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From: simon@alberta.uucp (Simon Tortike)
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Subject: Re: Scientific Word Processor Sought
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Date: 17 Nov 88 23:55:33 GMT
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In article <767@auvax.UUCP> kevinc@auvax.UUCP (Kevin "auric" Crocker) writes:
>In article <42951@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>, galvin-peter@CS.Yale.EDU (Peter Galvin) writes:
>>I'm posting this for a friend.  Please send replies to her and she will
>> summarize.
>> 
>> Wesleyan University is in the process of evaluating scientific
>> word processing systems (IBM PC and/or Macintosh) for our secretarial 
>> staff in our Mathematics and Science Departments.
>> 
>> We would appreciate any information regarding systems used by
>> secretaries in other scientific departments.
>> 
>> 					Joanne Liljedahl
>> 
>> Internet: JLILJEDAHL@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
>> BITNET:   JLILJEDAHL@WESLEYAN 
>> Phone:    (203)347-9411 X. 2344
>
>
>Lotus Manuscript is the BEST Scientific and Mathematical word processor
>on the market and it includes all the regular word processor features.

I beg to differ, but I have yet to see mathematical typesetting done
better than TeX except by a human professional.  It has the added
advantage of being portable across many computers, except for graphical
inclusions.  It is the camera-ready format of preference for the 
American Mathematical Society, and TeX in its various flavours of
Plain, LaTeX or AMS-TeX is rapidly becoming _the_ standard in scientific
and mathematical circles.  Non-research types also use it, for example
by secretarial staff in our Depts. of Math and Statistics.
I have extensively used both of the incarnations of TeX on the Mac,
TeXtures and MacTeX, and notwithstanding being a Canadian, I
have no hesitation in recommending TeXtures as the better product. It
is available from the authors at Blue Sky Research in Seattle, or from 
a number of mail-order houses.
Note that TeX is a technical typesetter, not a word processor.  It is 
harder to learn and master, but the results are clearly obvious to 
even the least trained eye.
Blue Sky also mentioned something about enabling one to transfer 
stuff from TeXtures into Adobe Illustrator 88.  I haven't seen this
version yet.
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Simon Tortike, Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineering,
The University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6.
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