Hi Alexandra, I would say that Christopher and Jörg showed a good deal of the implications you will encounter when you start using Context. Still I believe, that it is really worthwhile to give it a try. - I do not know which OS you are using. Whatever, I strongly recommend you to install a minimal distribution from the Pragma site. Those distributions are working out of the box and this prevents you from dealing with a lot of hassels other distributions might cause. As a next step print the beginners manual (mp-cb-en.pdf). Try to setup some simple texts while working through these pages. Hereafter if your appetite grows you will find more and detailed info in the main manual (cont-enp.pdf). The mailinglist is always willing to help you getting started. The Wiki on Context (http://contextgarden.net/Main_Page) contains a lot of helpful information. Personally I started to use Context a couple of years ago when I had to get a large number of figures typeset in a long text. Yes, it took me some time to get it all setup. In the meantime I hardly use any other typsetting software. I prepare letters, labels, invoices, articles, presentations, books, greeting-cards etc. all with this great tool. Kind regards Willi Alexandra Ribeiro wrote:
Hi,
I need some advices/guidelines before start writing my PhD thesis.
I'm completely new to TeX and of course to Context but I'm convinced that Microsoft Word is far away from being the right tool for writing a long document. Well, in the past I had some big big headaches.
At this moment I've to make a choice: continue using Word or start learning a new tool, which will probably consume much of my time. So, I'm in a dilemma. That's why I'm asking for help.
Is it really worth learning Context? I mean, does this package deal efficiently with some important things like TOC, cross-references, bibliography, figures, math, .? Is it too hard to learn (for a mere mortal, of course)? What about support for different languages, in particular for Portuguese?
If I choose Context, can some somebody give me some guidelines/advices?
I've already downloaded mswincontext.zip and I'll start studying/testing Context.
Thank you.
Alex
alex.r@netcabo.pt
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