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From: jlhaferman@l_eld09.icaen.uiowa.edu (Jeff Haferman)
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Subject: Re: Equations - better way than Word?
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Date: 16 Dec 90 21:47:54 GMT
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From article <9012161929.AA14458@cie.uoregon.edu>, by scavo@CIE.UOREGON.EDU:
> 
> In article <1990Dec16.205059.2706@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au> a_dent@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au writes:
>>
>>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.
> 
> Yes, Word formula commands ARE handy. The problem is that
> the program knows all too little about the art of mathematical
> typesetting.  For example, the positions of superscripts and
> subscripts must be specified by the user, and Word's formatting
> of integrals is preposterous.  But I also like the idea of an
> integrated package of writing tools that includes a mathematical
> equation editor, and have looked far and wide for such a beast.
> 


For integrals, try 

   .\i(a,b,.\a( , )) <integrand expression>

i.e. this gives WORD a null array as the integrand and makes the integral
sign look "right".  The same technique works well for summation.




Jeff Haferman                            internet: jlhaferman@icaen.uiowa.edu
Department of Mechanical Engineering     DoD 0186  BMWMOA 44469  AMA 460140
University of Iowa
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