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From: LARRY@slacvm.slac.stanford.edu (Larry )
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Subject: Re: Nisus questions: time to dump Microsoft?
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References:<1991May24.101824.1144@husc3.harvard.edu> <1423@screamer.csee.usf.edu> <1991May26.014938.8986@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> <1991May26.144308.7886@umbc3.umbc.edu>

In article <1991May26.144308.7886@umbc3.umbc.edu> cs421317@umbc5.umbc.edu 
(cs421317) writes:
> and WP 2.0, among others. They each say they: 
> 1. Do it all
> 2. Do it better.
> 
Actually, if you are in a position to buy the software at an educational 
discount, or have loads of $$ and don't mind how much you spend, I find 
FrameMaker to be better than any of the aforementioned packages.  Version 
3.0, coming out in a few months, is supposed to have a good Table routine, 
and it already does math -- not only can you write equations easily (and 
number them, cross reference, etc.) but you can solve them.  This is 
probably more valuable for checking your work rather than doing calculus, 
but still is quite elegant.  Not only does the package stack up against 
word processors, but it compares quite well with Pagemaker and the like.  
It also exists on different platforms, and can put together documents from 
more than one platform at once.  etc. etc.