{collaboration} is about collaborative authoring techniques and solutions. A popular package is {todonotes}.
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Finding a more efficient editor for collaboration of LaTeX people and Word people
Background
My supervisor often wants to edit my papers, so he frequently asks for word version of the paper.
I tried latex2rtf, but it is very limited in terms of packages and customized commands.
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Selfhosted collaborative webbased LaTeX editor
I'm searching for a LaTeX editor that I can run on my GNU/Linux server and allows realtime collaboration as well as online compiling and previewing.
What I've tried so far:
FlyLaTeX: Editing works ...
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Simultaneous collaborative editing of a LaTeX file
Are there any tools for simultaneous collaborative editing of a .tex file?
The practices I know (and practice) in writing scientific papers are:
e-mailing each new version to the collaborators,
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Tools for editing? Redlining? (TeXShop) [duplicate]
As an editor, instructor, and collaborator, I would like to be able to make changes in TeX documents that are tracked so that the other person sees what changes were made.
Word has the capacity to ...
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My phd supervisor wants me to use Word because they can't edit LaTeX. What to do?
How do I make it possible for my supervisor to edit my thesis while using LaTeX?
I submit a pdf document but they want to edit it.... how do I do this without switching to MS Word?
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Editable document in LaTeX [duplicate]
I'm writing Engineer Thesis in LaTeX and my leading professor asked me to give him editable document with my thesis. Can I create editable document from .tex file? Or maybe there is a simple way to ...
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Is Dropbox an effective tool for version control of latex documents?
Sorry this question might seem a bit premature but I'm in a hurry... I was trying to do Version control of a latex project with dropbox. In my imagination Dropbox provides functions like showing which ...
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how to post TeX to Blackboard course? [closed]
Has anyone figured out how to post TeX code to blackboard? My browser can't run the Java applet (I am running IE7 under administrative lockdown), so I don't know of a way to get blackboard to ...
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How can you use LaTeX to write a document with other people?
I imagine that many users are or were [PhD] students, so I would like to know: how do you use LaTeX to write a document (like the final dissertation) that requires many revisions from other people.
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Best practice to peer-review a LaTeX document?
I'm currently writing a big document in LaTeX. The language is English and since I'm not a native English speaker, I've found a friend who will review and correct the document for me as soon as I have ...
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WriteLaTeX limited to 30 pages?
I've been experimenting with WriteLaTex and, while it seems to do a very nice job overall and has the best user experience of the alternatives I have tried, my experimental document stopped after 30 ...
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big document — collaboration
We want to write a bigger document in collaboration. Therefore I've got some questions how to organize this best.
so we would have one master document including (or inputting) all the parts of the ...
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Workflow for reviewing PDFs generated from TeX?
I am currently letting friends and family spellcheck my thesis written with LaTeX.
Since my markup is macro-heavy and not all of them have ever used another editor but MS Word, I cannot let them work ...
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Including external notes to a latex document
I'm often writing scientific papers in collaboration with other authors, using a versioning system (mercurial) to manage the writing. When one of the authors wants to add a remark, we use a slightly ...
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Making corrections during review of other people latex article [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“Track changes” in LaTeX
There is the corrections mode in Word package. All your changes will be marked. In this way one can show proposed changes in other ...
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How to run LaTeX from Word?
I am writing a journal article using LaTeX. Currently, the review process is very difficult as my professor has to comment on the pdf.
Previously, I have written a journal paper using Word. Though ...
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Ensuring correct LaTeX compilation on different systems
I'm currently writing a document collaboratively and I need to make sure that the compilation is executed correctly on every possible system (e.g., that the document encoding - UTF-8 - is detected by ...
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How to collaborate on a TeX project using VCS with a collaborator who is not using VCS?
Pretty self-explanatory; I'm thinking of @AndrewStacey's answer, in particular the part about working with collaborators who do not use VCS. I'm hoping for a more detailed explanation / step-by-step ...
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Environment to underline/strikeout for comparing versions
I have a TeX file that I'm editing with several collaborators and we use environments to highlight and discuss proposed changes like the following:
Some text.
\begin{old}
Text that I propose to ...
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Elsarticle double-blind mode? [closed]
Is there a double-blind review mode for elsarticle.cls?
The last journal I submitted to included a review mode for double-blind reviews that automatically removed most identifying info, e.g. authour ...
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Large document edited by a dozen people
We, a team of 12 people, plan to write a 50 pages paper. The paper will be divided into chapters. Usually, no more than 2 or 3 people will work on a given chapter.
Having one large file will create ...
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Collaborating with the non-TeX-savvy
What tips do you have for collaborating on a LaTeX document with people who may not be as TeX savvy as you?
For one example and potential problem case: Consider you have a set of new commands and ...
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Having Access To Constantly Updated TeX Files [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Simultaneous collaborative editing of a LaTeX file
I was wondering what is the best way to share TeX files amongst a group of people per say. For example, you have a ...
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Dissertation workflow/template or how to work on LaTeX while interacting with people who don't use LaTeX
I am starting my dissertation and I am searching for a simple yet nice template. I found a collection here but I want to make sure I find a template that meets some of these perhaps unreasonable ...
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LaTeX related jobs [closed]
Well for the things in life, I've learned LaTeX. I'm not a guru, but I think that I can perform some good quality documents. I want to know if is possible to get a part-time job in an editorial, ...
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How to detect and condition based on hostname
How do I construct a conditional statement based on the hostname of the compiling computer in LaTeX? For example:
\ifhostname{mymachine}
\dostuff
\else
\dootherstuff
\fi
Why: I am working with ...
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Writing up past maths exam papers for collaboration
I am working through the past exam papers available for my course. I am then making them available for collaboration using Google Docs.
However, for maths heavy material, the Google Docs equation ...
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What is a good strategy for obtaining comments on a LaTeX document from non-LaTeX using collaborators?
Context: I prepare my scientific documents using LaTeX and compile to a PDF.
I often need to seek comments on drafts from collaborators who do not use LaTeX.
Most of these collaborators use Windows ...
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Source code line numbers in PDF [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Extended draft mode which includes source information for manual print-out to source synchronisation
I am writing a document in LaTeX which I compile to PDF, which I ...
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Is there a collaboration system on the web that I can use to write book together with others?
If this question is out of topic, I will remove as soon as possible.
I have used neither Subversion nor GIT nor any collaboration system to write any document together with others. I am looking for ...
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Online manual in “Book” format, like DocBook, but providing collarborative editing like mediawiki?
I have a reference document for some software that I would like to publish online, and to provide a pdf and multi-page html version.
DocBook looks idea for this, similar to how subversion publish ...
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Seeking review on a document with people unfamiliar with TeX
I am a great fan of TeX, LaTeX and LyX, but recently I wrote some minutes and then tried to send them off for other people to review.
There was no way I could send a TeX file; no-one would know what ...
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Paths and Linux/Windows slash conventions
I'm working on a collaborative project and I like to organize all the supporting files for my tex documents (rather than just having everything in one flat folder). This involves referencing ...
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What is the best way to track changes with non-computer people?
Can you recommend any tools or processes that are similar to MS Word track changes?
I am not looking to use a source control system (no svn or git), this is for working with non-programmers.
Do any ...
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Are there any tools for collaborative bib files?
It would be very useful to have a shared bib file across my research group which can be kept up-to-date by any member of the group. Are there any tools for this sort of thing? I know about Mendeley ...
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Handling bibliographies with many coauthors
Last year I was involved in writing a large group proposal with LaTeX. This involved various sections written and rewritten by disparate subgroups, with all the merging and editing headaches you'd ...
