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From: mcdougal@gargoyle.uchicago.edu (thomas fenger mcdougal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Mathematical DTP
Keywords: MSWord, Quark, fractions
Message-ID: <297@gargoyle.uchicago.edu>
Date: 12 Jan 89 18:40:32 GMT
Reply-To: mcdougal@gargoyle.uchicago.edu.UUCP (thomas fenger mcdougal)
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Any experts on mathematical typesetting?  I want to produce
a low-level math textbook with the Mac.  I'll need fractions,
matrices, radical symbols, etc.  Microsoft Word can do that;
I like the program, but I often want just a little better
control that Word provides.  In-line fractions can screw up
tab alignments, for example.  I also may need the ability to
drive typeset-quality printers, such as the Linotronic.

Quark XPress can provide excellent control and can drive
the Linotronic, but the only way to do fractions w/ Quark
is to treat them as graphics.  I'll go bananas cutting
and pasting every time I want a fraction.

When I paste text into Quark from a Word document, Quark
displays (and prints) the code:
      \f(1,2)   for the fraction 1/2

Please tell me there is a way around this!  Or maybe
someone can direct me to another source?....

Thanks all.  
	   --Tom McDougal  mcdougal@gargoyle.uchicago.edu