[ale] recommended writing tool in anticipation of commercial submission

[James P. Kinney III]

After reading the other responses, I would recommend that the decision
be based solely on the required input format from the publisher. 

If it's any of the word variants, then use OpenOffice.org. Ditto if they
want a wordperfect wpd.

Many (if not still most) of the peer reviewed scientific publishers
still prefer a latex output file. They are not going to do any editing
on the document itself so the pure postscript format get plopped into a
printing press plate maker directly.

Many places will prefer a Mac/Adobe format like what was mentioned
earlier. Most of those printers are going to be using a similar system
for their shop. 

Some shops prefer a plain text file and a CD of images named to match
the references in the text. They will be formatting things for you. For
places like that, use whatever writing tools you like and export ASCII
text.

On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 14:40 -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> What writing software is recommended by an author anticipating submission to
> commercial publishers ?
> 
> Appreciatively,
> Courtney
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