----- Original Message -----
From: "James Austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: MS Word alternative
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?
----- Original Message ----- From: "James Austin"
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Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: MS Word alternative
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?
----- Original Message ----- From: "James Austin"
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Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: MS Word alternative
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).
