From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Horn Subject: Re: Re: General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:02:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87wrp45n2a.fsf@berkeley.edu> <878w1j65va.fsf@berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36435 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PB8Co-0001jv-At for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:46:39 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PB7Ww-0000TD-Im for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:03:18 -0400 Received: from mail-gw0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41]:39357) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PB7Ww-0000T4-Ed for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:03:10 -0400 Received: by gwb11 with SMTP id 11so533559gwb.0 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:03:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <878w1j65va.fsf@berkeley.edu> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Richard Lawrence Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Richard Lawrence wrote: > Jeff Horn writes: > >>> I'm not trying to be antagonistic, or insensitive to your particular >>> situation. =A0But since no one else has said it, I just wanted to point >>> out that it might be easier or more efficient, in terms of overall >>> person-hours, to convert from Word to Org, rather than the other way >>> around. >> >> If they're stuck in word and the OP is using org, he may be the only >> person on his team capable of changing his workflow. In that case, >> person hours are saved if he switches and doesn't have to educate >> everyone else (or they educate themselves), though *his* man hours are >> not economized. > > Well, doesn't that depend on how long it would take to educate everyone > else, vs. how many hours he will eventually spend doing manual > conversion to Word? Of course it does. My implied belief is that the former takes longer than the latter. I would be surprised if this is not true, unless his team only consists of two or three people. The decision is clearly dependent not just on each person's effort, but on how many people are in the equation. --=20 Jeffrey Horn Graduate Lecturer and PhD Student in Economics George Mason University (704) 271-4797 jhorn@gmu.edu jrhorn424@gmail.com http://www.failuretorefrain.com/jeff/