[abdullahkhalids]

Latex is used because writing math in latex is very good, and despite how everything else (like tables and figures) is so bad.

That's why people take the math subset of latex and use it in other contexts - exactly like this product.

[davrosthedalek]

I agree that tables are not great, but figures? Seems to work pretty well, better than word for sure.

[necovek]

I still find it easier to align tables with numbers in TeX on the decimal point than in anything else.

How is this even achieved with HTML or Word?

Eg. variable width numbers like

           4.53
          13.98765
           7
  -1,000,234.76

Not perfect in TeX either, but at least possible.

[electroly]

In Word you add a decimal tab stop to the ruler. Word's main problem is that people are unaware of its features; they don't spend time learning it like they do with TeX.

https://imgur.com/jipZ90B

[necovek]

Thanks, yeah, I haven't heard of it before even though it seems to have existed forever.

To your point, I guess that is an issue with WYSIWYG tools: if not discoverable, you assume it is not there.

[zepolen]

The irony of your comment...

[necovek]

If you are not referring to the use of exaggerated examples to more clearly show the point, I wonder what do you refer to?