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> However, by their measure, the results that were prepared in LaTeX were inferior to the results created in in Word.

They didn't measure the quality of the typesetting in any fashion, though, which is what the GP's claim was about; they measured the rate of errors typists made under time pressure.

It's also unclear what LaTeX software they used, since the one I use has integrated spellcheck, etc.

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> It's also unclear what LaTeX software they used, since the one I use has integrated spellcheck, etc.

That's a hugely important point and in a way it shows that they are comparing apples and oranges. Word is a complete document editing system (well, more or less) while LaTeX is a type setting systems and you need additional tools to use it. Those tools can range from a simple plain-text editor (say, nano) to totally integrated environments that are similar to word in their feature set.

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