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From: nvi@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Charles C. Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Equations - better way than Word?
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Date: 16 Dec 90 17:38:40 GMT
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> I have a fried who is using Word for writing Math course books.
> ...
> Any suggestions for a better tool for writing the books/doing
> equations?  I get the impression the thing that bugs him 
> about MathType etc. is having to go out to the Apple menu etc.
> all the time, as well as the "picture" mode of transfer which
> makes it harder to position the equations in Word.

FrameMaker has a built-in equation editor.  It certainly beats Word's
equations by a large margin.

PROS	built-in
	reasonable editing
	auto-numbering of equations (and figures, etc.)
	runs on Unix workstations as well, and files can be shared

CONS	expensive (although they do have an educational discount)
	equations are not as well-formed as Expressionist or MathType
	tries to do algebra as well, which sometimes gets in the way

It's the first real alternative to TeX I've found for technical
publications on the Mac.

Charles Allen			Internet: cca@physics.purdue.edu
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