Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!hsdndev!husc6!evensen From: evensen@husc9.harvard.edu (Erik Evensen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted Subject: Re: Word processors vs typesetters (was: Why Mac output ...) Message-ID: Date: 27 May 91 19:56:25 GMT References: <20225@cs.utexas.edu> <53375@apple.Apple.COM> Sender: news@husc6.harvard.edu Organization: Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services, Cambridge, MA Lines: 23 In-reply-to: bc@Apple.COM's message of 27 May 91 18:55:52 GMT In article <53375@apple.Apple.COM> bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre) writes: My point is simple: if I were writing for a journal, I wouldn't waste my time re-duplicating their TeX formats in Microsoft Word. On the other hand, I'd rather "just type" in Word and not worry about formatting codes most any other day of the week. Very good point; IMHO, MS Word is really bad at typesetting equations so I use TeX whenever I need to do anything but the most trivial writing with equations... But I use Word for easy stuff with straight text. Also BibTeX is really cool. If you like one kind better, then by all means use it. Freedom of choice is what Macintosh is all about. You can even buy MacTex. An even better point! But one can also get OzTeX for free -- it really works well. bill coderre prefers low-technology to the point of only using monospaced fonts in his posts --Erik (evensen@husc9.harvard.edu)