lol i like that. I take it this was done with Bibtex? I would use it,
except that my lecturers require me to use headings to show which
sources are primary or secondary etc. I haven't figured out how to do
this with Bibtex, so I'm riting them in the Bibliography environment
which is a little time consuming.
On 19 Sep 2007, at 23:45, Greg Kearney wrote:
Modern implementations of LaTeX and TeX produce standard PDF files
as output. So that should not be an issue. By the way TeX/LaTeX can
do some amazing things like produce professional grade
bibliographies. Let me tell you about my Masters Thesis.
I had a professor who was on my committee. This guy was notorious
for demanding that your paper use bibliographic citations in
something other than what you had used. It did not matter which
system you had selected, there were 6 different ones that the
graduate school had approved, he would ask for it to be re-typed in
something else. This was in the day when most papers were sill
typed by hand.
Well knowing this and knowing TeX, which has been around for many
years going back to mainframe computers, I typed mine up in LaTeX
on a big old Autograph computer and told the "printer" to generate
6 copies in the 6 different styles. In TeX this is a simple matter
of changing a single line of output code.
So I go in to deliver the paper, the professor starts to pull his
time honored trick and I am able to pull out of my backpack the
other 5 copies each with dead on perfect style and formating. I
could have knocked the old fart over with a feather.
Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
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307-224-4022
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On Sep 19, 2007, at 4:27 PM, VaShaun Jones wrote:
I noticed that you said the other person needed something on their
end to view the document. Is this a problem for users of Word and
other text editors?
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Okay sure, but maybe we should talk off list, for more details.
I don't know if this would be straying off of what this list
was designed for? But briefly, Latex is a mark-up language,
similar to HTML, it is purely text based, which makes it
excellent to use with Voice Over. Latex allows you to
concentrate on what you are writing, as opposed to how the
document looks. You tell Latex via special commands how to
format your text. It is extremely flexible. The default output
is PDF, which in the majority of cases, including in the case of
Latex, are accessible with Voice Over. The beauty of PDF, is
that retains all of your formatting. Finally, The source of your
text - what you are writing, is a plain text document, so it can
be viewed and Latexed on any platform, as long as the computer
you are using has the Latex typesetting programme installed.
Have i missed out anything Greg or Justin?
Hope this helps
James Austin
It is not really that scary, i am by no means an expert, but I am
currently rioting my Dissertation, and i used it for the majority
of the last academic year to write my essays.
Hope this helps
On 19 Sep 2007, at 20:07, 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).
