Dear all,
Many thanks for the useful contributions. I will edit some into, I
hope, something helpful for the editor in question.
Regards, Doug
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We might be being a little unfair to Microsoft by assuming that the
oddities with equations are 'all their fault'. The following Wikipedia
article gives quite a good explanation of the problem and the companies
involved.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_Editor
Patrick Powers [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Friday, June 20, 2008
9:00 AM
wrote:
Subject: Re: Equation Editor Software
We might be being a little unfair to Microsoft by assuming that the
oddities with equations are 'all their fault'. The following Wikipedia
article gives quite a good explanation
Slightly off topic, but I am enquiring about suggestions for a package
of modest capability.
The background is that I offered to assist the editor of a related
publication to sundials - Horological Journal. (The British
Horological Institute has just celebrated its 150th anniversary.)
The
Dear Doug,
I am so riddled with prejudices about type-setting
equations, and mathematics in general, that it is
hard for me to give a temperate reply to your
enquiry...
Material often comes ... in Word, and it seems
that equations do not transfer reliably.
In my view, the Microsoft Equation
Word uses about the most non portable format you could
ever imagine, and there are actually some reasons for
that. In summary, many documents use a default font,
and when sent to another computer, that computer's
default fonts are often used. Tabs, and page setups
affect the layout, as does the
Douglas Bateman wrote:
Slightly off topic, but I am enquiring about suggestions for a package
of modest capability.
The background is that I offered to assist the editor of a related
publication to sundials - Horological Journal. (The British
Horological Institute has just
Douglas Bateman wrote:
Slightly off topic, but I am enquiring about suggestions for a package
of modest capability.
The background is that I offered to assist the editor of a related
publication to sundials - Horological Journal. (The British
Horological Institute has just
Doug,
Another option is MathType by Design Science. It claims to be an
extended version of the Microsoft Equation Editor, so it may have the
same problems that your editor is already encountering. It worked for
me when I last used it about five years ago.
Gordon
At 03:02 AM 6/19/2008,
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:35:21PM +0100, Frank King wrote:
Dear Doug,
I am so riddled with prejudices about type-setting
equations, and mathematics in general, that it is
hard for me to give a temperate reply to your
enquiry...
Material often comes ... in Word, and it seems
that
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