oh@csc.ti.com (Stephen Oh) (08/24/90)
I have to write lots of equations for my paper. I am using word 4.0 and expressionist, but it is ratter irritating to write an equation, copy, and paste it. Is there any better way to write a paper with full of equations? My system is MacIIci, 4M RAM with color monitor. Thanks. -- +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ | Stephen Oh | Signal Understanding Branch | Computer Science Center| | oh@csc.ti.com| Speech & Image Understanding Labs| Texas Instruments | +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
ar4@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes) (08/24/90)
In <1990Aug23.185829.11082@csc.ti.com> oh@csc.ti.com (Stephen Oh) writes: >I have to write lots of equations for my paper. I am using >word 4.0 and expressionist, but it is ratter irritating to >write an equation, copy, and paste it. Is there any better >way to write a paper with full of equations? My system is >MacIIci, 4M RAM with color monitor. Theorist makes up a pretty good report. Admittedly, it is not a word processor, but it creates some very nice looking output. Of course, Theorist will give you its own hassles as far as separating text from equations, so the ole copy/paste might be the only way. If you find that you are doing something repeatedly, then look into using a macro program. Even Apple's MacroMaker could help you out here. ----- Piper Keairnes ar4@sage.cc.purdue.edu
jprovidak@mwunix.mitre.org (James Providakes) (08/31/90)
You might be interested in trying out a commerical product called TeXtures. I can't remember the phone number or address but I am sure someone knows it in NetNews land. If you don't mind having to write your equations using a command language, I have not seen better output for equations and text. However, it does have a significant learning curve. Another excellent product for generating equation intensive documents is Framemaker. It has a good reputation in the workstation market and have just released a Mac version. I believe it was reviewed in either MacWorld or MacUser in the past few months. I recall that the reviewer liked it.
ccc_phil@waikato.ac.nz (09/03/90)
In article <1990Aug23.185829.11082@csc.ti.com>, oh@csc.ti.com (Stephen Oh) writes: > I have to write lots of equations for my paper. I am using > word 4.0 and expressionist, but it is ratter irritating to > write an equation, copy, and paste it. Is there any better > way to write a paper with full of equations? My system is > MacIIci, 4M RAM with color monitor.I presume the hassle with Word is that it doesn't recognise Expressionist's or MathType's (this is what we use) information about vertical alignment, so you have to align each equation (or PICT graphic, from Word's point of view) manually via the character format dialog. WriteNow, while not as powerful as Word, does recognise the embedded information, so equations are automatically aligned vertically when they are pasted in (VERY popular with those who do a lot of math typing, who are prepared to sacrifice Word's power for this feature -- hear that, Microsoft? ;-) ). There is a Sample WriteNow application which comes with WriteNow, which any dealer should be able to give you to try it out. -- Phil Etheridge (phil@waikato.ac.nz) /\ /\ -+-,--, .--, ._ Computer Services/Mathematics & Statistics / \/ \ / /--< /-- / University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZ. / \/ /__.) \_ /
roskar@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Veljko Roskar) (09/08/90)
>>In article <1990Aug23.185829.11082@csc.ti.com>, oh@csc.ti.com (Stephen Oh) writes: ... >>doesn't recognise Expressionist's or MathType's (this is what we use) >>information about vertical alignment, so you have to align each equation (or >>PICT graphic, from Word's point of view) manually via the character format >>dialog. WriteNow, while not as powerful as Word, does recognise the embedded ... There is an Fkey available at sumex called expr-word or something similar that automatically adjusts the baseline of equations pasted into Word from Expressionist or MathType. -- Veljko Roskar | roskar@jhuvms.bitnet Department of Chemical Engineering | roskar@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore | uunet!mimsy!aplcen!jhunix!roskar