[ModernMech]

> if you submit an article in Word, it seems quite likely it will be desk-rejected for being quackery, possibly without even being read.

I've never had to submit source files for review. Maybe it's different in your field? In my field (robotics) we submit PDFs for review, and only submit source for publication.

[coughupalung]

What journal/conference are you submitting to? I haven't come across any in CS/Math/EE that even have a Word template to submit with. Every last one has a latex template.