Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A) Journal and EDP Sciences, have announced the launch of Writing Studio, a unique collaborative writing LaTex solution designed to simplify the process of writing an article collaboratively on a single version of a paper. Reinforcing an open-source strategy, EDP Sciences has chosen the Open Source ShareLateX to develop this new service.
Writing Studio provides a collaborative LaTeX solution, where multiple co-authors can jointly work on a single version of the paper with up-to-date A&A macros already included; co-authors can ask each other questions and can chat for real-time interactions; articles can be edited offline and automatically synchronized with the Dropbox online copy; article can be uploaded to the A&A submission system with a single click, with keywords fields pre-filled and ready for checking; authors get auto-completion for stellar objects and additional information using tools developed with the CDS; and authors can login to Writing Studio and are recognised by their Orcid ID.
The next step is to link Writing Studio with all the EDP Sciences journals and their submission systems and integrate this tool in a comprehensive LaTeX dedicated workflow, from the writing of an article through to its online publication.
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