That's kind of an indictment of latex in and of itself; the best way to use latex is to not use it?
At that point why not just use .docx?
At that point why not just use .docx?
Complex formatting, such as figure captions and figure placement, in Word documents suddenly break for no apparent reason. Troubleshooting a “broken” Word doc is akin to fixing a typewriter while one is blindfolded.