Depending on what you're doing TextEdit may be all you need. Basic
formatting like left/right/center justification, line spacing, fonts,
tabbing are all there. It even supports some measure of bulleted lists,
tables, margins, page breaks and such. It saves as RTF, HTML, Word and
Word XML so for a lot of purposes it might be sufficient. Of course you
can always print to PDF if you need that.
CB
James Jolley wrote:
Well, using TEX for it's intended purpose laying out formulas is
ideal. I still don't see the point in using it to write standard texts
though. Any good word processer will do the job ust as well to be
honest. It's up to yourselves though if you want to jump through a
thousand hoops to write anything I am happy with word or whatever for
standard work.
On 19 Sep 2007, at 21:56, James Austin wrote:
Wow! I have looked at that side of it, and I'm pleased I don't study
maths
On 19 Sep 2007, at 19:59, James Jolley wrote:
It's not that steep I use it all the time for mathematics
On 19 Sep 2007, at 18:18, Greg Kearney wrote:
That's right the learning curve is steep with TeX, the rewards are
well worth it however.
Greg
On Sep 19, 2007, at 11:05 AM, James Austin wrote:
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).
