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From: knotts@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Tom Knotts)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Equations in WFW?
Message-ID: <69220014@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com>
Date: 18 Mar 91 23:49:11 GMT
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Organization: HP Labs, High Speed Electronics Dept., Palo Alto, CA
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>I am thinking of purchasing WFW, but would like to know if it can 
>handle mathematical equations adequately.  If not, does there exist
>an equation editor such as MathType for Word for the Mac?  Any 
>suggestions are always greatly appreciated

WfW does equations quite nicely. I have been using it quite recently,
and have been doing integrals, summations and radicals. It's easy to
use, and is easy to switch between symbols (for greek letters, infinity
signs, etc) and standard text. As an example, to do an integral of x
from 0 to 1, one types:

		   {eq\I(0,1,xdx)}

You can switch between viewing modes. In one mode, you see and edit the
above equation. In the other mode, you see the actual equation, exactly
how it will be printed.  You can even use a spilt screen to show both
formats simultaneously.

One note. I have Postscript and ATM. I do not know how well the program
works without these.

good luck,

tom