Right on again, Text Edit is very good for basic documents and its
very accessible, if you want to go a bit further up the scale then
you could try Bean which is getting into the stuff that word
processors are made of, Bean is freely available.
On 21/09/2007, at 12:09 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
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).
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