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From: phd@SPEECH1.CS.CMU.EDU (Paul Dietz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Math oriented thesis WP needed!
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Date: 5 Feb 88 09:37:54 GMT
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Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
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Keywords: Math word processors

Very shortly, I will be starting on the long, arduous task of
actually documenting my thesis work. I'm looking for advice
on what word processor to use. Here's the background on the
thesis:

Length:	50 - 200 pages
Equations: 50 - 500 (depending upon how detailed I get...)
plots: Many! (Most are available as MacPaint files.)
Footnotes, and references should be well supported.
Superb spell checking is an absolute must! (And as painless
	as possible, i.e. shouldn't flag equations, etc...)
Must run on a MacII with 1 Meg. (Doesn't have to work under MultiBug...)
Must be available NOW! (I guess next week would be ok, but no later...)

The alternative, is to write the thesis using Scribe on a VAX; a most
disheartening possibility if you have lots of equations and pictures.
Since this is probably a fairly common problem, responses to the net
are probably appropriate; however, I'll be happy to summarize if you
wish to mail to me directly. Thanks!

Paul H. Dietz                                        ____          ____
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