Me too. Not that I would be planning on changing over to wigiwise
word formatting, but I am always interested to know what's crackin in
the mac VO world for normal people who don't feel like spending hours
of their time glooed to a computer getting headaches over buggy LaTeX
documents etc. Not that that's how it is anymore for me, but the
learning curve was a bit steep.
Now I did write some papers on the mac using textedit a few years back
when I first got it. They turned out fine. I was able to do
doublespacing and that was about as complex as I needed to make it. I
actually had to open the docs in MS word under win to format with
headers.
The impression I have got lately with the short looks I have taken at
wigiwise word processors under OS X such as OO, and Nisus, has been
that it is fine if all you need to do is some bold and italicized
text, double or 1.5 line spacing, a footnote or endnote here and
there, and a big bold title, but for people with more serious word
processing needs such as headers and footers, and these weird
requirements for bibliographies imposed by the APA society, among
others, the word processing world under mac just doesn't cut it. Note
that I am only refering to the wigiwise processors. As well this does
not imply that I have ever successfully done any of this stuff under
windows. My personal experience has been that before I changed over
to the mac, I never really took word processing seriously, and since
my switch, the quality of my written documents has improved, thanks to
the LaTeX document preparation system with voiceover. Mac OS X with
voiceover offers a LaTeX experience like no other I have worked with.
it is easy to install, it is pleasant to type and read with, it is
relyable, and it just works. I have tried to use LaTeX solutions
under win and found it difficult to read the error log which is very
important for typesetting, and that typing latex with JAWS just wasn't
as enjoyable. I also tried it under linux and found that nice, but I
definitely prefer my mac.
So again, I could be one of those people who contends that
wordprocessing under the mac is better than win based on my own
experiences, but that would not be taking into consideration the fact
that I had to learn to typeset with LaTeX to get any compelling output
from my machine. I would like to note also that I have tried in the
past to query this list for tips on working with wigiwise to get no
answer. All that said, if someone would like to write us on this and
tell us what they have accomplished with OO or Nisus in terms of word
processing, I would be quite happy. As well if anyone ever decides to
take the LaTeX root, I am always here if you have a buggy document
that is giving you problems, or if you just have a typesetting
question. I am used to these sorts of emails as I teach a class on
this very subject at UC Berkeley. As well I'm sure that Esther would
be willing to do the same.
Regards
Justin Harford
On Dec 25, 2008, at 6:17 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
I'm hoping that someone will post on this but they may actually hang
out on the macvoiceover list.
On Dec 24, 2008, at 6:49 PM, Justin Harford wrote:
Hi David
folk are having pretty good luck with oo.
What have people managed to work out with its word processor?
