Warning

If you're looking for advice how to make your document look like it's been written in Word, this is most likely not the question you're looking for. This question is mostly of theoretical nature, as it results in tiny differences, which will most likely not be noticed by someone who doesn't allow the use of LaTeX.

Questions that might be more helpful for this matter are:

• Making a LaTeX document appear as though it were typeset in MS Word
• LaTeX optimal settings for MS Word-like document
• Make a LaTeX document look like it was written in Microsoft Word
• Change section fonts

Question

I learned that MS Word uses a slightly different version of the unit "point" (pt) than TeX does:

The 12 point of Word will be PostScript point, which in TeX would be called 12bp. A TeX pt is slightly smaller: it's 1/72.27 inch, while a bp/PostScript point is 1/72 inch. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_%28typography%29

(Martin Schröder in Latex commands for a specific page format)

I'm writing a paper that would usually be expected to be "typeset" in MS Word, thus I want to use the same font size as Word would.

How do I set a document e.g. in the "12pt" font size that MS Word would use?

In case it matters, I'm using the article document class, Latin Modern (lmodern) as a font with the T1 font encoding and compile with pdfLaTeX, but input on different set-ups is more than welcome.

Warning

If you're looking for advice how to make your document look like it's been written in Word, this is most likely not the question you're looking for. This question is mostly of theoretical nature, as it results in tiny differences, which will most likely not be noticed by someone who doesn't allow the use of LaTeX.

Questions that might be more helpful for this matter are:

• Making a LaTeX document appear as though it were typeset in MS Word
• LaTeX optimal settings for MS Word-like document
• Make a LaTeX document look like it was written in Microsoft Word
• Change section fonts

Question

I learned that MS Word uses a slightly different version of the unit "point" (pt) than TeX does:

The 12 point of Word will be PostScript point, which in TeX would be called 12bp. A TeX pt is slightly smaller: it's 1/72.27 inch, while a bp/PostScript point is 1/72 inch. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_%28typography%29

(Martin Schröder in Latex commands for a specific page format)

I'm writing a paper that would usually be expected to be "typeset" in MS Word, thus I want to use the same font size as Word would.

How do I set a document e.g. in the "12pt" font size that MS Word would use?

In case it matters, I'm using the article document class, Latin Modern (lmodern) as a font with the T1 font encoding and compile with pdfLaTeX, but input on different set-ups is more than welcome.

I learned that MS Word uses a slightly different version of the unit "point" (pt) than TeX does:

The 12 point of Word will be PostScript point, which in TeX would be called 12bp. A TeX pt is slightly smaller: it's 1/72.27 inch, while a bp/PostScript point is 1/72 inch. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_%28typography%29

(Martin Schröder in Latex commands for a specific page format)

I'm writing a paper that would usually be expected to be "typeset" in MS Word, thus I want to use the same font size as Word would.

How do I set a document e.g. in the "12pt" font size that MS Word would use?

In case it matters, I'm using the article document class, Latin Modern (lmodern) as a font with the T1 font encoding and compile with pdfLaTeX, but input on different set-ups is more than welcome.

Warning

If you're looking for advice how to make your document look like it's been written in Word, this is most likely not the question you're looking for. This question is mostly of theoretical nature, as it results in tiny differences, which will most likely not be noticed by someone who doesn't allow the use of LaTeX.

Questions that might be more helpful for this matter are:

• Making a LaTeX document appear as though it were typeset in MS Word
• LaTeX optimal settings for MS Word-like document
• Make a LaTeX document look like it was written in Microsoft Word
• Change section fonts

Question

I learned that MS Word uses a slightly different version of the unit "point" (pt) than TeX does:

The 12 point of Word will be PostScript point, which in TeX would be called 12bp. A TeX pt is slightly smaller: it's 1/72.27 inch, while a bp/PostScript point is 1/72 inch. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_%28typography%29

(Martin Schröder in Latex commands for a specific page format)

I'm writing a paper that would usually be expected to be "typeset" in MS Word, thus I want to use the same font size as Word would.

How do I set a document e.g. in the "12pt" font size that MS Word would use?

In case it matters, I'm using the article document class, Latin Modern (lmodern) as a font with the T1 font encoding and compile with pdfLaTeX, but input on different set-ups is more than welcome.