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From: graifer@net1.ucsd.edu (Dan Graifer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Keycaps--Mathematical Symbols
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Date: Thu, 8-Oct-87 13:45:52 EDT
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In article <2164@sfsup.UUCP> dwd@sfsup.UUCP (D.W.Dougherty) writes:
>I just opened the box to my Mac last Saturday and started playing 
>around with MacWrite.  I noticed, much to my dismay, that there is
>little support of mathematical symbols.  I do an awful lot of writing
>which involves some pretty heavy mathematics and I need that flexa-
>bility.  Can anybody recommend a package that supports just about
>every mathematical symbol you could think of??  It may certainly
>be PD.  
>
>Thank you.
>
>		David W. Dougherty
>		{...ihnp4...}!attunix!dwd


There are three classes of solutions to this problem:

1.  If you only need one symbol at any horizontal location on a line, just
use the Symbol Font supplied with your Mac.  Use the Keycaps DA  (shrink your
document window, and leave the DA open on the desktop) to find symbol/keyboard
correspondence.

2.  Use your favorite paint/draw program (the latter is better for editting)
to create your equations, and copy/paste them to your wp document.  This will
get easier when MultiFinder is released.

3.  There are several commercial packages that are essentially specialized 
draw programs for editting mathematical symbols.  MS Word 3.0x has a limited
similer capability built in.

    MacEqn
        Desk Accessory $44.95
        Software Recognition Technologies
        110 University Park
        Rochester NY 14620
        (716)461-0923

    MathType
        Desk Accessory or Application $149
        Design Science, Inc.
        6475-B E. Pacific Coast Highway
        Suite 392
        Long Beach, CA 90803
        (213)433-0685

    MathWriter
        Application   $49.95?
        Cooke Publications
        P.O. Box 4448
        Ithaca, NY  14852
        (800)482-4438 x 15 (NY 1-800-435-4438 x 15) or (607)272-2708

    Expressionist
        ?  $54.95
        Allan Bonadio Associates
        1579 Dolores St.
        San Francisco, CA 94110

You may be able to beat these prices.  Try calling MacConnection (the most
reputable of the mail-order houses) (800)622-5472

I have no connection with any of the above companies
Good luck
                              Dan Graifer
                              graifer@net1.UCSD.EDU
Disclaimer: Nobody ever listens to me anyways; Why should they start now?