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 Editor that goes with Word is an utter abomination but I'll end the rant there before I get carried away! Again, in my view, Donald Knuth was the first person really to understand the subtleties of type-setting Mathematics and it took him about 10 years to come up with a definitive answer, which is TeX and its derivatives. In the TeXbook, Knuth goes into considerable detail (albeit in a rather disconnected way) about the way Mathematical type-setting using hand-composition evolved over the centuries and the subject has a fascinating history which goes back to the earliest days of printing. This doesn't address your friend's query and we are indeed rather off topic but I share her concern because Mathematics and Word don't mix at all well. Sundials are not merely precision astronomical instruments; they should look good too. So it is with mathematics; every expression should be type-set as elegantly as humanly possible. Best wishes Frank No Microsoft products were used in the preparation or dispatch of this message. --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
