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From: rabbit@eddie.mit.edu (Warren J. Madden)
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Subject: Summary of info received on math equation formatters
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Date: 28 Sep 90 16:01:14 GMT
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Greetings!

	A while back I posted a request for information about math equation
formatters.  First, I'd like to thank all those who responded.  I got
several requests for a summary posting, so here it is:



SUMMARY OF INFO FOR MATH EQUATION FORMATTERS

Expressionist got several positive reviews, but with a note that one must
have Word 4.00b to get it to work properly with Word.  Several people noted
that Expressionist works well with Theorist.  Another said that if you want
to edit equations that you have pasted into word processing documents you
have to basically start over.

MathWriter got a black mark from one person for being inflexible, but
another said that it had a somewhat cleaner interface than Expressionist.

Tex was said to look great, but the commands were non-intuitive.  The
advice was to skip it.

Word got a mention or two for short equations.

MacEqn seems to have vanished from the market.  One responder said it bombs
terribly on any System > 4.0.



Hope this helps!

Warren J. Madden
rabbit@eddie.mit.edu