Steven I take it that you are comming ffrom Windows. I haven't found
anything close to Word and Office. We have to remember that Windows
are business machines and they are better equipted for what you need.
Trust me your Mac does wonderful things, but for great text editing
and processing it is learning Latex or using sub-par Word immolators.
On Oct 14, 2007, at 8:43 PM, Steven M. Sawczyn wrote:
Well, I can check it out, but for the immediate future, I just need
to get stuff done. I'm migrating more and more to the Mac and
although I'm trying to learn as much as I can as quickly as I can,
I still need to get work stuff done. I really appreciate
everyone's suggestions, it's truly amazing how much I can do on my
mac.
Thanks,
Steve
On Oct 14, 2007, at 7:50 PM, James Austin wrote:
I second that. But it is probably not what you want if it is just
a quick job.
On 15 Oct 2007, at 00:38, Greg Kearney wrote:
Let me be clear LaTeX will do all he wants but is VERY complex to
learn. Still for the blind its markup based system of layout
insures the very best quality.
Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
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On Oct 14, 2007, at 5:16 PM, Tim Grady wrote:
You don't want Latex.
On Oct 14, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Steven M. Sawczyn wrote:
Latex? Is that another editor, or is it a helper application
for Text Edit? The wizards basically helped to make life
easier i.e. if I was writing a letter, it would get the
recipient's address from my addressbook and then set up a
letterhead with my return address, the recipient's mailing
address, Dear whoever, sincerely yours ... basically, all I had
to do was write the letter. Concerning fax coversheets,
basically, there was a wizard that would do the same thing --
get the recipient's fax number, figure out the number of pages
in the document, put my return info/logo on the page and
basically make it look nice. Again, not totally essential, but
was really quite handy at times. I wasn't sure if something
like Pages, I think that's what replaced appleworks, would do
something like this. I don't mind purchasing something and
going away from Text Edit, I just am not sure in which
direction to head and of course, I would want to make sure
it'll work with VO.
Thanks,
Steve
On Oct 14, 2007, at 2:53 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:
I'm not familiar with the little wizards that you mention,
never having had much contact with Word, but it would seem to
me that if I understood what these programs did it would be a
simple matter to write such wizards in AppleScript for TextEdit.
Of corse LaTeX can do these kinds of things as well.
Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Oct 14, 2007, at 12:27 PM, Steven M. Sawczyn wrote:
One of the things I really miss being able to do with my Mac
is those little wizards in MS Word that help one write
letters, create cover pages, format documents, etc... At
first I hated those wizards, but as time has gone on, I've
come to like them. I don't see anything similar in Text Edit
and am wondering if there's another wordprocessing package
that is more, well, wordish? Something that contains
templates and wizards to assist with document formatting and/
or creation?
Thanks for any thoughts,
Steve
