Technological advantages over Linux

[Jerry]

On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 13:13:55 +0000, Norman Gray stated:
>Jerry and all, hello.
>
>On 16 Feb 2020, at 12:38, Jerry wrote:
>
>> The largest document I have tried using with a current version of MS
>> Word is only approximately 400 pages. Many times I will write
>> documents via LaTeX and create a PDF file. Unfortunately, because so
>> much of my work has to be shared among several users, and LaTeX does
>> not offer a suitable way of having a multitude of users edit a 
>> document
>> for review, with each edit being kept isolated from the final
>> document, I usually have to write the document with MS Word. I guess 
>> it
>> all depends on your audience.  
>
>It's a tangent to this tangent, but depending on that audience it
>might be worth at least a glance at <https://www.overleaf.com>, which
>is a collaborative hosted LaTeX environment.  Overleaf handles the 
>collaboration and change-tracking part, and  means that collaborators 
>don't have to have LaTeX installed locally.  They have to have some 
>awareness of LaTeX syntax; but if they're contributing text rather
>than structure that may not be a huge problem.
>
>I've only used Overleaf very lightly myself, but I have colleagues in 
>highly collaborative environments who swear by it, using both the free 
>and paid-for plans (both personal and site-licence accounts, in the 
>latter case).
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Norman

Thanks for the heads-up, Norman. I will have to give it a thorough
inspection when I get some free time.

-- 
Jerry
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