You could also look at:
http://www.ctan.org
This is for if you decide to download Latex and give it a go. But as
i say if you want to discuss it further, please contact me off list.
Best
James Austin
On 19 Sep 2007, at 21:17, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote:
Because Latex is basically a presentational markup language that
can be authored with a text editor such as Smultron, not a WYSIWYG
word processor. See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX
http://www.latex-project.org/
http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/
--
Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
VaShaun Jones wrote:
OK you are scaring me. Why wouldn't it just take the letters that
I type, is it haunted or something? Can you tell me a little about
what to expect?
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It is free, but please get in touch if you've not used it before,
it is not simply a case of typing as with a word processor
On 19 Sep 2007, at 17:23, VaShaun Jones wrote:
I think I will be getting Latex . Is it totally accessible and
how much does it cost?
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Hi,
Okay, well there is IText Express, a small free word processing
application, similar to Text Edit, which provides the ability
to add footnotes. There is also Nisus Writer Express, or Nisus
Writer Pro, you can find these at
www.nisus.com
Neither Express or Pro are currently 100% usable with VO, but
very nearly. If you were thinking of purchasing Nisus Writer, I
would recommend the Pro version, as that seems more accessible.
There is also Latex (pronouned Laytech), which is a type-setin
tool. It is extremely powerful and versitle, but does require
time to learn. Although, the benefits are rewarding,
especially for Blind users in my personal opinion, as I use
it exclusively for my University assignments. I don't want to
clutter the list with discussions about Latex, so please feel
free to E Mail me off list, if you'd like to know more.
Hope this helps
James
On 19 Sep 2007, at 08:55, VaShaun Jones wrote:
Listers somewhere before I got familiar with my Mac their was
a discussion about a professional word processor. I wanted to
know what it was and how can I get it? Note: one of its
liked features is that you don't have to worry about
formatting (a lister reported).
