galvin-peter@CS.Yale.EDU (Peter Galvin) (11/14/88)
I'm posting this for a friend. Please send replies to her and she will summarize. Wesleyan University is in the process of evaluating scientific word processing systems (IBM PC and/or Macintosh) for our secretarial staff in our Mathematics and Science Departments. We would appreciate any information regarding systems used by secretaries in other scientific departments. Joanne Liljedahl Internet: JLILJEDAHL@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU BITNET: JLILJEDAHL@WESLEYAN Phone: (203)347-9411 X. 2344 --Peter ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Peter Baer Galvin (203)432-1254 Senior Systems Programmer, Yale Univ. C.S. galvin-peter@cs.yale.edu 51 Prospect St, P.O.Box 2158, Yale Station ucbvax!decvax!yale!galvin-peter New Haven, Ct 06457 galvin-peter@yalecs.bitnet
kevinc@auvax.UUCP (Kevin "auric" Crocker) (11/18/88)
In article <42951@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>, galvin-peter@CS.Yale.EDU (Peter Galvin) writes: >I'm posting this for a friend. Please send replies to her and she will > summarize. > > Wesleyan University is in the process of evaluating scientific > word processing systems (IBM PC and/or Macintosh) for our secretarial > staff in our Mathematics and Science Departments. > > We would appreciate any information regarding systems used by > secretaries in other scientific departments. > > Joanne Liljedahl > > Internet: JLILJEDAHL@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU > BITNET: JLILJEDAHL@WESLEYAN > Phone: (203)347-9411 X. 2344 Peter, I would have sent a reply to Joanne but I know that it would not get delivered, we just don't seem to be able to send to BITNET or Internet sites at all. Hopefullt, a response on the net and mail to you will get through. Peter, we here at Athabasca University have decided to go with Lotus Manuscript. It permits every equation that I have ever tried to compose - some rather esoteric ones just for fun. It is a full featured word processor, speller, thesaurus, page formatter, etc. etc. It is not a Ventura Publisher but pretty close with the addition of many excellent features. If anyone wants more please let me know. We have been using it for almost three years now and we are now using version 2.0 - don't get an earlioer one as it lacks some of the superb features of 2.0 Lotus Manuscript is the BEST Scientific and Mathematical word processor on the market and it includes all the regular word processor features. alberta!auvax!kevinc (Kevin "The Autarkist" Crocker Athabasca University) Do our employers have opinions or is that what we get paid for!
simon@alberta.uucp (Simon Tortike) (11/18/88)
In article <767@auvax.UUCP> kevinc@auvax.UUCP (Kevin "auric" Crocker) writes: >In article <42951@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>, galvin-peter@CS.Yale.EDU (Peter Galvin) writes: >>I'm posting this for a friend. Please send replies to her and she will >> summarize. >> >> Wesleyan University is in the process of evaluating scientific >> word processing systems (IBM PC and/or Macintosh) for our secretarial >> staff in our Mathematics and Science Departments. >> >> We would appreciate any information regarding systems used by >> secretaries in other scientific departments. >> >> Joanne Liljedahl >> >> Internet: JLILJEDAHL@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU >> BITNET: JLILJEDAHL@WESLEYAN >> Phone: (203)347-9411 X. 2344 > > >Lotus Manuscript is the BEST Scientific and Mathematical word processor >on the market and it includes all the regular word processor features. I beg to differ, but I have yet to see mathematical typesetting done better than TeX except by a human professional. It has the added advantage of being portable across many computers, except for graphical inclusions. It is the camera-ready format of preference for the American Mathematical Society, and TeX in its various flavours of Plain, LaTeX or AMS-TeX is rapidly becoming _the_ standard in scientific and mathematical circles. Non-research types also use it, for example by secretarial staff in our Depts. of Math and Statistics. I have extensively used both of the incarnations of TeX on the Mac, TeXtures and MacTeX, and notwithstanding being a Canadian, I have no hesitation in recommending TeXtures as the better product. It is available from the authors at Blue Sky Research in Seattle, or from a number of mail-order houses. Note that TeX is a technical typesetter, not a word processor. It is harder to learn and master, but the results are clearly obvious to even the least trained eye. Blue Sky also mentioned something about enabling one to transfer stuff from TeXtures into Adobe Illustrator 88. I haven't seen this version yet. ------------------- Simon Tortike, Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineering, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6. UUCP: alberta!simon | BITNET: stortike@ualtavm | AGT: +1 403 432-3338
rfarris@serene.UUCP (Rick Farris) (11/19/88)
In article <1842@pembina.UUCP> simon@alberta.UUCP (Simon Tortike) writes: ~In article <767@auvax.UUCP> kevinc@auvax.UUCP (Kevin "auric" Crocker) writes: ~> ~>Lotus Manuscript is the BEST Scientific and Mathematical word processor ~>on the market and it includes all the regular word processor features. ~ ~I beg to differ, but I have yet to see mathematical typesetting done ~better than TeX except by a human professional. ~------------------- ~Simon Tortike, Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineering, So in what areas do you find Manuscript deficient? Have you ever used it? Or are you just beating your own drum? Also note that the original requester asked for a _word processor_. Tex, in any of it's forms, is in *no* way a word processor. -- Rick Farris | rfarris@serene.cts.com | voice 619 259-6793 POB M | -* KCBIW *- | pub.access 259-7757 Del Mar, CA 92014 | ...!uunet!serene!rfarris | serene.UUCP 259-3704