ees1ae@surrey.ac.uk (Ata Etemadi) (12/12/90)
Hello netters, I wanted some advice re: DTP and wondered if somebody in netland could give me some. I am using Xerox Ventura DTP for a few weeks and discovered that I need to buy Professional Extension to do the equations. If anybody used this can they reccomend whether it is cheaper to buy X. Ven. Professional Ext. Ventura Gold(includes Prof. ext) someother WYSIWIG package My hardware consists of a PC clone.I am using the software to write my thesis. LaTex seems to do the same type of job, but is not WYSIWIG.(?) Also any good reccomendations for fonts for ventura? Thanks in advance. Ramesh Rao phpgdrk@uk.ac.surrey.ph -- =============================================================================== Dr. A. Etemadi, | Phone: (0483) 571-281 Ext. 2311 V.S.S.P. Group, | Fax : (0483) 300-803 Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Eng., | Email:
fritsch@hatteras.cs.unc.edu (Dan Fritsch) (12/18/90)
In article <1990Dec11.232603.23195@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK>, ees1ae@surrey.ac.uk (Ata Etemadi) writes: > I am using Xerox Ventura DTP for a few weeks and discovered > that I need to buy Professional Extension to do the equations. > If anybody used this can they reccomend whether it is > cheaper to buy > X. Ven. Professional Ext. > Ventura Gold(includes Prof. ext) > someother WYSIWIG package > > My hardware consists of a PC clone.I am using > the software to write my thesis. LaTex seems to do the same > type of job, but is not WYSIWIG.(?) > > Also any good reccomendations for fonts for ventura? > I used Ventura w/Professional Extension for my thesis and found its equation editor to be invaluable. As far as the other WYSIWIG packages go, I know Ami Pro does not have an equation editor, but Word for Windows does. If you're not using Windows 3.0, then Ventura (GEM) is probably you're best option. Registered users of Ventura can upgrade to Ventura Gold (which includes the Prof. Ext.) for around $150.00. Prof. Ext. by itself goes for around $350 mailorder, while Ventura Gold sells for around $550. Dan Fritsch (fritsch@cs.unc.edu) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill