eric@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Eric Fielding) (05/11/89)
I am finally getting ready to put together the chapters of my dissertation, which have been written with a several different Mac word processing programs over the last 3 years, most recently MS Word 3.01. I was wondering if RSG 4.0 might be the best way to put everything together. The main question is whether RSG can read the style sheets already present in my Word files, or will I have to go through and redo all of the paragraph-level formatting? It seems like the ability to insert pages in the middle (our figures have to be interspersed) of the file and have the text flow around them is one thing that Word cannot do, but if I have to redo all of the formatting, it is not worth it. ++Eric Fielding fielding@geology.tn.cornell.edu
xdab@tank.uchicago.edu (David Baird) (05/20/89)
In article <7919@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> fielding@geology.tn.cornell.edu writes: >I am finally getting ready to put together the chapters of my dissertation, >which have been written with a several different Mac word processing programs >over the last 3 years, most recently MS Word 3.01. > > ++Eric Fielding >fielding@geology.tn.cornell.edu Try MS Word 4.0. It has the ability to position a table, figure (=graphic) or other item to a specific spot on a piece of paper (the top of the page, for example). Text will then flow around the positioned text or object. I have had no problems getting dissertations past the dissertation secretary here at the University of Chicago. David Baird