestimating grandma. It doesn't take technical nous to appreciate beauty or clarity.This leaflet was designed to advertise and explain TeX....
View ArticleAnswer by Pedro Tiago Martins for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to...
This is hard. To most grandmas a computer is a magic and/or useless box which for some reason the younger generations can't get enough of. To most grandmas, a computer is indeed that big white box with...
View ArticleAnswer by Dohn Joe for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
This is very grandma-specific:LaTeX is for writing good-looking books what knitting is for making a warm pair of socks.
View ArticleAnswer by Mario S. E. for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
Your oven = My computerYour recipe = My codeYour mixer machine = My TeX engineYour delicious cake = My beautiful book
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Answer by user13907 for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
Maybe using the traditional Before & After way:BeforeAfter
View ArticleAnswer by raphink for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
I would order one of the (oh so many) self-edited books on Lulu or Amazon made with Microsoft Word, with page numbers inside the bindings, no justification, no hyphenation, no indexes, etc. and show...
View ArticleAnswer by geometrikal for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
I would explain like so:Remember the old printing presses? They would have some typesetters putting all the letters in place on the press. The typesetters would work according to rules about which font...
View ArticleAnswer by bloodworks for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
LaTeX is like a recipe. It just text useless on itself, but with a seasoned chef and and some ingredients you'll get a actual meal. In the case of LaTeX it's just a computer instead a cook you'll need...
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Answer by kiss my armpit for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my...
The most important early warning that we have to mention is that LaTeX in question has nothing to do with the following types of clothing.Instead, LaTeX is a computer program that can beautifully...
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Answer by Fran for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
It is useless to explain some thing to some people. Your explanations will be too complicated or too boring. Probably is better to explain first what is NOT LaTeX to keep you out of trouble when people...
View ArticleAnswer by Paul Dulaney for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
LaTeX is to a book what a set of blueprints is to a building.
View ArticleAnswer by michael kane for How can I explain the meaning of LaTeX to my grandma?
Why not use Donald Knuth's words? It's a tool "for making beautiful books."
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