Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jarthur!jmerrill From: jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu (Generic User) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: W4W equation editor? Message-ID: Date: 2 Dec 90 00:13:27 GMT References: <7660@uwm.edu> <86940@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> Sender: news@jarthur.Claremont.EDU Distribution: usa Organization: M.Y.T.H. Inc. Lines: 22 In-reply-to: preston@lll-crg.llnl.gov's message of 29 Nov 90 08:56:24 GMT In article <86940@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> preston@lll-crg.llnl.gov (David R Preston) writes: >In article <7660@uwm.edu> peter@miller.cs.uwm.edu (Peter J. Diaz de Leon) writes: >>I was wondering if W4W has an equation editor similar to Word Perfects? >>I have looked at several books for W4W in a bookstore but didn't see >>mention of an equation editor. > >I don't know what the equation editor in Word Perfect is like, but WfW does >have an equation field that works very nicely. You can split the window in >two and edit the equation in one window while seeing the equation in the >other. You need the symbol font for mathematical characters, though you >can do quite a lot without it. But not nearly as much as you can do with the WordPerfect equation editor. You can't, for instance, put an arrow above a letter to signify a vector. There are also a lot of random symbols that WordPerfect will simulate for you. The W4W equation editor doubles as a quick and easy way to bring your computer to its knees; I'm running on a 20Mhz 386, and have never been bothered by speed problems except when doing tables or equations in W4W, or working with Corel. -- Jason Merrill jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu