Why in a world, a person that is going to write an academic paper with charts, tables, graphs and stuff would choose LaTex? What is the point of comparing them? Even LaTeX says that it is not a word processor. Do not compare damnt.
Quote from LaTeX website:
"LaTeX is not a word processor! Instead, LaTeX encourages authors not to worry too much about the appearance of their documents but to concentrate on getting the right content."
If you are going to write a philosophical article or a big novel, choose LaTeX, if you want to draw charts and graphs choose Word. Cristal clear.
If you draw graphs/charts, then use a WYSIWYG program like Word. If you generate graphs/charts from data, then use a compiler like TeX, which nicely integrates into a build process.
Quote from LaTeX website: "LaTeX is not a word processor! Instead, LaTeX encourages authors not to worry too much about the appearance of their documents but to concentrate on getting the right content."
If you are going to write a philosophical article or a big novel, choose LaTeX, if you want to draw charts and graphs choose Word. Cristal clear.