RE: [tdf-discuss] LibreOffice for Academic Work -- College/University

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simos Xenitellis [mailto:simos.lists@googlemail.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:48 AM
> To: discuss@documentfoundation.org
> Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] LibreOffice for Academic Work -- 
> College/University
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Jonathan Aquilina 
> <eagles051387@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 16/05/2012 08:18, Simos Xenitellis wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Marc 
> Paré<marc@marcpare.com>  wrote:
> > > > I need to work out a short note about use of LibreOffice in an 
> > > > academic environment. What would some of you, who are using 
> > > > LibreOffice, consider necessary to use LibreOffice in an 
> academic setting.
> > > > I am not looking for a "wish-list", but a list of any 
> > > > extensions/add-ons to LibreOffice that are available right now. Is 
> > > > LibreOffice sufficient as is, or do any of you have any 
> suggestions 
> > > > of add-ons that are really needed for such a setting as a 
> > > > college/university/academic environment?
> > > I think that LibreOffice, and specifically LibreOffice Writer, is 
> > > quite good in writing essays.
> > > You can use page and paragraph styles in order to create a 
> structured 
> > > document.
> > > The documentation has more information about this, or see
> > > http://simos.info/blog/archives/651
> > > Actually this is very important, because the proper use of 
> styles can 
> > > help you manage big documents.
> > >
> > > You can use math equations as in
> > > http://www.libreoffice.org/features/math/ so no third-party tool is 
> > > required.
> > >
> > > You can manage your bibliography with Zotero (Firefox 
> Add-on), which 
> > > has a feature to export to LibreOffice.
> > >
> > > Simos
> > Simos what about citation of sources and bibliographies, as well as 
> > appendices for lets say a thesis?
>
> You can cite your bibliography in the document using 'Insert?citation".
>
> There are more bibliography tools, if you are interested to 
> test them out, JabRef, http://jabref.sourceforge.net/ 
> Mendeley, http://www.mendeley.com/ (+document management, 
> closed source).
>
> Regarding appendices, see
> http://www.mail-archive.com/users@global.libreoffice.org/msg14422.html
>
> I wonder if there is a document on the LibreOffice Wiki about 
> all these.
> That is, a document that explains how to use LibreOffice 
> Writer for academic work.
>
> Simos

Indeed such a page or rather a chapter about usage of LIBO from the perspective of a young starting 
academic would be a very good thing to have. Maybe with the help of some fore runner academia? 
Might also be interesting idea for other professional areas. 
Pieter


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