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From: gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Dissertation on a MAC vs UNIX
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Date: 4 Apr 88 04:05:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Apr  3 22:05:00 1988


My solution is 

MS-Word for the formatting
MacDraw for the illustrations, pasted into MS-Word doc
bibref  for the bibliography (on UNIX), converted/pasted into MS-Word doc
diction for the proofreading (on UNIX)

The last two UNIX steps are invoked when I'm nearly finished.  Yes, I
have a modem and a UNIX account.  I despise pic, so I use the
Macintosh instead.  Once I've done the writing, I upload the file in
plaintext format and phrase-check it with diction.  I then run bibref
to print my bibliography, download it to my document, and merge it by
hand.  I think I'd rather have a citation database, than use MS-Word's
citation features.

Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois
            {gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu}